Knights clobber Hawks at home

Tyler Lowey
Times Reporter

 

One school from the Foothills Athletic Council (FAC) has stood and played head and shoulders above the competition this season.
The Holy Trinity Academy Knights (senior guys and girls) have been steamrolling the competition this season. That should come as no surprise; they are a 4A school (more population), competing against smaller schools, such as Strathmore High School (3A) and Holy Cross Collegiate (2A).
The Knights trounced the Holy Cross Collegiate Hawks senior girls team 100-34 Feb. 15 at the HCC gym.
In the Knights 10 wins, their average margin of victory has been by 33 points, hardly competitive. Half of their wins have come by 45 points or more.
In their final game of the FAC, the Knights didn’t let up, pressuring the Hawks all the way down the court, even when they sat comfortably ahead by 40.
“That’s not how I would coach my girls,” said Hawks head coach Brad Everett. “I just told them to suck it up, go in there and do the best you can. How they run their team is none of my concern.”
The Knights are taller and carry a deeper roster than the Hawks.
Darcie Weir led the Hawks with 18 points, while Yulisa Solda, Jennifer Bautista and Destiny Stevens supplied four points each.
The Hawks (3-7) finished fifth and will take on the Strathcona-Tweedsmuir Academy Spartans (4-6) in the opening round of the FAC playoffs. The Hawks are 0-2 against the Spartans this season, but played them close, losing 41-39 back in December and 53-31 Feb. 8, when they were short a few players due to injuries. Playoffs kick off Feb. 27 when the Hawks travel to Strathcona-Tweedsmuir.

 

Hawks look to playoffs
The Hawks senior guys team didn’t fare much better against the Knights in their tilt. They lost 74-41 to the FAC’s top team.
Alex Nwoye rebounded from one of his least impressive starts against the Notre Dame Collegiate Timberwolves, with a 27-point, 11-rebound double-double against the very tall Knights.
The scoring fell off the table from there. Landon Osachuk recorded six points, Cordel Steadman finish with five points on two-of-four shooting and Reid Jensen sunk a pair of buckets to finish with four points.
The Knights senior guys squad has a 47.2 average margin of victory in their 10 games and has beaten teams by more than 30 points eight times.
Like the girls team, the Hawks (3-7) will take on the Strathcona-Tweedsmuir Academy Spartans (2-8) in the opening round of the FAC playoffs. The Hawks edged the Spartans 89-82 back in Dec., but were slighted in the rematch, losing 64-60 in Feb. Tipoff is set for 5:30 p.m. Feb. 27 at the HCC gym.