U 14 Boys V Sligo All Stars. Blaze lost 48-35.
32-17 at half time, the boys had a golden opportunity in the second quarter to narrow the gap, when All Stars went into team fouls. Unfortunately that was not to be.
Excellent team defence in the second half, along with strong man marking in particular by Daire Maguire saw Blaze fight back to win the second half by a basket.
There was some excellent rebounding and scoring on the boards, in particular by Killian Gribben 21 points and Thomas Reynolds 7 points, who along with Jake Kelly, controlled the ball well from the point.
Great spirit from the boys throughout till the end showed them ever near closing the gap with great improvement since their last All Stars encounter recently.
Blaze U18 boys V Sligo All Stars – 58-66
Still depleted through injuries Blaze U18 boys faced Sligo in the convent on Sunday. They boys dug deep to give a much improved performance compared with the away fixture. The game was much closer with Blaze having a 2 point deficit at the end of quarter 3. In the 4th, Sligo scored 18 points to Blaze’s 12. PJ McBrearty continued his run of impressive scoring, his tally against Omagh last week was 46, today he scored 30. Final score Blaze 58 Sligo 66
Other results
U16 Boys v Omagh 78-64
U16 Boys v Andersonstown Tigers 47-54
U14 Girls v Andersonstown Tigers 34-35
