Hawks make history

Justin Seward
Times Reporter

 

The Holy Cross Collegiate Hawks junior-A boys basketball team finished off their season by winning the school’s first-ever zone banner at the junior high level over host Strathcona-Tweedsmuir with a score of 52-49 on March 5.
The Hawks ended the season with a 21-3 record and head coach Troy Filipionek said the boys played really well to achieve their goal of winning the banner.
“We have this group of boys for three years now and they grew up a lot this year,” said Filipionek. “The way they play as a team, a five-man unit and they just have each other’s back and that’s really the difference for us. It’s the school’s first banner for a junior high athletics. It even makes it that much more special.”
He added that what really made an impact in the final was their maturity level and picking it up on the defensive end.
Filipionek said it came down to work ethic. According to Filipionek the boys showed up to practice every day eager to work.
“When you have a special group like this, it definitely makes coaching a lot easier and more pleasurable,” he said.
Meanwhile the junior-A girls went into zones in Black Diamond as the eighth seed but were able to win the consolation game to place fifth.