By Derek Kaye,
Castlegar News contributor
There was plenty of activity last weekend at The Hassle in the Castle, Stanley Humphries Secondary School Boys Basketball Invitational.
Junior teams were SHSS, Nakusp, Mt. Sentinel and J.L. Crowe. In the Senior category the teams were SHSS, Nakusp, Mt. Sentinel and Salmo. It was round robin format with each of the teams getting to play all the other teams in their category once.
On the junior side both J.L. Crowe and SHSS had won two games each when they met in their final game. J.L. Crowe won that 43-24. SHSS Athletic Director Brad Mason explained to the Castlegar News, “Crowe defeated SHSS by a lot, partly because several of SH key players were away.” In the Senior Category, Stanley Humphries and Mt. Sentinal both ended the round robin with two wins and one loss.
In their match-up, Mt. Sentinel squeezed a three point victory over Stanley Humphries in an exciting game that was won 53-50.
Castlegar News caught up with SHSS forward Matthew Anderson after the game and he said, “It was such an intense game it was so close the entire time, you are little disappointed that you didn’t win but there is not much you can do now.” Asked about the squad’s level of effort, he assured the group did it’s best.
“Nakusp (SHSS won 47-35) was a pretty close game but this one was pretty tough.”