Only one game last weekend with SAABL games postponed due to State Champs. Thanks to Lachy for organising a last minute watch party and congrats to the 'Rookie' Reds on the big win.
Rookie Reds (G’s) vs Happy Valley C
Well well well... what a game this was
To anyone who missed it, you missed
something special. This game was dominated by a special man who was dominant
inside and on the break. Whilst many present would think I am talking about
Ollie fox (otherwise known as Lian Rippon on the score sheet, yes Lian, not
sure how he managed that) lighting up with 4 3-pointers, it is not.
With a late arrival of Connor Craigie, our
typically small team had an abundance of size this week, and matching small,
tight, mismatching uniforms that saw Noah cop a nice little chat from the head
referee about matching uniforms.
But, back to the game. Upon lining up the
opponents actually looked quite intimidating, with Steve saying “we’re screwed”
to me before the tip. But little did he know, we had the one and only Martins
Lidums.
We opened up a really nice first half lead
behind some solid early defence and fast transition buckets with almost
everyone on the team contributing. And the game followed this trend right
through with the reds running the ball well against our opponents.
Before they knew it the lead was over 30
and they had almost given in, but then Martins began to strike. Missing a few
tough layups and receiving his usual travel call, before he put in his first
points of the season. The bench and supporters went wild and the opposition
were clearly worried at the thought he could very soon be lighting them up with
his exquisite play. Little to worry, to no one’s surprise, he didn’t.
Nevertheless, the Reds closed out a fairly one sided affair winning
65-23.
Congratulations to all the boys as
everyone contributed to the win, and thanks to fill-ins Lachlan Campbell, Ollie
Fox and Brendon.
Top scorers:
Ollie Fox: 24
Brendon Francesca: 12
Stephen Ottatelli: 11
Lachlan Crawford: 8
Martins Lidums: 2
Post-Game Recap
Twas good to see some folk out to support the young'uns. Brendo and Lachie were random last minute fill ins, lots of fun.
Food took awhile to cook as Lachie wasn’t able to start the heat at half time Good of all the kids to hang around after, looking forward to having them at beergus!
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