SFX FALCONS TRY FOR MATCHING TITLE FINISHES

Last fall the ladies from SFX brought home the trophy in basketball. So now, it’s up to the boys to finish their winter season on the court in the same winning style.

The Lady Falcons earned Saint Francis Xavier Catholic High School another item for display in the school trophy case, with the Prescott-Russell Championship title for senior girls basketball. They also finished fourth at last year’s Eastern Ontario Secondary Schools Athletic Associations (EOSSAA) finals with a 1-3 win-loss record.

“It was a combination of veteran leadership and teamwork that definitely was a key for us,” said David MacKinnon, who co-coached with Chris Maxwell the Falcons senior girls.

Now the Falcons senior boys have almost finished their winter season of high school basketball, with a seven-three win/loss record so far for their combined league and exhibition matches. They have one game left in the regular season schedule against the Kodiaks, February 5, at École secondaire catholique régionale de Hawkesbury, and are sitting in second place overall in the Prescott-Russell league standings, behind the Cougars from Rockland’s L’Escale.

“Our strengths are our three-point shooting and our ability to get out on the fast break,” said coach MacKinnon. “Our defence has improved a lot too, and we can switch our multiple defences. I feel we are the team to beat and we have as good a chance as anybody to win Prescott-Russell and go to EOSSAA.”

This year’s EOSSAA for senior boys basketball is in Perth.

—photo Gregg Chamberlain L’an dernier, les Lady Falcons de Saint Francis Xavier Catholic High School ont remporté le titre de championnes de Prescott-Russell en basketball féminin, pour terminer leur saison automnale de jeu. Maintenant, cette année, c’est au tour des garçons senior d’essayer de terminer leur saison hivernale de basket-ball avec un style gagnant.