SENIORS HIT HEIGHTS IN FINAL GAME!

March 13, 2022

TROJANS’ SENIOR SQUAD – JUST SIX AS IT HAPPENS, HIT THE HEIGHTS IN THEIR FINAL LEAGUE GAME OF THE SEASON TO WHIP WARWICK CHINA RED 106-31 AT MOAT HOUSE.

AND THE UNDOUBTED STAR OF THE SHOW, AND INDEED THE WHOLE TERM WAS MARK LARNER WHO NOTCHED A SEASON-HIGH 49 POINTS IN THE ROUT. CHINA RED HAD NO ANSWER TO TROJANS FAST-BREAK WITH RICHARD ONIONS PULLING DOWN REBOUND AFTER REBOUND AND HIS LONG UP-COURT ACCURACY SET LARNER OFF WITH A REGULARITY AND ACCURACY WHICH WOULD HAVE A WATCHSMITH DROOLING, LEAVING THE LEAGUE’S LEADING SCORER ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD TO DISPLAY HIS SILKY FINISHING.

LEADING 22-5 AT THE FIRST BREAK, LARNER AND COMPANY – NOT FORGETTING THE CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE REST OF THIS CLASSY GROUP – EXTENDED THIS TO 49-13 AS THE YOUNG STUDENTS FLOUNDERED AT THE OTHER END, AND, AS THEY MISSED, TROJANS BANKED MORE POINTS TO GO 77-20 AT THE  30 MINUTE MARK, BEFORE THE CONTEST ENDED WITH THE HOSTS’ BEST QUARTER AT  LEAST BRINGING THEM A DOUBLE FIGURE TOTAL.

SO, A CASE OF SO MUCH POTENTIAL FOR THIS SEASON’S SENIOR SIDE, WHO HAVE BEEN WITHOUT SEVERAL SQUAD MEMBERS FOR MOST OF THE TIME, BUT CRUCIALLY MISSING LARNER FOR THE TWO GAMES THEY LOST IN MID-FLOW, AND ANOTHER TROPHY FOR “BEST BRIDESMAID” TO PUT INTO THE CABINET – UNLESS ARDEN FOLLOW SUIT AND FALTER IN THE RUN-IN.

SCORERS: LARNER 49, ASH DICKSON 15, MURRAY 15, ROBINSON 13, JONES 11.