RESULTS: July 15, 2008

INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN’S GAMES 2008 SAN FRANCISCO, USA - CITY OF KITCHENER DELEGATION

The Kitchener team's hope for a medal at the ICG in San Francisco crashed today when they lost a heartstopping quarter final game to Raanana, Israel 31-30 on a last second buzzer beater. The game was hard fought right from the beginning, and Kitchener had to adjust to the physical type of defence shown by international teams. They were pushed, shoved, grabbed and physically manhandled off the ball, but we overcame that. The game was close throughout with neither team being able to get more that about a 4 point lead. With 27 seconds left in the game, Kitchener was up by 1 point and on the line shooting 1 + 1. Unfotunately, we missed and Raanana came down and tried to score but our defence kept closing any gaps. Finally, with time running out, the Israeli player spun around and put a shot up over at least 2 sets of defenders' arms. The horn went and the ball fell through and the game was lost.
 
Hopefully these young guys will recover in time to have some fun on the rest of the trip as they took the loss very hard. In all, they should be congratulated for the effort that they put forth, and their 5th place finish at the ICG. The players are:

Andrew Mwagi (Ressurection CHS & Midget Viper)
Brad Kibbe (Waterloo CI & Midget Viper)
Alex Galea (KCI & Midget Viper)
Paul Anderson (Forest Heights CI & Midget Viper)
Ron Bougram (Huron Heights SS)
Stefan Cucak (Cameron Heights CI & Midget Viper)
Patrick Connors (Waterloo-Oxford SS & Midget Viper)
 
Thanks to all the parents and the K-W YBA for all of their support.
 
Mike Quigley, Coach

RESULTS: July 14, 2008

INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN’S GAMES 2008 SAN FRANCISCO, USA - CITY OF KITCHENER DELEGATION

The boys remained undefeated at the ICG winning against Kumasi, Ghana by a 49-15 score. The Ghana team was fairly big and very athletic but could not play basketball very well.

With the victory, our team won their pool but then were seeded #4 out of the 6 teams making the playoffs. Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire was (4-0) #1, San Francisco (4-0) was #2 and Florence, South Carolina (3-1) was #3, but their loss was to Abidjan.

The quarter-finals are scheduled for July 14, 2008. We will play Raanana, Israel at 9:00 am. If the boys win, then they would face #1 Abidjan in the semis. They are all really tall, really athletic and can play pretty well, so we will have our work cut out for us.

The boys are having a great time and its a wonderful experience.

Good luck to our team!

For more information about ICG games, please read below.

Updated July 14, 2008