The heat was on this past weekend (not literally, because it was like ANARCTICA inside the HAX Center) when CAVS 11U and 12U Divisions battled it out for their respective championships in the Impact Basketball Thanksgiving Tourney November 27th and 28th, in a five-game fight to the finish, each.
Both divisions finished second. Here are the final championship scores:
CAVS 11U Vs. Hoopmasters – 46-26
(Not pictured: Mike Irving and Pearson Parker)
CAVS 12U Vs. CSA – 65-55
Not bad for multiple division winnings two weekends in a row! Finishing second….eh….it was what it was. Mistakes and turnovers cost us the championship trophies---especially with CAVS 11U. We carried the lead for a while, but then somehow gave Hoopmasters the mental ammunition to kick things into overdrive.
For 12U, I thought CSA played smart and confidently—and our CAVS were indeed dealing with it.
A few less mistakes and turnovers (not to mention two of our players fouled out) from our 12U and we would have taken the championship. The score was close the entire game until the second half. More importantly, though…..we noticed that there was marked improvement from some of our 12U CAVS players on an individual level throughout the day. ****It was improvement we had been looking for from those players, so we could still smile, despite the final loss. This improvement will lead us to many future championship wins!
Honestly? No offense, but by the time the second half of the 12U game geared up, everybody was beyond tired, starving and freezing and just wanting it all to be OVER! You see the dark background behind CAVS 12U in the photo above? We were literally the LAST to leave! Anyway....
The season has just kicked off (we're still expecting more of our players back from football) and CAVS Youth Basketball has begun it, overall, with a BANG. This “bang” mainly includes first and second place championship wins, so we don’t have much to complain about!
Congratulations to our CAVS 11U and 12U champions!!
******Next stop…CAVS Classics this weekend! We will be posting the schedules/gym locations, admission fees and more right here, soon. If there are any questions on the CAVS Classics, please use the contact numbers in the photo below. Keep it locked…..
CAVS Classic Holiday Tournament...Will You Be There?
******Full game details for all divisions are always available on our main website: http://www.cavsyouthbasketball.org. Check back often for updates, as they are posted at varied times by multiple staff members.
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