Irish, Bulldogs, Raiders, Flyers open with wins
Chad Thorpe netted 18 points to lead the Eden Flyers to a 74-44 victory over the Centennial Cougars at Centennial Wednesday on the opening day of the 67th Annual Welland Tribune Basketball Tournament
Also scoring for the Flyers were Kai Schatz 17, Dylan Durlov 17, Noah Whyte 9, Luke Midgley 4, Luke Johnson 3, Josh Sanecki 3, Dominic Olesin 2 and Xavier Moccio 2.
Scoring for the Cougars were Nate Perna 14, Elliot Slack 11, Timi Ijaodola 5, Alex Bray 3, Kelsan Stayzer 3, Alan Al-Yacoubi 3, Colbey DesRoches 3 and Callum Brown 2.
Mountainview Building Group players of the game were Perna and Durlov.
BULLDOGS 69 PATRIOTS 65
Matteo Scaglione scored 25 points Wednesday to lead the defending champion Sir Winston Churchill Bulldogs to a 69-65 victory over the Saint Paul Patriots in opening round Tribune action at Centennial.
Also scoring for the Bulldogs were Will McAlpine 16, Jared Cook 8, Sawyer Neufeld 8, Danial Nunez Colombe 7 and Victor Obanure 4.
Replying for Saint Paul were Isaac Jordan 26, Mark Cruz 15, Dante DeBenedetti 14, Mark Al Makhoul 8 and Charlie McCamley 3.
Mountainview Building Group players of the game were Scaglione and DeBenedetti.
FIGHTING IRISH 84 BLUE BEARS 25
Nineteen points from Andrew Benko powered the Notre Dame Fighting Irish to an 84-25 victory over the Port Colborne Blue Bears in Round 1 Tribune action at Notre Dame.
Also scoring for the Irish were Trent Groulx 17, William Benko 13, Nicholas Cappreta 9, Michael Ventresca 6, David Babalola 4, Tyler Ray 4, DiGioia 4, Colton Kizlyk 3, Benric Lanzar 3 and Devon Devost 2.
Scoring for Port Colborne were Ethan Yalowica 10, Jake Graham 7, Kolby Kulak 6 and Ahmed Shazad 2.
Mountainview Building Group players of the game were Groulx and Yalowica.
RAIDERS 59 GRYPHONS 57
The Holy Cross Raiders advanced to the Tribune quarter-finals Thursday with a narrow 59-57 victory over the Greater Fort Erie Gryphons Wednesday at Notre Dame.
Scoring for Holy Cross were Nathan Beveridge 20, Owen Corcoran 8, Isaak Pino-Martinez 8, Matteo D’Aria 6, Hunter Herring-Dent 6, Owen Bradford-Andrew 4, Terrell Wallace 2, Daniel Orr 2 and Joey Young 1
Replying for Greater Fort Erie were Noah Gmoser 30, Nate Jones 14, Jason Currie 6, Jack Storring 4, Nick Alix 2 and Kaiden Hicken 1.
Mountainview Building Group players of the game were Bradford-Andrew and Gmoser.
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