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Cornwall Lions U16 Girls Basketball Win 2nd at

EOBA Championship

By Christine Ouellet

ongratulations to the Cornwall
CLions U16 Girls Basketball
Team on their 2nd place finish at
the EOBA Championships. Under
Coach Brian Hickey and Manager
Jen Pilon, the team played hard and
came together; passing, dribbling,
communicating, and bounced
back at the Championship, despite
not having played an entire season
together. Basketball, being a close
contact sport, was the last sport to
be permitted post Covid.

Basketball is exciting, and
you can feel the competitiveness
when, after a few passes, a few
seconds of dribbling, the action
takes place up in the air and the
ball goes through the basket. This
is a fascinating sport.

Manager Jen Pilon said, “Their
great performance is the result
of perseverance, persistence,
patience, and many hours of
Back row, left to right; Coach Brian Hickey, Kade MacDonald,
practice throughout the season and Morgan Woods, Jacie Pilon, Emma Legault, Yasmine Redda, Layla McDonell, Ella Fontaine, Manager Jen
playing together as a team. Just Pilon.
showing up for practice twice a Front row, left to right; Georgia Zummach, Madison Zimmer, Isabelle
Martin, Harini Mohanakumar, Inleigh Morrison. Photo Submitted
week demands a lot of discipline,
and it pays off. At try-out, Coach and can play different positions. Kylie Zummach said, “The team A big thank you to Manager Jen as
Hickey selects the members of To make up a well-rounded team, expresses a big thank you to Coach well. She kept up with the team’s
the team. His goal is to form we need shooters, defenders, and Brian Hickey for taking time out of busy schedule and worked hard to
a dynamic, balanced team of jumpers who are under the net at his busy schedule to take the team create a great playing season for
players, who have different skills the start.” under his wing for 3 seasons now. the girls.”