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 The
Northern Vikings were down one at half but managed
to pull out a big victory over the St. Patrick Irish
in midget boys basketball actions Tuesday afternoon
at Northern, handing the Irish their first loss of
the season.
The
Vikings were lead in the first half by J. Jones, who
put up big points for Northern during the first and
second quarter. He started the action off with a
rebound put back for two points, while also getting
it off a pass for a lay in and off a steal for
another two for six points. With an added free
throw, Jones scored 7 of the Vikings 8 points in the
1st quarter.
P. Whitson
helped the Irish with his four points in the half
while J. McAuley had three points, and C. Sullivan
two, helping to keep the Irish ahead of the Vikings.
But Jones
would continue his lead into the second quarter,
putting in another 7 points in the quarter to make
it 14 by half time. But the Irish still lead by 1
going into the locker rooms, as at half time it was
18-17.
In the
third the Vikings would come out quick to take the
lead. M. Sidhu would collect 4 points in the third
quarter, while McAuley had four of his own for the
Irish, as Northern and St. Patrick's hand the lead
back and forth for most of the quarter. But before
the end of the third, M. Smiley would hit two free
throws to take a one point lead heading into the
final quarter of play.
S. German
would help the Vikings in the paint push a early
lead to four, but the Irish would get it back quick
as McAuley would knock down the games only three
pointer to close the gap. Jones would add four
points in the middle of the quarter as the Vikings
opened up a 5 point lead. T. Johnson Raines would
drive the lane for the Irish a nd
lay in a bucket, but Jones would finish it off with
another rebound put back as the Vikings take it
39-31.
This marks
the first loss of the season for St. Patrick's, but
they still manage to hold onto first place with a
9-1 record. Northern sits with a 8-2 record in
second place.
Neither
team has a game till the playoff rounds next week.
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