Midget Boys

Niagara Falls wasn't the only thing that was wet over the OBA weekend - the EY Midget Boys were raining 3s, dishing dimes, sweating up a storm, having fun, and making their parents both happy and nervous in the process! In the first game on Friday night the team faced Ancaster and played well in the early stages. They took a good lead into the fourth quarter only to see it whittled away by their opponents as the period progressed. The Ancaster team tied it up late, and EY had the ball and a chance to win it outright with seconds left, but the crowd was in for a treat as the boys would have to go to overtime to decide this one. And one OT period would not be enough, as it turned out! In fact, the boys needed an unbelievable put-back buzzer beater play to take the game into a third OT frame! Once the third OT period started the boys decided it was time to get'er done and pulled away for a well deserved 85-72 victory. Whew! Saturday's first game pitted the lads against Brantford Rep #1 and, once more, the team focused on defence and pulled ahead as the game progressed. But, as in the first game of the tournament, playing not to lose rather than playing to win would make things more interesting than perhaps the crowd felt was necessary. From the 6:40 mark in the fourth quarter on the team only managed one point and we were off to OT again tied 44-44. The OT was a defensive battle as each team had trouble scoring, but a critical 2pt FG in the last 30s of play allowed the team to squeak out a narrow 49-48 victory. The crowd had more than a few cardiologists on speed dial towards the end of that one readying themselves for the call... The last [...]