4th Graders Win Hoops Tourney

(Submitted by Kevin Barrett)

The Connecticut Mavericks 4th grade boys basketball team captured the 25th Annual Yorktown AC Hoops Tournament Championship held this past weekend at the Brewster Sports Center in New York.

The Mavs were victorious in all three games of pool play and used an absolutely dominating performance in the Championship Game to defeat Madison, CT for the title.

In the first round of pool play, the Mavs faced host Yorktown and jumped out to an early 10-4 lead behind strong offensive play from Luke Barrett, Robert DiSibio and Griffin Cross. The Mavs never trailed in the game and won by a final score of 35-28.

Solid contributions were also received from Luke Melillo, Dan Mason, Shane Demers, Bryan Vander Have, Michael Cotton, Aidan Moulder, and Eric Moore.

The second round of pool play brought on a physical team from Madison CT and the Mavs again jumped out to an early lead as the result of intense full court pressure and smooth transition offense.

DiSibio, Barrett, Cross, Vander Have and Demers led the offense, while Melillo, Mason, Moulder, Moore, Cotton and James Doyle were solid on defense.

In the third and final round of pool play, the Mavs faced an overmatched squad from St. Patrick's Yorktown and cruised to an easy 57-21 victory. The Mavs raced out to an early 14-2 lead minutes into the game behind an offensive explosion from Luke Melillo, who scored 6 points in the run.

Solid offensive contributions were also received from Dan Mason, Aidan Moulder, Michael Cotton, Eric Moore and James Doyle. Luke Barrett, Griffin Cross, Shane Demers and Robert DiSibio also played solid all around games in the win.

The championship game was a rematch with Madison CT and the Mavs used an utterly dominating performance from the opening tipoff to the final buzzer to take the title game by a final score of 51-19.

In the win, the Mavs were sparked by the intense play of James Doyle, Michael Cotton, Shane Demers and Aidan Moulder. Solid offensive and defensive efforts were also put forth by Luke Barrett, Griffin Cross, Robert DiSibio, Dan Mason, Luke Melillo and Eric Moore.