FIRSTS COME FROM BEHIND TO GRIND OUT WIN – STAY TOP!

October 19, 2022

AFTER SPENDING THE FIRST TWO QUARTERS TRYING TO DIRECT THE BALL THROUGH THE OPPOSITION’S HOOP, THEY FINALLY MANAGED TO EDGE AHEAD BEFORE SHOOTING TO A 79-61 VICTORY OVER COVENTRY TORNCADOES 1.

IT SEEMD AS IF THE TORNADOES” RING HAD A BIG “CLOSED” SIGN OVER IT, FOR NOTHING DROPPED IN THE EARLY STAGES, AND IT WAS GALLANT SHOWING FROM TORNADOES WHO WENT IN AT HALF TIME TRAILLING THE SEVEN-TIMES CHAMPIONS BY JUST THREE AT 41-38.

BUT THEN, EVENTUALLY, THE LID CAME OFF AND THE HEREWARD-BASED SIDE ROARED ON BY ALMOST THE ENTIRE SECOND TEAM SPED INTO A TEN POINT ADVANTAGE BEFORE A FINAL FLURRY SAW THEM WIN COMFORTABLY.

IT COULD HAVE BEEN SO MUCH BETTER THOUGH HAD THEY ENJOYED SUCCESS FROM THE LINE AS THEY LANDED JUST 8 FROM 23 ATTEMPTS IN A TOUGH FAST GAME TO WHICH BOTH SIDES CONTRIBUTED BEFORE TORNADOES TIRED, THE FOUL-COUNT RACKED UP AND SOME SUPERB BASKETS FROM ASH DICKSON BROUGHT MORE THAN A FEW GASPS OF ADMIRATION.

HE FINISHED AS TOP SCORER, WITH GRACEFUL MICHAEL ‘JUNIOR’ STOKES RESPONDING ON 22.

SCORERS:

TROJANS – DICKSON 26, KOLAWOLE 15, GORGOL 10, JONES 9, LARNER 7, LIMBU 5, MURRAY 3, ROBERTS 0.

TORNADOES STOKES 22, FONACIER 16, CADWALLADAR 8, JENNER 7, NOWAZ 6, YOUNG 2, BUTLER 0, MANN 0.

TROJANS TEAM PICTURE LEFT TO RIGHT: PHIL ROBERTS, WAYNE JONES, ARAAN MURRAY (PRTIALLY HIDDEN) ENOCH KOLAWOLE, CHRIS JANES, MARK LARNER,, BHUWAN LIMBU, ASH DICKSON, TREVOR ROBINSON, DOMINIK GORGOL