The 2012-13 basketball season tipped off for the YRHS Sr. Lady Raiders as they hosted a four team round robin to kick off their schedule with mixed success. The Raiders started off their season with a tough game against the Greenall Griffins from Balgonie on Friday as both teams clawed out a physical, defensive opening game to the weekend.
The Raiders showed spurts of success in the transition game, breaking the Griffins press on numerous occasions, but the early season rust and the fast pace the Griffins created led to an abundance of turnovers throughout the game. Solid defense and rebounding kept the Raiders in the game, and a fast break bucket in the final minutes tied things up before Greenall scored a bucket and a free throw sealing things up to secure a heartbreaking three point victory over the host Raiders.
The Raiders bounced back on Saturday with a win in the morning before losing another close game to Melville in the afternoon to wrap up a weekend that could have very easily seen the Raiders go 3-0 had a few more bounces went their way.
Brandey Blahut gave the Raiders good minutes all weekend and will serve as a grade twelve leader for the Raiders throughout the season along with point guard Kaylyn Boyda. The Raiders will look to fine tune their offense and continue to improve as they begin their 2012-13 campaign.
