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Sunday, January 20, 2013

Westminster Gets Its Revenge, Ends MICDS' Win Streak At 11

Rams won MICDS Holiday Tournament championship game over Wildcats back in December, but Westminster returned the favor with a strong performance Friday night.

TOWN AND COUNTRY -- As the No. 1 seed and defending champion of the MICDS Holiday Tournament, the Westminster Christian Academy girls basketball team was the overwhelming favorite to win the event again this season. But the third-seeded hosts from MICDS had different plans, and pulled off one of the great surprises of the season by upsetting Westminster to win their own tournament for the first time. That victory happened to be the Rams' eighth in a row, and helped spark them on to three more, for an 11-game winning streak heading into Friday's rematch with the Wildcats at the WCA Gym. This time though, it was Westminster that made the big plays down the stretch of another tight ballgame, and earned itself a hard-fought 58-56 revenge …

Saturday, January 19, 2013

MICDS Hoop Squads Both Fall In Double-Dip At Westminster Christian

Metro League rivals staged two dynamite ballgames, with the host Wildcats claiming victory in both.

TOWN AND COUNTRY -- If either of the MICDS boys or girls basketball teams thought that their hosts from Westminster Christian Academy were going to be gracious, they found out quickly on Friday that they were sadly mistaken. The host Wildcats were in a foul mood facing the Rams for the second time this season. And both the Westminster boys and girls made sure to show just how discourteous they felt, as both Wildcat squads sent the Rams home with a pair of losses in a critical Metro League doubleheader at the WCA Gym. In the opener, the No. 7-ranked Westminster girls avenged the loss they suffered to the No. 6-ranked Rams in the championship game of the MICDS Holiday Tournament back on December 30, with a 58-56 victory. And in the nightcap…

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