Strathmore first in Christmas Classic

Times Reporter   

 

Strathmore High School hosted their annual Christmas Classic girls’ basketball tournament from Dec. 13-14, eventually beating out Chestermere High School in the final, 53-31.

“We certainly played complete for this time of the season in our tournament,” said Strathmore girls’ coach Dion Galandy. “We rolled over everybody.”

The girls dominated George McDougall in an afternoon match on Dec. 13, and defeated Notre Dame High School on Dec. 14 to meet up with Chestermere in the finals.

“They played well on the weekend, for sure,” Galandy said. “We were playing our game, just a fast-paced sort of pressure defense. We generate a lot of offence by our defense.”

The Strathmore High School Spartan girls are 1-1 on the season so far, having lost their league season opener to the Holy Trinity Academy Knights at home on Dec. 12, 54-52.

“That was our first game with everybody back,” Galandy said. “I don’t think we were on the same page. Just kind of a mental breakdown there at the end.”

On Dec. 16, the girls defeated Oilfields High School 53-30 at home.

“When we start the season, we work on fundamentals and hopefully by the time the season comes to a close, we’ll be able to go through and perfect our team play,” Galandy said.

The girls have one more game prior to the Christmas break, away at Highwood High School on Dec. 18 (result not available as of press time).