{"id":19205,"date":"2020-03-18T09:00:35","date_gmt":"2020-03-18T16:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/?p=19205"},"modified":"2020-04-22T09:58:49","modified_gmt":"2020-04-22T16:58:49","slug":"chargers-basketball-teams-wind-down-2019-20-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2020\/03\/18\/chargers-basketball-teams-wind-down-2019-20-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Chargers basketball teams wind down 2019-20 season"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Camosun Chargers men\u2019s and women\u2019s basketball teams recently finished their 2019-20 seasons. The men\u2019s team finished the regular season with 8 wins and 10 losses, going on to win the PACWEST provincial bronze medal from Okanagan College with a final score of 84-70. The women\u2019s team ended off the regular season with 7 wins and 11 losses, and came just short of the PACWEST bronze medal, losing the title to the Douglas College Royals with a final score of 74-63.<\/p>\n

Chargers women\u2019s guard Sierra Reisig says that despite losing, it was a \u201chard-fought battle\u201d and the team never gave up.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt least we went out trying our best, so it wasn\u2019t like we played bad or anything; it just didn\u2019t work out for us,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

Reisig is the league leader in steals and scored second highest in the final game with 12 points, behind Chloe Scaber, who scored 21 points. Reisig is still happy with the team\u2019s performance.<\/p>\n

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The Camosun Chargers women\u2019s basketball team played their final game of the season recently (photo by Allan Shook\/Camosun College A\/V Services).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cIt was a great season, and no matter what the outcome was, the team itself was just a great group of girls and we had a special bond,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

Stepping into the role of head coach for the women\u2019s team this season is Justin Thiessen, who replaced Cait Haggarty in August. Thiessen is excited to be in the position and thinks he fits in well with the team. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe system that was already in place has such an awesome group of young ladies, \u201d he says. \u201cEven though I came in late, I was very fortunate to have an excellent group.\u201d<\/p>\n

Reisig says that despite not knowing anyone, Thiessen created a strong environment and developed a play style that accentuated the team\u2019s strengths. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHe created a new culture and environment, and I thought he really benefited our team,\u201d she says. \u201cAnd he cares a lot, which means a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n

Working alongside Thiessen is men\u2019s team head coach Scot Cuachon, who feels that his athletes gave strong performances.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were on a five- or six-game winning streak to start the second semester, which always feels good,\u201d he says. \u201cI thought the sustained effort and execution of the entire group through that run was quite exciting, and quite fun to be a part of.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cuachon says some of the athletes who performed particularly well included forward Shaquille Maharaj, guard Takeshi Croke, and forward Atlas St. Paul-Butler. He says he appreciated working with the team.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was really just an enjoyable group of people to be around; it was a personal highlight to me, to be honest,\u201d he says.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Maharaj was selected as a 1st Team All-Star this year and was one of the Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA)\u2019s players of the week. Maharaj says that the men\u2019s team stayed positive and driven throughout the season.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe went in with a game plan, and we just stuck to it\u2014whatever happens happens. We just said to the guys, leave it all out on the floor, this is our opportunity to go to nationals, so we just kind of gave it everything we had,\u201d he says. \u201cI thought the guys played with a lot of heart, and we didn\u2019t really give up, we just kept fighting, and I think that same kind of desire and heart that we showed in the semi-final carried over into the bronze medal game.\u201d<\/p>\n

On the women\u2019s team, Thiessen says noteworthy performances came from forward Sadie McMillan-Stowards and guards Tamiya Ness and Chloe Scaber; Scaber came in to relieve Tessa Lannon-Paakspuu, who was injured. Despite this setback, Lannon-Paakspuu has been named PACWEST\u2019s Women\u2019s Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year.<\/p>\n

Reisig says that Lannon-Paakspuu was a strong influence on the team.<\/p>\n

\u201cTessa, our fifth-year, she cared so much and gave so much to our team, and was such a good role model to all of our rookies, [showing] that hard work pays off,\u201d says Reisig.<\/p>\n

Thiessen is excited for the future of the program.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn my second year, I\u2019ll really get a chance to start to develop the type of culture that we\u2019re going to expect going forward,\u201d says Thiessen. \u201cWe\u2019re bringing in a bunch of talented and exceptional students, and I think this program has a really bright future, so I\u2019m excited to keep moving forward and growing the program.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Maharaj is proud to have helped developed a strong heritage that the Chargers can leave for future generations.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve built a culture here over the last few years, so we want to leave a legacy behind, and we want the new guys that come in to continue to carry forward that same culture and attitude, and that\u2019s all we can really ask for.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Camosun Chargers men\u2019s and women\u2019s basketball teams recently finished their 2019-20 seasons. The men\u2019s team finished the regular season with 8 wins and 10 losses, going on to win the PACWEST provincial bronze medal from Okanagan College with a final score of 84-70. The women\u2019s team ended off the regular season with 7 wins […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19206,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[238,8,13,250],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-life-sports","category-sports","category-news","category-march-18-2020"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19205","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19205"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19205\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19420,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19205\/revisions\/19420"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}