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Mackenzie, St. Rose’s High set up NSBF U-14 showdown
Kwakwani Secondary’s guard, Ronaldo Patoir (with ball) puts the moves on Bishops’ High defence for a right-handed layup in the paint last night at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.
– Kwakwani beat Bishops’ to advance to U-16 Final
By Edison Jefford
Linden’s Mackenzie High School embarrassed Bishops’ High in one of the Under-14 semi-finals of the National Schools Basketball Festival (NSBF), while St. Rose’s High squeezed past Marian Academy last night at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.
The wins for both Mackenzie and St. Rose’s High meant that they set up today what should be a riveting final at the same venue with Mackenzie High looking for their first NSBF title and St. Rose’s aiming for another since they won the inaugural competition in 2006.
Mackenzie won a lopsided contest 44-7 against Bishops’ High with Yonnick Tappin scoring 12 points with nine rebounds and Stephon Duncan adding nine points. Roydon Glasgow was scored three points and added five rebounds for Bishops’ High.
Kwakwani’s forward, Jamal Gilkes (left) goes up for a baseline fade-away jumper but Bishops’ centre, Timothy Thompson confronts him in the air last night at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.
The other semi-final represented more of a contest with St. Roses winning 25-19 against Marian Academy. Anthony Yansen had nine points to lead St. Rose’s High. Josiah Daniels also had nine points for Marian Academy.
Bishops’ hope was also dashed in the Under-16 competition when Kwakwani Secondary School defeated them 47-37 to advance to the final. Guard, George Yearwood scored 16 points with six rebounds, while Ronaldo Patoir added 14 points for Kwakwani. Forward, Jamal Gilkes had eight points and seven rebounds for Kwakwani as well.
For Bishops’, Timothy Thompson had another massive performance with 26 points along with a whopping 22 rebounds in a one-man offensive showing for his team. Kwakwani played excellent help-defence on Thompson early in the game.
Gilkes nailed a three-pointer to give Kwakwani an early 6-3 advantage. Yearwood nailed a three-pointer to extend the lead to 12-5 with nine minutes left in the first half. Thompson finished four straight points to haul Bishops’ to within one point of Kwakwani.
However, Kwakwani closed out the period on a 10-3 run that put them up 22-14 at the end of the first half. Patoir opened Kwakwani’s second half account from downtown and the Region 10 unit continued to pressure Thompson on the defensive end.
The 6’ 3″ Thompson scored Bishops’ first points of the last half, seven minutes into the period on a coast-to-coast layup. The play began a single-handed offensive effort from Thompson to put his team back in the fray. Thompson scored 10 straight points to haul his team to within 11 (26-37) after Kwakwani had amassed a huge lead.
Patoir sealed Bishops’ fate with back-to-back three-point jumpers that would place his team yet again in NSBF title contention. The NSBF Finals will be played today in the U-14, U-16 and U-19 categories as well as the Girls competition.
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