Royal Falcons End Season Winless - Look To The Future

The South Hill Royal Falcons - a team made up of students from Cornerstone Christian School and Riverview Collegiate - tried their best but they came up short losing their JV boys quarter final game 104 - 42 to the Briercrest Christian Academy Cougars.

The playoff loss eliminates the Royal Falcons while the Cougars advance to the semi-finals to a yet to be named opponent.

Here are photographs of the game the Royal Falcons are in white and the Cougars are in blue.

“Obviously the result isn’t what we wanted but the boys played hard,” said Royal Falcons head coach Kalen Senecal.

“We were a little bit rusty in the first quarter then we got our shots together. It may not be the score you want but I think overall this year I’m happy with how much we’ve improved,” Senecal said.

The Royal Falcons are a young team with large numbers of players from last year’s Flying Circus graduating. They had only two grade 12 students this season.

He pointed to the time they met the Cougars in January and how the Royal Falcons were not as competitive.

“Today we were much more competitive in the scheme of things so we are happy with that,” he said.

“Going from looking like you have non-basketball players to running sets and running plays that’s what you’re looking for in the first year of putting it together.”

Senecal pointed out the chemistry between Ethan Schultz and Seth Kohl in the game as examples of how the team has improved.

“I always say to the kids sports are about character and sometimes you need to lose to grow in character. It will make a difference two years from now when we try to make a run when these kids are in grade 12 they know what it feels like to lose some games and use that as fuel and passion to win.”

All but two players could potentially return for next season.

The Royal Falcons are not done with basketball for the season as they now head off to Assiniboia to play Conferences.

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