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North Shore hoops finals Thursday

The North Shore senior girls AA and AAA basketball championships will be decided tomorrow night at Windsor and Handsworth secondaries.

The North Shore senior girls AA and AAA basketball championships will be decided tomorrow night at Windsor and Handsworth secondaries.

In the hotly contested AA division the finalists were not yet determined by North Shore News press deadline - Seycove was to take on St. Thomas Aquinas in one semifinal Tuesday night while Windsor was hosting Bodwell in the other matchup.

The winners will meet Thursday night starting at 7:15 p.m. at Windsor.

Windsor and STA were the favourites heading into the tournament after they finished first and second, respectively, during regular season play in the North Shore premier division, topping traditional AAA powers Handsworth and Argyle.

The two AA teams were evenly matched in North Shore league play with Windsor winning their two meetings by a combined total of five points. STA, meanwhile, knocked off the Dukes in the bronze medal game of the Telus Basketball Classic in December.

In AAA action it will be old rivals Handsworth and Argyle squaring off for the North Shore championship game Thursday starting at 7:30 p.m. The two teams split their regular season matchups with Argyle winning 54-53 at Handsworth Jan. 21 and the Royals returning the favour with a 56-40 win at Argyle Jan. 27. Both teams are listed as honourable mentions in the provincial AAA top-10 rankings.