U16 McGRATH
Darrell McGrath
Head Coach
Dave Potts
Assistant Coach
Julie Wilson
Manager
latest Team News
U16’s go 2-1 in the electric city
The team traveled to Peterborough last weekend for a one-day pre-season tournament hosted by Peterborough Power. This provided an excellent opportunity to log valuable court time ahead of their OBL season and their pursuit of another Division Championship. In their opening game, the girls fell short against the West Ottawa Hornets, losing 38-45. However, they…
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BoQ All-Star Games 2024
Bay of Quinte Girls Basketball Leagues’s High School All-Star Games took place at Bayside Secondary in October 24 Junior teams consisted of: Bella Degeer, NHHS Alicia Milmine, NHHS Kailyn Koopmans, QC Claire Mackenzie, QC Sofia Edgett, BSS Anabelle Wilson, BSS Madilyn Whiten, CSS Julia Smith, CSS (injured) Abby Rumig, PECI Chloe Lucas, PECI Paige McGrath,…
U16 2023-2024 Season Recap
By most standards, this year’s U16 team was relatively young, comprised of nine Grade 9 players and two Grade 10 players. With only three returning players from last year’s U14 team, the girls quickly grasped the importance of teamwork, learning to support one another while building trust and recognizing each player’s unique strengths on the…
U16 McGrath girls take home 2nd place trophy at IEM Tournament
By: Jessyka Maliksi NEWMARKET – Over the weekend, the u16 McGrath girls competed in the IEM Tournament, and came home with the second-place trophy. The girls started off the weekend strong, winning three games in a row, leading them to the gold medal game. The team’s first win was against Oakville Venom, working together and…
U16 Season Recap
Words from Coach de Vries: Parents; thank you! Driving kids to practice and back, and weekends, watching, and cheering, bleacher butt and all. For the inevitable consoling, explaining, listening, and guiding that is part of being a parent, but maybe moreso if your child plays sports. Thank you parents! Spirits, the unseen; thank you! Erin,…
U16s Sweep Final Four
Spirits girls travelled all the way to N. York (that’s North, not New) this past weekend for their Final Four OBL games. Saturday started strong with their second win this season over Ottawa; 46 – 29. Then, North Toronto Huskies, a taller team than us for sure but, over time, no match for our ‘wheels…
U16 Silver finish at Slam Classic 🥈
Sometimes offence comes to the basketball party. Sometimes not. But for these girls defense owns the gym that hosts the party. And so it was again this weekend. Always, all effort, never quit. Grace and Mak are constant persistent, pesky ball pressure, Lou and Emery the glue that fixes everything, Avery doing whatever asked. Carys,…
U16 girls split games in OBL weekend #4
The U16 midget girls travelled to Markham this past Saturday for weekend #4 OBL. The team had moved up a pool so certainly both games were more competitive, losing the first 34 – 27 to London Ramblers and winning the afternoon game 55 – 37 over Blessed Sacrement Yellow Jackets. Against London, lots was going…
Success for Spirits this past weekend
https://inquinte.ca/story/success-for-spirits-this-past-weekend by Brock Ormond Two more medals were won by Belleville Spirits girls basketball teams this past weekend. The U16 Spirits finalized an undefeated season with a gold medal at the IEM Tournament in Newmarket, defeating the Kingston Impact 59-33 in the final game. Meanwhile, the U19 Spirits achieved silver at the Barrie Royals U19 AAA Tournament,…
Gold Medal finish for U16 ladies in Newmarket
U16 weekend recap from Coach de Vries: This week there is a new spelling for TEAM. It is 245791012132044. Those are the jersey numbers of the Spirits major midget girls. A totally united effort at the IEM Newmarket tournament this weekend. Every player brought energy, positive attitude, and a desire to succeed. It started with…
Spirits Players earn Silver at OFSAA
Centennial, Nicholson teams both earn OFSAA girls basketball silver medals
U16’s bring OBL wins to 6
Saturday saw the girls travel to Havergal College in Toronto for two OBL games. Possibly inspired by the great gym on an awesome campus the Spirits major midget girls racked up two more wins, bringing their OBL total to six. The early morning start against Ottawa Next Level proved no deterrent as the team came…
London teams experience Belleville Energy
London teams experienced some Belleville energy this weekend as our U16 Spirits girls defeated London 86ers 56 – 20, then London Gold Medal 51 – 23. In both games our girls set the tone early with an active press. This often forced turnovers leading to quick scores. Defense continues to dominate for these girls, often…
5 Spirits teams play this weekend
All 5 Spirits teams will be playing a pair of games this weekend as the second half of the season starts with a bang.
U16 Spirits capture provincial ‘AAA’ crown
Original story from The Belleville Intelligencer The Belleville U16 Spirits girls basketball team has done something no other team has ever done in more than 30 years of rep basketball in Belleville. They were crowned Division 1 AAA provincial champions this past weekend at the Pan Am Centre in Scarborough. Capping off a perfect 5-0…
U16 Belleville Spirits dominate Ottawa tournament
The Belleville Spirits U16 AAA girls dominated their season opening tournament in Ottawa this past weekend, participating in the 25th annual Chris Paulin tournament. The Belleville squad capped off their perfect 4-0 record with a convincing 59-28 win over the Goulbourne Hornets. A balanced scoring attack and smothering defence was the difference in the game.…