This week in Brant County Sports!

Junior volleyball action was in full swing on Sept. 29 as Paris District High School took on St. John’s College in an exciting matchup on the court.

George Le Gresley

Sports Correspondent

Paris Mounties 

At the deadline, the Mounties are in 4th place with a 3-win, 4-loss, 1-tie record. Last Saturday, they returned home to play the Wellesley Applejacks at the Brant Sports Complex, and on Sunday, the Hespeler Shamrocks.

This coming Saturday, October 17, they will welcome the Tavistock Braves at the Brant Sports Complex.

Brant County River Riverhawks

The NPHL Senior Hockey team opened this year's schedule with a 6-3 loss to the Strathroy Jets. The team had their home opener last Saturday at the Burford Community Center and will report on that next week. 

This Saturday night in Burford, the Tilbury Bluebirds are the visitors. Puck drop is 7:30 pm.

PDHS Sports

Girls Basketball

Last week, the Juniors split their two games: a close loss to McKinnon SS and their first home win, edging out Pauline Johnson 28-26. Ellie Parker, Natalie Haines, and Lauren DeMunk led the scoring.

Also, last week the Seniors lost a close one to McKinnon Park 36-34, but like the Juniors, they edged out PJ, 24-23. Leading Scorers for the Panthers: Hailey Maxwell, Peyton Andree and Elisha Letona,

Boys Volleyball

The Junior Panthers played only one game against Pauline Johnson and won 3-1.

The Seniors played two games last week and defeated McKinnon Park, 3-0. Next up was a visit to PJ, and they won that game 3 games to 1. The Panthers, with a 4-1 record, are tied for second place with North Park.

Boys Football 

Last Saturday, the Panthers Paris played their last home games for both the Junior and Senior sides.

The Juniors lost to North Park 35-13 and last Thursday lost to St. John’s 22-13. 

The Seniors lost to North Park 21- 13 last Saturday. The Seniors play BCI next Friday at 7 pm at the Kiwanis field.

Boys Baseball

Last Monday’s doubleheader began with a 17-5 loss to Delhi SS and ended with a 6-0 win over Dunnville SS. The Panthers, with 3 wins and 3 losses, finish off their season by taking on Valley Heights in their first game and Waterford HS.

Girls Fastball

The second-place Panthers swept Simcoe 7-0 and tomorrow will play North Park and Caledonia.