Gym Time Hoops - March Madness Invitational

As state tournaments have concluded, and NCAA madness in full swing, the Junior Celtics entered another tournament; Friday and Saturday rounds were played at the Broken Arrow Community Center and we played our first game Friday night.

The Junior Celtics this weekend are composed of Jarred Wise, Chaquelle Quinn, Brock Morton, Cale Hammond and the return of two "original brand Celtics", 15 yr olds Corey Shannon and Brian Benson. Since the 11th grade division didn't make, they combined the 15 and under and the 14 and under in the same bracket.

Guess who we played Friday night? The HAWKS. It was pretty physical game and we ended up winning by nine points. Saturday, March 18th, we notched 88 pts as we glided to a victory over the Federal Ballerz who wore "Byrd" Explorers uniforms. Cale Hammond knocked down 5 consecutive three pointers; Wise and Quinn controlled the inside; Benson, Shannon and Morton played their normal solid games.

We played a group from Cascia Hall in our next game and although we held an 8 pt halftime lead; the Cascia group was outplaying us; getting loose balls, rebounding better and just plain playing HARDER then we were. I got on our team at halftime for their lackluster effort and challenged them to take control and play hard.

They responded and the second half was more like a typical CELTIC game. We advanced to our fourth straight championship game with a 20 point victory.

We expect to meet the HAWKS for the fourth time in one week, tonight at 5 pm for the Championship. The game will be played at North Mabee Red Shield Boys Club at 12th and North Harvard at 5 pm.