The senior boys Sabres basketball team had great leadership from their senior players as they headed to the Christ the Redeemer School Division tournament last weekend in Strathmore.
With a large contingent of new players, and a handful of practices under their belt, this was their first tournament of the season and they faced some strong teams.
On Friday night the Sabres took on Holy Cross Collegiate from Strathmore. Tanner Borowicz led the Sabres with 17 points, 19 rebounds and five blocked shots. Jakub St. Jean had 9 points and Nathan Comstock had six points and 13 rebounds.
Despite their best effort Holy Cross cruised on to an 80-38 victory.
On Saturday morning the Sabres were up against St. Joseph’s Composite of Brooks who also outgunned the Sabres, winning 98-66. This time St. Jean had the hot hand with 22 points on 8-12 shooting, Borowicz had 21 and dominated the glass with 15 boards. Travis Dietrich broke out for 10 points.
This put them up against Our Lady of The Snows from Canmore. This time Borowicz had 28 points and 20 boards in the 49-44 victory. Alvin Limosinero had six points in the contest and Comstock had five.
Coach Dan Patterson said despite being a young team they showed no signs of quitting and put together a great effort. The older players showed good leadership as they worked on implementing new offensive and defensive sets.
One focus going forward, according to Patterson is protecting the ball. The Sabres had far too many turnovers at their first tournament to launch an effective attack.
