Junior Boys basketball - Panthers and Dragons defeat Hawks counterparts

'A' Panther Shawn Flannery makes a special delivery
Lloyd Lybbert photo

Toni Lucas with notes from Lloyd Lybbert

The Junior A and B Boys basketball Matthew Halton Hawks basketball teams hosted their Crowsnest Panthers counterparts on Thursday January 16 and their St. Michael's Dragons counterparts on Tuesday, January 21. Both Redskins and both Dragons teams won their games by large margins. Disheartening perhaps for the Hawks teams, but they didn't seem to let it get them down, playing with heart and energy to the last buzzer in all four games.

'B' Dragons Chris Alexander on his way to another 2 points
T. Lucas photo

Every member of the St. Michael's B team made it to the scoreboard. Chris Alexander made 14 points Jordon Hochstein made 12 points. Elisha Lowry and Tyran Holloway made 10 points each.

"I have some guys that can hustle," said Hawks Coach Neil Lamont. Lamont moved here in September and has taken on coaching duties for the A and B Junior Boys. "This is their fourth game. The team has been practicing together twice a week."

"They did awesome, and I'm very proud of them," said Dragons B Coach Karen Holloway. "They have a lot of heart, and play with it every game, no matter what.

Tyler of the 'A' Dragons tries to manoeuvre around Hawks #7 Jack
T. Lucas photo

"They started out a little slow, kind of scrambly," said Dragons A Coach Patty Zoratti. "The second half was much better for them. They started to play basketball like they know how to, and we are pretty happy with what they did then. "This was the first time I saw them play more like a team, rather than a lot of indivduals. That first quarter, if they could have kept that play up, well the score would have been like the first quarter."

High scorers in the A Hawks vs A Dragons game were Dragons Mitchell with 19 points and Calvin with 16 points. Hawks high scorers were Matthew with 9 points, and Braden and Vincent with 8 points each.

Hawks vs Panthers vids - Lloyd Lybbert
Hawks vs Dragons vids - T. Lucas

'B' Hawks vs 'B' Panthers
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