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 The
LSSAA senior boys basketball finals are set, as the
Northern Vikings and the St. Christopher's Cyclones
will play Saturday night to determine the champions
of this years league.
In the early game, St. Christopher's defeated St.
Patrick's 78-45.
Joe Rocca
started the game off with a three pointer for the
Cyclones while adding another 8 points in the
quarter for an 11 point quarter. The Cyclones jumped
out to an early lead, as Alex DeCarolis added a
three point as well, and Marty Popiel added two to
give the Cyclones a 12 point lead midway.
Harry Oh
kept the Irish in the game scoring six in the
opening period, while Alex Mariuz added free throws
for the Irish. But the Cyclones would get out of the
first quarter up 10, leading 20-10.
In the
second quarter Logan Savage opened the scoring with
a rebound put back for two for the Cyclones, while
Eric McDonald made a lay in and extra on the foul.
The Cyclones begin to open up their lead to 29-11.
Pat Taylor made a long three pointer for the Irish,
but a technical foul gave McDonald free shots which
he made. But the Irish would begin a small streak of
points, scoring six in a row, with Mike Yarc leading
with four on free throws.
But Joe
Rocca would continue his big game in the second and
get five quick points, as he drived the net and
reversed laid in along with a foul for three in one
play. St. Patrick's would sick three free throws in
the dying seconds of the half, as the Cyclones took
a 41-26 lead into the locker room.
Coming out
in the third, Rocca continued his game, hitting six
free throws in a row to add to his increasing point
totals. Harry Oh would also get four early points,
but the Cyclones would start to pull away. McDonald
would pull up for a three points and Popiel
 would
lay in for two and make two free throws, as the
Cyclones increase their lead after the third to
65-35.
In the
final quarter, St. Patrick's got a little more
scoring. Josh Lockwood would hit six points in the
quarter, while Harry Oh added six points including
one three pointer and three free throws. Mike Rocca
would take control the Cyclones in the 4th, scoring
six in the final quarter while also assisting on
many of the Cyclone points.
The
Cyclones would go on to win 78-45 and then waited
for their opponent who was going to tip off soon
after just down Michigan Ave.
In the
second semi-finals, the Northern Vikings defeated
the St. Clair Colts 93-40.
In the
first quarter Jon Moffat would open the scoring for
the Colts with a lay in for two. Unfortunatey for
St. Clair that would be the only lead they would
hold all game as J. Ravenhorst pulled up for three
and knocked it down to give the Vikings a 3-2 lead.
The Vikings would continue the three ball as R.
Souala would hit a three pointer, while R. Hardick
laided in two plus an extra point on his free throw.
J. Zonneville would hit a three point as well and
get two foul shots right after as the Vikings jump
out to an early 16-7 lead.
 In
the second quarter Zonneville knocked down another
three as did Ravenhorst. The Colts and Vikings would
exchange two points back and forth as H. Auterhoff
had four in the quarter for the Vikings, while
Denver Spearman had seven for the Colts. Ravenhorst
continue his big game as he hit two more three
pointers in the quarter to give him 11 points in the
period.
At the
half the Vikings took a 44-24 lead, making 9 three
point shots as a team.
In
the third quarter the three pointers continue as the
Vikin gs
Ravenhorst and T. Dawding hit three in a row, while
R. Souala made two as the Vikings increase their
lead to 60-24. St. Clair would get offence from
Spearman with four in the quarter including a late
three pointer, but by late in the period, the score
was getting high as the Vikings took a 72-32 lead
into the final period.
In the
final period H. Auterhoff had seven for the Vikings
while T. Burns had four. Northern would go on to the
victory 93-40.
The finals
are set for Saturday night at 8:00pm. St.
Christopher's will be looking to defend their
championship as they were last season winners.
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