The Season had its ups and downs with the team going undefeated in July and going 9 straight wins, things were looking up as they headed into the final week of the inaugural CEBL season. But it was a couple of defeats against Saskatchewan that saw a turn as the number 2 team in the league would move to Championship weekend in Saskatchewan. Winning only 2 of the last 4, the team was heading to the Semi Finals with a 14-6 record, unfortunately, it was the Saskatchewan Rattlers who would be the opponents in the Semi Finals and who have been the Stingers biggest rivals.
Semifinals – Sasktel Centre – Saskatoon
Edmonton broke out the box and heading into the half time were down by 6. But it would not be with 30 secs left the Rattlers were up by 2 Akeem Ellis attempted 2 treys from outside and missed on both with 7 secs left and the stingers fell 85-81. Saskatchewan would move on to win the Championship Trophy in the Inaugural season.
Congrats go out to Xavier Moon Player of the Year, Brody Clarke Usports Player of the Year, Travis Daniels and Xavier Moon First All Star Team and Jordan Baker Second All Star team.
The team has a great foundation for the future and the league is well situated to be a fixture in the Edmonton Sports Community.
The Schedule for the 2020 season will be available in late September. Check it out here: https://thestingers.ca
The Fans were the extra players for the team and the support by the fans, many of whom travelled to Saskatoon to follow the team, are the Edmonton Muse Choice for Most Valuable People.
The Edmonton sports scene has been so full of playoff teams this year, that we can’t believe that someone could say there is nothing to do. From the Edmonton Stingers in the first ever CEBL playdown to the Edmonton Prospects in the WCBL against the Okotok Dawgs. While all this is going down you have the start of the fall season for FC Edmonton.