Category: Spartan News

Posting a 5 win 2 loss record to start the season while finishing second in their home tournament and winning the Saints Invitational in St. Paul, the Spartans are ranked 6th going into the Christmas break. Here are the ASAA rankings for December 19, 2013

Team/Zone
1 Stirling High South

2 Senator Gershaw South

3 Rosemary School South Central

4 Hay Lakes High Central

5 Clear Water Academy Calgary

6 St. Jerome’s North East

7 Glendon School North East

8 Daysland High Central

9 Livingstone High School South

10 Coalhurst School South

Honorable Mentions (alphabetical order)

HM Breton High North Central

HM Coaldale Christian South

HM Eckville Sr. High Central

HM Olds Koinonia Christian School South Central

HM Rundle College Calgary

Congratulations to the Senior Boys basketball team who travelled to St. Paul this weekend … “and won.”

The boys pressed a determined St. Paul team in the first game “and won” 64-53.

They then met J. A. Williams School from Lac La Biche in the semi-final. When the final whistle sounded, JAWS had 70 points but your Spartans had 70 points … “and one”.

In the championship game against Ashmont, your Spartans played hard for three quarters “and one” sensational forth quarter to post a come-from-behind 70-65 win.

Next action for the Spartans is the Alumni Game, Tuesday evening.

 

 

Final Results

Spartans Senior Boys defeated Lloyd Comp December 20, 87-39.

Spartans led at halftime, 44-23, but most Spartans picked up 2 or 3 fouls. The 3rd quarter adjustments focused on combination defenses and fast break offense. Spartans led 65-29 after the 3rd, “T-bone” led the offense with 7 of his 11 points and several trips to the free throw line. “Bucky” took over at the point in the 4th quarter, scoring 5 of his 7 points. In the end, Josh led all scorers with 24, Brett with 14, while Warren and Travis each scored 13.

Both teams combined for an astonishing 48 fouls, yet Lloyd Comp scored only 7 points from the free throw line, while the Spartans scored 17 of 21 shots from the line.

Spartans are 2-0 in the Midwest Boys Basketball League.

Next action is January 8th at Marwayne, then the 10th at Kitscoty.

Led by a determined captain, Warren M, the Spartans led every quarter of all three games to capture 1st place in their home tournament.

Team speed on the fast break, strong passing, and strong rebounding were three keys to the offense scoring an impressive 87 points per game. Brett G dumped in 19 points in the final over Kitscoty, while the guards, led by Josh U, “Bucky”, and “JP”, drained 6 threes in the second half.

Veteran defender Nathan F., aka “T-Bone”, was crucial in denying the opponents best players. Spartan defense held LCHS to just 8 points in the 4th quarter of the semi-final, after holding Mallaig to just 6 field goals in the 2nd half of the opener.

Next game for the Spartans is Tuesday against Onion Lake.

Check out the pre-season 1A boys rankings. Spartan are an Honorable Mention.

Why? 4 returning athletic Grade 12 starters and a core of new Grade 10s with above average junior high experience.

What does the ranking mean? Basically the North East zone has been well represented in the last few years at provincials, Spartans are ranked 2 in the North East Zone to start the season.

Is this ranking important? A preseason ranking is simply a target, really. The ranking timeline (final ranking in February) is the big deal as it determines the 12 team draw at provincials in Stirling. However, if the North East zone has teams ranking during all ranking periods, the chances increase of the North East being awarded a Wild Card berth. So, if the season ended today and a North East team was ranked high, and another North East team, as well, a wild card may be awarded to the North East zone. Wild Cards are always awarded before the zone playoffs.