Highlights from PDHS sports this week

with George Le Gresley

Girls Junior Basketball Get Their First Win

At the beginning of the season, Coach Angelini doubted that there would be enough players to have a team until eight Grade 10 students signed up at the last minute. Angelini now had the numbers, and a team was high on enthusiasm but low on experience, reflected in the loss of their first four games. North Park came to Paris with the same record, also looking to also get their first win. At the half, the Panthers were in the lead 16-11 In the second half, North Park almost caught the Panthers right up to the final few seconds, but Paris held on to the 2726 victory Ryann Taylor scored for

Paris recording seven points and Peyton Andree scored six and played great on defense.

Senior Girls Basketball

North Park came to Paris with a four-player bench, the minimum number to have a game, due to some of the players being ill. There is a league rule that all players must remove all jewelry, and because one of the Trojan players could not remove their earrings, the game was forfeited If there is a positive, the Panthers led the game 14-4 when play was suspended

Boys Junior and Senior Volleyball

Paris, which is tied for first place with St John’s, will have met on Thursday to break the tie in the standings. Meanwhile, the Senior side is in second place with a 4-1 record, trailing BCI, who are undefeated.

Boys Baseball

The Panthers are tied for first with Simcoe Composite School and will finish their season against Valley Heights on October 9. The playoffs will begin on October 16

Junior/Senior Football

Last week, the Juniors got their first taste of the game at a loss to BCI. The Seniors also lost a close match to BCI 19-14 (see pages 1617) Both teams played last night again against St John’s at the Gretzky field under the lights. See highlights from these two match ups in next week’s edition

Paris Titans (not PDHS sports, but it’s a sports team, right?!)

Tonight, the Titans welcome the Norwich Merchants at the Brant Sports Complex. The puck drop is at 7:30 PM. Come out and support your Junior hockey club