The Assumption College Lions left little doubt on their way to a third straight Athletic Association of Brant, Haldimand and Norfolk senior girls basketball championship.

Hosting St. John’s College on Thursday, ACS jumped out to an 18-3 first-quarter lead and never looked back on its way to a 47-26 win over the Green Eagles.

“We’re very excited,” Assumption’s Kate Ferras said. “It’s feels so good to go back-to-back.”

The two previous matchups between the teams in the regular season were fairly close with Assumption (14-0) scoring wins of 44-36 and 60-50 over St. John’s (11-3). Knowing that their opponent wasn’t going to lie down, Ferras said getting up early was on their minds.

“We talked about starting off really, really good,” she said. “We just wanted to come out with energy so that

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