Wednesday, March 23 was finals night for the Tri-Town recreation basketball League. The league has players from all three towns and is run by Mattapoisett and Marion Recreation. Over 200 players registered this year for the three leagues.
The first game of the night was the Girls’ League finals with Team Sky coached by Amy Hartley-Matteson and Dena Xifaras versus team Fever coached by Jon Root. Fever was up 6-4 at the end of the first quarter. Sky had a strong second quarter to end up 14-12 at halftime. Both teams battled hard. Score was tied at the end of the third quarter 20-20. In the last quarter, team Sky came up with a few key baskets to win the game 28-24. High scorers for team Sky were Zoe Papadakis with 14 points and Erin Fahy with 10. Team Fever had seven players score, and leaders were Leia Perez with six points; Bailee Cusick, Erin Root and Kamdyn Monteiro with four points.
The Boys 3rd and 4th Grade Finals were next. The Huskies coached by Kevin Oliveira played the Orangemen coached by John Crouch and Greg Eitas. Huskies went up 4-3 at the end of the first quarter. It was a defensive battle score at the half was Huskies 8, Orangemen 5. In the end, the Huskies opened it up to win 18-11. High scorer for the Huskies was Nathaniel Grossman with eight points, and for the Orangemen, it was Ethan Perry with six points.
The final game of the evening was the Boys 5th and 6th grade finals with the Spurs coached by Dave Nelson versus the Heat coached by David Arancio. It was a back-and-forth battle. The heat came out strong to go up 11-4 at the end of the first quarter. Spurs rallied to get back in it and score at the half was Heat 16, Spurs 11. At the end of regulation time, score was 29-29. In 2-minute overtime, the Heat closed it out with a long pass play to win the game 35-33. The game high scorer was Connor Nelson with 15 points for the Spurs. High scorers for the Heat were Logan Oliveira with 12 points and Hudson Arancio with 9 points. The game could not have been closer. It was an exciting end to the season.
A huge thank you to all of our volunteer coaches that make the program a success.