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SQUASH JUNIORS - Players in this year's Saturday Junior Squash League pose for a photo at the Better Bodies Cross Training Centre. Photo submitted.
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SQUASH JUNIORS - Players in this year's Saturday Junior Squash League pose for a photo at the Better Bodies Cross Training Centre. Photo submitted.
Offensively it couldn't have gone any better for Vandelay Systems in Saturday's Junior Squash League finals.
Offensively it couldn't have gone any better for Vandelay Systems in Saturday's Junior Squash League finals.
Vandelay's four players didn't hold anything back, each scoring six points in the team's dominant 24-4 win over Canada Flooring Crushers.
Individual players in the squash league can score a maximum of six points, which includes one for a match win, one for each game win (three in total), one for wearing the team shirt and one for officiating.
"It was pretty special," said Stephen Grundmanis about his first junior squash title. "It was great. They (my teammates) all did really well."
Grundmanis, who is the number one player on Vandelay Systems, got his team off to a great start on Saturday. The 14-year-old beat Sophia Flather in three straight games, winning the match 15-9, 15-11 and 15-4.
Vandelay Systems 24, Canada Flooring Crushers 4
Kelly Panchyshyn outlasted Canada Flooring's Joel Brennan, winning in five games. Panchyshyn also played in an adult league this season and was on the winning team in the Thursday division.
She said both titles meant a lot to her, especially after moving up a couple levels in the junior league this season.
"I am pretty equally happy with both wins," she said. "I don't think we all expected to win (on Saturday), but I think we were just really well matched with the team that we were playing."
Other scorers on Vandelay included Jack Woodwalker and Karissa Hryniuk.
Brennan posted the most points for Canada Flooring Crushers, scoring two in total, while the team's remaining scorers were Flather and Graydon McDonnell.
Pacific Northwest Moving 15, Care and Share Family Help 8
Coleman Newell and Riley Smoler combined for 12 of Pacific Northwest Moving's 15 points. Both players won in three games.
Jeanette Carney finished with two points for Pacific Northwest Moving and Alexis Hougen chipped in the team's remaining point.
Substitute player Logan Harris finished with five points for Care and Share Family Help, while Kai Knorr, Will Parker and Hannah Milner each scored the team's remaining three points.
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