Grand Canyon Delight

After recovering from a heartbreaking loss to Boulder City, the boys rebounded in great style vs Grand Canyon High School. Both the JV and Varsity games were won in comfortable fashion, and the team seems to be getting its groove on! Matthew Crackel played a fantastic JV game, as did Daniel Mills. Jamie Gotti looked solid, and Haydn Tieleman is starting to look confident inside the paint! Grand Canyon High were very hospitable, and we enjoyed a great meal after the game.

After the evening was spent in a fab hotel, we were on our way to the Grand Canyon for some serious sight seeing (and for the majority of the boys - sleep on the bus!). The Canyon was awesome, it cannot be put into words how spectacular it really is. Even the boys running on 2-3 hours sleep were impressed!

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Mr Osnain

Trinity vs Boulder City SHS

This was certainly the day the boys were eagerly anticipating. The day started with a nice tour to the Hoover Dam, which is certainly a man made marvel to behold. After each player finished rubbing the feet of the lady liberty statute for good luck, we headed off for some well needed practice and competition against Boulder City.

The Junior Varsity game was a very one sided affair until the last 2 minutes, where a spate of fouls and made baskets closed the gap to within 3 points. However the Trinity boys prevailed with a well deserved win in a frenzied finish. The JV starting 5 consisted of Myles Pover (C), Luke Conca, Stef Fiorina, Mark Ciancotti and Wayd Blakiston. Haydn Tieleman, Ben Norman and Vini Nici were set to play a double header - playing both the JV and Varsity games.

The big match up for the evening was the Varsity clash. Trinity came out very strong leading into the major break 36 to 27. Unfortunately fouls and fatigue crept into the side, and by the mid point of the 4th quarter Trinity was down by 14 points. As far as TC spirit goes, the boys dug deep, and pulled within 2 points with 40 secs to go. The game was full of should of could of would of's, however I was very proud of the way the boys conducted themselves and stuck to the task as men. We went down fighting 65 - 63 in a very close tussle.

Trian Iliadis led all scorers with 28pts and Jacob Reed finished with a strong showing of 18pts. The boys were disappointed as it literally came down to the last shot, however the boys have a deeper resolve to put away opportunities and avoid the last minute clinches in future games.

Mr Osnain

Time flies when you are having fun!

After attempting to recover from jet lag, the group has enjoyed a couple of days of shopping, sight seeing and basketball! Whilst the boys are doing everything in their power to ensure that their style of clothing is 2nd to none, the highlight of the tour thus far has been the NBA clash between the warriors and the celtics, and today's clash between UCLA and Washington.

We were fortunate enough to be allowed courtside for the pre-game shoot around at the Oracle Arena, and a chuffed Matthew Crackel received a high five from one of the best NBA players in the leage at the moment - Baron Davis. However today's College game was voted by all tour members as the highlight so far. The sense of passion and patriotism was unbelievable. I think we are all UCLA fans from now on!

We spent new year's eve in Downtown Disneyland - at the Tropical Rainforest cafe, then to the ESPN zone, before joining the 100,000 people in the countdown to 2007. The crowd enjoyed the boys 4 renditions of the Trinity rumble, and were curious as to why we would use words such as ompa ompa in a song!

We are due to depart for Las Vegas tomorrow, and we look forward to our first game vs Boulder City High School. The boys send their best wishes to everyone at home.

Mr Osnain