The St. Anthony’s Sabres headed to Rosemary with a short bench, but rose to the occasion against tough competition in tournament play.
The Sabres went to Rosemary on Friday, February 3 for tournament play. The competition was delayed after a backboard was shattered in the gymnasium, and the tournament was moved to St. Joseph’s Composite in Brooks.
The Sabres went up against Rosemary in their first game. The teams met before this season with Rosemary coming away with a strong win. This time the Sabres held with the Rockets for some time, but as the game progressed the gap widened. Rosemary walked away with a 97-45 win. A positive for the team was that they did not fall prey to Rosemary’s press as they did in their first match-up this season.
On Saturday morning, the Sabres met the Banff Bears. This time the Sabres only had seven players, and the match wore on the depleted team. Again they matched up well, and were able to keep the Bears within sight, but eventually ran out of gas. Banff won 77-45.
This put them up against Youngstown in their final match of the tournament, a team with strength and height. It was also an important game for the Sabres as the two may meet later this season at Zones.
It was a slow start for both teams, but the Sabres began to pull away. They were leading by close to 20 points late in the second half, when Youngstown pulled to within six points. The Sabres were able to steal away Youngstown’s momentum and went on to win 56-44.
Tanner Borowicz was awarded the MVP for the Sabres for the tournament. Jordan Comstock was awarded a medal in the free-throw contest where he led all participants with an 80 per cent average.
