William Morton wins Basketball Championship

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Published on Friday, March 18, 2016

Submitted photo. The William Morton Warriors were able to end the basketball season with a Zone Seven and provincial banner.

By Eoin Devereux

Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press

The William Morton Collegiate Warriors, based out of Gladstone, have capped off their basketball season with a provincial championship. 

The boys junior varsity squad closed out its year by winning the ‘A/AA’ Basketball Championship on Saturday, Mar. 12 in Gimli.

William Morton entered the event as the second ranked team and would start the tournament with the challenge of stopping the Boissevain Broncos. At the end of regulation, it was the Warriors who were able to upend the Broncos by the score of 107-29. 

The challenge became much more difficult for the Warriors in the next round, as they would find themselves facing the host team, the Gimli Lakers. Despite the difficulty of dealing with a partisan crowd, as well as a very skilled opponent, the Zone Seven champs were able to advance to the final with a well deserved 76-59 victory over Gimli. 

The championship game featured the best two teams from across the province, as the second ranked Warriors met the top ranked Niverville Panthers. This game would be the most challenging of the entire season for William Morton, but at the end of regulation, it was the Warriors celebrating a provincial title, with the 61-54 win.

This weekend, William Morton’s varsity boys basketball team will attempt to achieve similar success, as they will compete in the ‘A’ Boys  Provincial Championship  in Elm Creek. The event will run from Mar. 17-19.