Nelson High School's junior girls basketball team is the champion of Halton's top high school division after beating Iroquois Ridge H.S. 46-27 in the Tier 1 final on Friday, Nov. 13, at Alton Community Centre.
The final score comes from results posted by the Halton Secondary School Athletic Association, which runs high school sports in the region; Tier 1 is its highest level of play. The league's posted standings list the Burlington school first of five teams, with 16 points.
The championship was Nelson's fifth straight win, and by far its closest. The team won the four games before it by 40 points or more, including a 72-13 semi-final rout of Frank Hayden S.S. at home on Monday, Nov. 9. Iroquois Ridge had also handled Frank Hayden in the regular season, 51-28, but couldn't keep pace in the final.
| Date | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Oct. 22 | Garth Webb S.S. | 53-13 |
| Oct. 28 | Frank Hayden S.S. | 61-21 |
| Nov. 3 | King's Christian Collegiate | 77-16 |
| Nov. 9 (semi-final) | Frank Hayden S.S. | 72-13 |
| Nov. 13 (final) | Iroquois Ridge H.S. | 46-27 |
It was a mixed day for the school at Alton Community Centre, where Nelson's senior girls lost their own Tier 1 final 77-34 to King's Christian Collegiate. In the second-tier junior girls final, also played at Alton Community Centre, M.M. Robinson H.S. fell 43-29 to Milton D.H.S.
The basketball title isn't Nelson's only championship. Its senior boys football team won the Halton Tier 1 final 49-13 over Abbey Park H.S. at McMaster University, and the junior football team says it recaptured the Halton championship with a 34-9 win over Georgetown. By Lokul's count, the school has 15 wins and 4 losses in 19 games across six sports since Sept. 1, the most wins of any Burlington high school.
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