Jr. CELTICS Fittingly take SHAMROCK SHOOTOUT GOLD!

The Junior Celtics won four straight games on Saturday and Sunday to claim their second straight Hardwood Tournament Championship. The same six players returned to defend their championship and displayed great effort to go along with their obvious basketball skills.

With Brock Morton typically running the point, C.J. Sidorakis and Price Pinkerton and Cale Hammond manning the wings, and Jarred Wise and Chaquille Quinn on the block, the six man squad took care of business.

In their 3rd game, they met up with the mighty Tulsa Titans, who we were told finished second in a national tournament. The 14 talented players of the Titans waged quite a war with our iron man six, but in the end, the Jr. Celtics made the plays in crunch time to hold off the Titans 46-43 to advance to the championship game.

The Titans, obviously not accustomed to losing, met up with a red-hot Disciples squad in the third place game. The Disciples were on fire from 3 pt range and opened up an early 15 pt lead and then held off the shell-shocked Titans to get another shot at our Celtic squad.

But the Celtics came out with the necessary intensity and never let up, and easily won in a 67-41 victory to claim the Shamrock Shootout championship plaque and first place medals.

It was definitely a TEAM victory and each of the six Celtics performed well with great effort to secure the victory.