Main photo: The Huntsville Hurricanes U14 Boys celebrate gold at the IEM Basketball Tournament in Newmarket (back row from left) Coach Scott Barker, Lachlan Mangaroff, Nolan Turner, Eli McDougall, Kyler Van Kooy, Riley Knox, Oscar Finn, Coach Samantha Garrod; (front row from left) Cal Truax, Will Caswell, Sam Hollinshead, Andy Bulloch, Isaiah Nikiforuk, and Dan Clarke.
By Samantha Garrod
The Huntsville Hurricanes U14 boys attended the IEM Basketball Tournament in Newmarket from February 23-25. The boys went 5-0 and brought home gold!
Saturday morning the boys played The Scarborough Blues. The final score was 53-30, the points for the team were very widespread: Andy Bulloch with 10, Riley Knox with nine, Cal Truax with eight, Kyler Van Kooy with eight and Oscar with two three-pointers in the second half.
The second game was against Whitby Gladiators. At half Whitby was up 26-24. The boys fought hard and really came out strong in the second half, finishing the game with a score of 60-44. Riley Knox lead the team in scoring with 24 points, Will Caswell with eight, Cal Truax with eight, and Oscar Finn with six.
The third game on Saturday was versus the Kirkland Lake Swampdoneys – final score was 44-27. Sam Hollinshead had 10 points, Riley Knox with eight, Oscar Finn had seven, and Lachlan Mangaroff with four.
On Sunday morning the boys faced the IEM Spartans, another team that was undefeated in the tournament. The first half was close, both teams were playing well, but the Hurricanes hit three clutch three-pointers to bring the score up to 28-19 going into the second half. The team really pulled together hitting 20 of 35 foul shots throughout the game which helped them bring home the win with a score of 49-45. Riley Knox had 15 points (nine of which were foul shots) and 11 rebounds, Kyler Van Kooy had seven points and eight rebounds, and Andy Bulloch had six points.
As the boys headed into the finals, they knew they would have to come out strong since we had played Midland earlier in the season.
As a coach, that game made me very proud because the boys stepped out on the court as a team. It seemed like everything we have been working on all season came together!
The first half was strong, leading Midland 45-15 going into the second half. The boys continued to play as a team and controlled the tempo of the game until the final buzzer, finishing with a score of 74-38. Riley Knox had 23 points (19 in the first half), Lachlan Mangaroff had 12 points, Kyler Van Kooy had 11, and Sam Hollinshead had 11.
The entire team contributed towards the gold medal win — you boys earned it!
The team will head to the MUMBA (Markham Unionville Minor Basketball Association) tournament at the end of March.
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