Cyclone jump on Blue Bears
The E.L. Crossley Cyclone lived up to their No. 1 billing with an easy win on their home court Thursday morning at The 65 Annual Tribune Boys Basketball Tournament.
The Cyclone jumped out to a huge lead early en route to a 69-31 victory over the Port Colborne Blue Bears.
“I told the kids you have to treat every game the same, no matter who you are playing against,” Crossley coach Brian Bleich said. “It doesn’t matter if it’s a weaker team or a strong team, you have to come out and play it like you play it. You practice like you play and play like you practice.”
Bleich wanted to set the tone in the first game.
“We have to play more games and if you get sloppy here, you’ll get sloppy later,” he said.
A total of 10 Crossley players hit the scoresheet.
“I was happy. We played everybody and got into the game,” Bleich said.
Mountainview Players of the Game: Crossley’s Josh Lahn and Port’s Aiden Hawkins.
E.L. Crossley Cyclone: Josh Lahn 17; Carter Teal 9; Jason Carter 8; T.J. Hurley 7; Jacob Paul 6; Owen Dobbie 5; Aiden Belding 4; Riley Bleich 4; Hunter Roszell 4; Donovan Fenton 3.
Port Colborne Blue Bears: Aiden Hawkins 6; Isaac De Waard 5; Matt Richardson 5; Colton Weaver 3; B. Walker 3; Jake Bruno 2; Troy Nichols 2; Mason Weaver 2; Grover 2; Seth Roy 1.
COUGARS 50 REDCOATS 49
Playing in front of a buyout crowd Thursday, the Centennial Cougars advanced to the Tribune championship quarter-finals with a 50-49 victory over the Governor Simcoe Redcoats.
Centennial was led by its player of the game Nick Yioldassis, who netted 19 points. Also scoring for the Cougars were Dalton Slack (10), Jackson McNeil (9), Ryan Stark (4), Jadin Baldwin (4), James Goodfellow (2) and Jack Halladay (2).
Mitch McPherson netted 13 points to earn Simcoe’s player of the game award. Also recording points for the Redcoats were Andrew Scott (11), Max Grant (10), Deryck Burke (6), Ethan Thompson (3), Matteo Martin (3) and Hayden Zeppetella (2).
SPARTANS 57 LYNX 36
Aaron Nguyen scored 15 points to power the Westlane Spartans to a 57-36 triumph over the Jean Vanier Lynx Thursday in the opening round of the Trib tourney.
Also scoring for the Spartans were player of the game Adam Adam (9), Waleed Al-Basha (8), Enrico Gibson (4), Taylor Firlotte (4), Ethan Smith (4), Kevin Del Vecchio (3), Jake Marshall (3), Lucas Ridgeway (3), Jacob Firlotte (2) and Chris Vos (2).
Vanier’s player of the game was Gregoire Belanger with seven points. Also scoring for the Lynx were Brock Morden (8), Lucas Bartok (7), Evan Bartok (4), Adam Cupola (3), Cameron Laprise (2), Maxime Leduc (2), Ryan Humble (2) and Bryce Drennan (2).
FIGHTING IRISH 70 RAIDERS 31
Shamar Campbell and Andrew Zezela scored 14 points each to spark the Notre Dame Fighting Irish to a 70-31 victory Thursday in Day 1 action at the Tribune tournament.
Also scoring points for the defending champions were David Jones (12), Brandon Markowski (7), Nelson Collee (6), Ryan Fitzgerald (6), Austin Cooper (4), Mateo Dave (3), Roldin Valencia Cortes (3) and Will Capes (1)
Point scorers for the Raiders were Rueben Eshuis (10), Bruce Deluca (8), Sebastian Ayala (6), Abraham Sandy (3), Sam Trivieri (2) and Matt Ryan (2)
PATRIOTS 66 BULLDOGS 41
Player of the game Jacob McLeod drained 21 points Thursday to help the Saint Paul Patriots open the Tribune tournament with a 66-41 victory over the Sir Winston Churchill Bulldogs.
Also scoring for the Patriots were John Graovaz (18), Jerwyn Tutanes (17), Devon Schiller-Cleveland (5), Noah Jordan (3), Nick Christelli (1) and Gary Richards (1).
Churchill’s player of the game Nate Butler scored all seven of his points in the fourth quarter. Also recording points for the Bulldogs were Yaseen Ali (11), Alexien Evseyev (9), Connor Johnson (5), Nick Beaudoin (5), Hayden Patterson (2) and Barin Alp (1).
FLYERS 58 GATORS 41
Trent Thorpe scored 17 points to earn player of the game honours and help the Eden Flyers defeat the Lakeshore Catholic Gators 58-41 Thursday in opening-round Tribune tournament action.
Also scoring for the Flyers were Luke Reinaerts (10), Ashton Nieuwets (7), Wes Hanlin (6), Winston Doppenberg (6), Carter McMaster (5), Dylan Bryan (2), Harrison Gossen (2) and Simar Rehki (2).
Samuel Beifuss earned Lakershore’s player of the game award by scoring 13 points. Also recording points for the Gators were Thomas Cryer (10), Ben Shoalts (5), Izaak Gagnon (4), Krish Marc-Michel (4), Andrew Scott (2) and Jonathan Klauck (2).
MARAUDERS 59 MUSTANGS 54
The A.N. Myer Marauders opened the Tribune tournament Tuesday with a 59-54 victory against the Saint Michael Mustangs.
Scoring for the Marauders were Cole Joudrey (13), Aaryan Siddiqui (9), Gee Joshi (9), Jordan Hilliker (8), Nathan Lefebvre (6), Ben Tait (5), Jashon Carter (4), Noah Sharp (3) and Jeff Dai (2).
Recording points for the Mustangs were Jomer Mateo (15), Josh Duncombe (13), Cody Madden (8), Ben Lockhart (7), Davis Alex (5), Dami Laraiyetan (4), Adrian Pasternak (2) and Kemuel Jones (2).
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