Crossley, Raiders advance to consolation semifinals

The Holy Cross Raiders advanced to the consolation round semifinals with a hard fought 59-50 win over the Laura Secord Patriots in quarter-final action Tuesday night at the 60th Annual Standard High School Basketball Tournament.

“I think we start slow most of the time,” Holy Cross coach Austin Anderson said. “The last two games we played good teams, St. Francis and Eden, but we get off to a slow start and then play better in the third quarter. If we sustain that third-quarter energy in the rest of the games, we should be pretty competitive going forward.”

The Raiders, who were ranked 15th, now take on the 14th-ranked Smithville Storm Thursday.

“It’s good,” Anderson said. “It’s nice to think of the top end teams and we can try and be a consolation finalist in this tournament and The Tribune Tournament and hopefully make some noise on this side.”

Holy Cross last won a consolation title in 2003/04.

STATS PACK

Raiders 59 Patriots 50

Cat’s Caboose Player of the Game: Holy Cross’ Terrell Wallace.

Boston Pizza Player of the Game: Laura Secord’s Lucas Andres.

For the Holy Cross Raiders: Wallace 11; Owen Bradford-Andrew 12; Nathan Beveridge 9; Matteo D’Aria 8; Joey Young 7; Owen Corcoran 6; Hunter Herring-Dent 5.

For the Laura Secord Patriots: Andres 8; Travis Joyce 20; Abdi Farah 6; Nick Hatrick 6; Luken Mignault 4; Ryan Conway 3; Abdul Suliman 2; Angelo Dulak 1.

Cyclone 73 Golden Eagles 52

Matthew Kleinsmith turned in one of the most memorable performances in tournament history, pouring in an astounding 51 points to lead the 13th-ranked E.L. Crossley Cyclone past the defending consolation champion Thorold Golden Eagles Tuesday at Crossley.

The Cyclone now advance to the semifinals Thursday at Ridley and take on the Tigers.

Cyclone 73 Golden Eagles 52

Cat’s Caboose Player of the Game: E.L. Crossley’s Matthew Kleinsmith.

Boston Pizza Player of the Game: Thorold’s Armann Sandhu.

For the E.L. Crossley Cyclone: Matthew Kleinsmith 51; Ryan Zucco 10; Ethan Krick 4; Jayden Thompson 4; Ethan van Niekerk 1.

For the Thorold Golden Eagles: Sandhu 16; Tayte Fraser 17; Lucas Smith 7; Spencer Fluellon 5; Isaac Walker 4; Lebron Brew-Kellman 2; Tyrese Gibson 2.

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