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Basketball: HTA Knights, Foothills to finally meet on March 12
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Foothills Falcon Sawyer Remington goes up for a layup against Crescent Heights High School on Feb. 25 at the Comp. (Brent Calver/Western Wheel)

The Foothills Falcons have a week to regroup for the 4A South Central Senior Sr. girls basketball zones after a tournament which had some highs and lows in late February.

Foothills finished fourth at the Bishop O’Byrne Bobcat tournament on Feb. 22, which was highlighted by knocking off the host team in the tourney opener.

"That game was unbelievable just because of the crowd,” said Falcons head coach Vince Hunter. “Their kids (BOB’s) were fantastic and super on our case. Our kids had to learn how to handle being yelled at a lot.”

The Falcons tried to silence the crowd right from the get-go as Foothills’ Chloe Hunter hit a trio of threes.

“They were all over her for the rest of the game,” coach Hunter said. “It was super-good in terms of working on our kids' mental toughness. Just a great atmosphere to play in.”

The Falcons knocked off the Bobcats 58-46.

Foothills then had to face something worse than a Wild crowd – the Mt. Baker Wild from Cranbrook.

Unfortunately, the Falcons shooting was kind of wild.

“That might have been our worst game of the year,” Hunter said of the 84-68 loss to Mt. Baker. “We didn’t play great and we didn’t shoot the ball well at all.”

Foothills was hit with a lot of fouls as the Wild went to the charity stripe an estimated 40 times to the Falcons 10.

“It certainly felt like our girls were having a tough time doing anything,” Hunter said. “Mt. Baker was a lot bigger than us and it seemed like any time we touched them we were getting called. That made it tough for the kids.”

Foothills then squared off against Daniel McIntyre Collegiate from Manitoba for the bronze medal.

Coming off the frustrating loss to Mt. Baker, the Falcons came out flatter than the Keystone Province's landscape.

“We came out super-flat and found ourselves down by 32 points,” Hunter said. “I thought the game was going to be a write off.

“We started changing up some things we could do and we asked the girls can we at least earn the other team’s respect.”

The Falcons got more respect than Aretha Franklin as they were able to whittle the lead down to six points.

“We were unbelievable in the second half,” Hunter said. “The girls on the inside were crashing the boards and finishing. Our outside game also came alive in the second half.”

Foothills held Daniel McIntyre Collegiate to two field goals in the fourth quarter.

“The girls dug right in and played incredible basketball,” Hunter said of the 74-62 loss.. “It was a great way to end.”

The Falcons MVP in the tournament was Sawyer Remington.

Foothills ended the regular season with a home game against Crescent Heights on Feb. 24. 

They will now prepare for the South Central zones March 10-13 at HTA.

The Holy Trinity Academy Knights open zones against the Chestermere Lakers on March 10 at 5:30 p.m.

The Falcons play the Lakers the following night at 5:30 p.m.

Then, it what could be the championship game, the Foothills Falcons and the Holy Trinity Academy Knights will finally meet on March 12 at 5:30.

It will be the first time all season the two Okotoks squads have squared off. That’s akin to Notley and Kenney not debating until the last day of a legislative session.

“We haven’t played HTA all year – it’s going to be a nice opportunity for the community to come together,” Hunter said. 

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