Four local female basketball players have
made Ontario teams.
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Kristine Lalonde is the youngest
member of the U-15 provincial team. |
Kristine Lalonde made the Under-15 Provincial
team after playing in the Nike Ontario Basketball Provincial
Championships in Toronto. Lalonde represented Northern
Ontario.
Lalonde, who will enter Grade 9 at Lasalle
Secondary this fall, was selected from 144 players, and was a
force during the tournament, leading in three-point shooting
and was the overall leading scorer.
At 13, Lalonde is the youngest member
selected.
Lalonde will compete in the National U-15
tournament in Calgary from Aug. 1-7.
Lisa Furchner, who plays for Lasalle
Secondary, made the Provincial U-17 A team after an open tryout
session down south.
Furchner will now play on the squad at the
national championships, which take place in Saskatchewan in
August.
Two other players, Amanda McDonald, who
attends Lasalle, and Katie Goggins, who attends Lockerby, made
the U-17 Provincial B team after playing in a junior tournament
in Toronto.
McDonald and Goggins will travel to the
United States to compete in two tournaments in Kentucky and
Indiana.
