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