With district and conference play right around the corner basketball teams from across Horizon School Division were putting the finishing touches on their league season with league championship games.
Senior Girls South West League
The Senior Girls South West League featured one of the closest finals, between two very evenly matched teams.
Humboldt Collegiate (4-1) took on Lanigan (5-1) in the final, with each team holding a victory over the other.
With two evenly matched teams it was only fitting the final would come down to a couple of points, with Lanigan eventually pulling out a nail biting 31-28 victory over HCI.
The loss left the Mohawks with a second place finish in the league as they completed their league season with a record of 4-2.
Despite the loss the Mohawks will still be attending regionals, March 16-17.
While most leagues elected not to play the third place game, the Senior Girls South West League elected to play the game with Imperial taking on Watrous.
Offense was a struggle for both teams this season and that trend continued in the third place game as they combined for just 27 points, with Imperial pulling out an 18-9 win.
Senior Boys North West League
The Senior Boys North West League championship final featured one of the more lopsided championship finals as Lanigan Blue took on Viscount.
Lanigan (5-0) came into the final as the league’s top seed, and full of momentum having knocked off Viscount (4-1) 81-44 in their only meeting of the season on Dec. 21.
Despite having more than two months to prepare for Lanigan, Viscount was unable to exact any revenge on Lanigan Blue as they were routed 73-25.
Junior Girls North West League
After rolling through the regular season, St. Brieux “A” are league champions after picking up a 77-37 win over Middle Lake.
St. Brieux came into the final as the favourite, thanks to a pair of wins over Middle Lake earlier this season by a combined score of 114-76.
Unfortunately for Middle Lake they were unable to pull off the upset as their defense, which struggled in their two previous contests struggled once again allowing a league high 77 points.
Junior Girls Central League
The Junior Girls Central League championship featured our first lower seed league champion.
Although the lower seed captured the league title, the victory could not be classified as an upset as St. Brieux “B” and Annaheim came into the final with matching 4-1 records.
St. Brieux came into the final as the league’s top team after picking up a 40-34 win over Annaheim on Feb. 7.
Despite losing in their previous meeting just three weeks prior, Annaheim was unfazed and attacked their opponents hard, eventually wearing them down enough to pull out a 39-31 win.
Junior Boys North West League
The Junior Boys North West League featured another St. Brieux vs. Annaheim contest as the two teams battled for the junior boys title.
After rolling through the regular season with a perfect 8-0 record, St. Brieux made quick work of Annaheim in the final winning 79-63, giving each school one league championship.
Junior Boys Central League
The final league to wrap up their league season last week was the Junior Boys Central League, who pitted Middle Lake against St. Augustine Eights.
Middle Lake rolled through the season posting a perfect 5-0 record, while St. Augustine Eights came into the final with a record of 4-1.
After a nail biting final that pitted two evenly matched teams, it was Middle Lake who emerged as the victors picking up a 50-45 win.
Despite the loss, the Hawks will still be competing in the district championships.
With most leagues now finished teams will turn their attention to districts and conferences.
