Redmen Senior Boys Bring their Game to the Hoop Dome

The Senior Boys Basketball team travelled to Toronto January 15 & 16, to play in a tourn
ament at the Hoop Dome. The boys came against some tough Toronto teams and came away with 1 win and 2 losses--one of the losses was in overtime.
The first game on the Friday night, the team was pumped and it showed. In the first quarter the Redmen pulled ahead by 8 against the North Lambton squad. Team Captain Jade Maxwell did an excellent job handling the ball. Maxwell set up alot of open shots for his post players. Randy Zwep and Sebastian Keller did a great job grabbing rebounds and scoring. Mitch Anderson and Tyler Hart did a great job setting up the open man and finishing on their lay-ups. All of the guys on the bench did awesome coming in and showing team support from the sidelines. Central Huron finished on top winning the game by 3.
Saturday morning the boys played W.L Mackenzie, a team from Toronto. Being a little sleepy in the first quarter , the Redmen were down a few at half time. In the second half the team battled hard but came up short. Randy Zwep had his best game of the Tournament leading in rebounds and scoring. All of the players added secondary scoring to keep the game close.
The third and final game was against QECVI and wow what a finish. The boys did not start as well as they would have liked but at the half the score was 26-25 for the Redmen. Both team came out strong in the second half and they were evenly matched. Great defense from both teams kept the game close right to the end. Near the end the scorekeepers had some confusion with the clock and the score but would see the game end in a tie. With Ryan ORouke and Sebastian Keller fouled out we had some post challenges. In overtime the QECVI team went ahead to win the game.
Every player played well and had a great experience. Thank you to Mr. Hart and the Maxwell family for driving. Good job guys. Story courtesy of Team Manager Curt MCallum