SportsLife 2015, issue 3 | Page 16

basketball star sentilla bubb making big decisions By Scott Taylor, Photos courtesy of the Bubb Family It would appear that Therese Bubb’s beautiful family just seems to get more talented Sentilla Bubb every day. With 22-year-old daughter Siera Bubb already on a basketball scholarship at NCAA Division 2 Clark Atlanta University in Atlanta, Ga., Therese’s 18-year-old younger daughter Sentilla Bubb, has accepted a basketball scholarship offer to St. Lawrence College in Kingston, Ontario. “Sentilla just turned 18 in March and will be graduated from Sisler in June,” said her mom. “She’s played basketball since she was 5 with the WMBA. She went on to play on several club teams – Mayhem, Wolves and then Magic. She still plays with Magic because her coach for Magic, is also her coach at Sisler, Michael Tan. “Sentilla was on undefeated teams in Grade 9 and 10 and they won both the City and Provincial championships. In Grade 11, Sisler was undefeated but lost in the championship game. In Grade 12, however, Sentilla’s Sisler team not only went undefeated, but won the Provincial Championship.” It was Sisler’s first provincial Championship and Sentilla played a major role. Meanwhile, she also played for Team Manitoba at the Western Canada Games and brought home the silver medal after Team Manitoba lost by a single point in the gold medal game. “Sentilla was also a part of history last summer,” added Therese, “when she played on Team Manitoba and won the province’s first National Championship in Edmonton.” Sentilla, who has been named an all-star at many tournaments during her basketball career, also played rugby for Sisler and won the provincial championship in Brandon last year. She won two Player of the Week Awards this past season and received two major awards at the Basketball Manitoba Awards Ceremony last spring. Siera Bubb at Clark Atlantic University Sisler Coach Michael Tan with Sentilla Bubb 16 / sportslife “She also plays flag football, the youngest player on her team in a senior women’s league,” said Therese. “Sentilla has definitely taken the same path as her sister Siera who got basketball scholarships at both East Georgia College (JC) and at Division 2 Clark Sentilla and the champion Sisler Spartans Atlanta University.” Not surprisingly, Siera and Sentilla are not the only talented members of the extended Bubb family. “The girls are the older cousins of Trechelle Bunn who just won the bronze medal with Team Manitoba in the women’s division of the National Aboriginal Hockey Championships in Halifax,” said Therese. “Also they have a niece (Allaiya) and a nephew (Jesiah) – my grandchildren – that play hockey in Manitoba. “Allaiya is 14 and goes to Starbuck Hockey Academy and has played hockey on the AA Assiniboine Park Rangers for the past two years and Jesiah is 11 and also goes to Starbuck Hockey Academy and played for the Phoenix Flames 10 A-1 last winter and the Manitoba Xtreme for spring league. “We have a number of athletes in our family.” Indeed. l