Throughout the first half of the Moose Jaw High Schools Athletic Association girls basketball campaign, the Vanier Spirits looked every bit like one of the teams to beat.
And that shouldn’t be much of a surprise given their role as the defending city and provincial 4A girls champions.
So it was just more of the same on Wednesday night when they took on the youthful Peacock Toilers, as the Spirits turned in a consistent effort on the way to an 81-41 victory at Vanier.
The contest was played on Wednesday after a one-day strike by the Saskatchewan Teacher’s Federation forced the postponement of five senior league games Tuesday.
Ava Kindiak led Vanier with 20 points as the Spirits took a 22-14 lead out of the first quarter and led 44-29 at the half. Both teams were better defensively after the break, with the Spirits outscoring Peacock 14-6 in the third quarter and 18-8 in the final frame.
Kate Waldenberger added 19 points for the Spirits, Ireland Guillaume scored 17.
Devlynn McClung topped Toilers scorers with 19 points, Taylor Craik added eight.
Vanier is now 4-1 on the season and tied with Swift Current (4-0) for first place, while Peacock fell to 2-3.
One boys game originally scheduled for Tuesday was played earlier in the week, with the Peacock Toilers rolling to a 129-34 win. Scoring information was unavailable.
The Toilers moved a game above .500 and improved to 3-2 with the win, while Vanier fell to 0-5.
The girls game between Assiniboia and Central was postponed as were the girls and boys games between Swift Current and Lumsden.
League action continues Tuesday, Jan, 23 with Lumsden at Central at 5:50 p.m., while girls games see Vanier at Central at 7:30 p.m. and Lumsden at Peacock at 6:20 p.m.
