Freshman Loss 50 to 39
After a morning of rest the boys had a chance to recover from illness and injuries. The rest meant that the freshman team came in with a clear head and were ready to take on Academy Park High School. We started out strong in the 1st quarter, running our offense "dingo" which led to good post to post plays by our big man and open threes for Seb and Patrick, this lead to a good result on the scoreboard. Our trap worked very well and caused Academy Park to turn the ball over a number of times. In the 2nd quarter all of our momentum seemed to slowly slip away, our shots weren't falling, we were rushing and we were not boxing out the boards, causing second chance points for Academy Park. After the half time break we came back with a smashing start. The boys played intense defense, smart offense and decision making much like the 1st quarter. Andrew and Tom particularly showed hustle and great decision making which led to easy points. In the 4th quarter it seemed like fatigue began to hit us. Our defense began to be sloppy and there trap on our inbounds ball made our team feel the pressure of Academy Park High school.
JV Loss 68 to 32
The JV team had a tough game. The boys of the Academy Park High school were more athletic than the Trinity boys, the aggression for the ball from the opposition resulted in unwanted turnovers in the early half of the game. Their early full court pressure was what had them in the lead, the boys struggled to push the ball over halfway, as our passes were mostly intercepted in the press, even though we had a press breaker play, the trinity boys found it difficult to look for the open man. Regardless of the score, our boys kept on playing even though we knew that we were in a bad position considering point score. We played the second half of the game climbing back up with the score, firing back at the opposing team like they were one of our CAS rivals. We had a few successful plays that got us looks at the basket, however we needed to build on our improvisational skills during the game as that is what the opposition outplayed us on.
Varsity loss
After a hard game for varsity against Academy Park high School, trinity came away with an unlucky lose. The game was fought hard over the 4 quarters with trinity remaining close during the first half. Although we came away with a lose there were many positives that came away from the game. All game was a hard physical fight between both team with each side unwilling to give in under the pressure. James Finny had one of his best games on tour leading the trinity team through the highs and lows. A big thanks to Joseph Fayad and Ollie Davis for filling in and providing the vital fresh legs, with Joseph Fayad providing a strong physical game. All in all a lot was learnt about our team despite the loss.
