HT Boys Basketball -- Christmas Tourney 2016 roundup:

NOBLE GOLDER 2016 Champs

Noble Golder (currently 6-0 overall) defeated rival Noble Street Charter last Saturday (12/22) by a final score of 53-44 en route to a tourney 3-0 clean sweep of teams in the 2016 edition of the Tim Bopp/Holy Trinity Christmas tourney in its 2nd year of action.
The Panthers took the title game going away as Jerry Morales had 11 points and Malik Lewis 10.
Golder burst to a 20-9 first quarter lead and was never threatened thereafter.
Noble Stree (2-6 overall) featured Jacari Attaway who led all acorers with 13 points and Geo Miller who added 12.
(see box scores for more info found at the end of this story).

HT Regroups to Win Their First on the season; almost captures second in a row dropping a heartbreaker in final seconds the following night:
The struggles Holy Trinity's varsity has been experiencing this season ended on the second day of tourney play as the Tigers played with intensity and focus in downing Noble Streed 55 to 43 (Dec. 21st).
Two Tigers exploded with point totals as Kevlon Gideon had a tourney high 25 points on 10-of-17 shoting, including two treys and Christian
Trejo added 20 more on four threys and 8-for-16 shooting from the field as HT was not to be denied in this contest.
HT (1-10) trailed 15-7 after one period of play but then outscored their local rivals 48 to 28 down the stretch to capture the victory.
Jucari Attaway (13 points); Geo Miller (12) and Shayguah Willingham (10) paced the Golden Tigers of Noble Street.

Last-Second Heartbreak for Tigers in the Final versus Rowe-Clark:
In the third place game, HT again came to the game focused and fired up while leading thru the first half 27-18 as Kevlon Gideon scored eight
points and Christian Trejo and Darius Johns added seven and six respectively thru 16 minutes of play.
But Clark-Rowe (6-8 overall) outscored the Tigers 27-16 down the line to even the score at 43-all with seconds to play. That's when Rowe-Clark's Jaurice Winston converted a lay-up with just two seconds to play to topple the young Tigers.
Rowe-Clark was led by Kobi Mitchell who had 11 points. HT's Trejo finished with 12 points and Johns' 10 on the night.
Added to Tigers woes was the fact that HT made but 17 of 34 free throws in the contest.

TOURNEY NOTES:
Champions of the Tourney:
2016 -- Noble Golder (3-0)
2015 -- Holy Trinity (3-0)

All-TOURNEY SELECTIONS:
Noble Golder: Jerry Morales, Antonio Cardine and Demetrius Jenkins.
Rowe-Clark: Kobie Mitchell, Tyrell Worthy and Willie Mobley.
Holy Trinity: Christian Trejo and Kevlon Gideon.
Noble Street: Jacari Attaway and Geo Miller.

VARSITY SCORES:
from Dec. 12/17/16
Golder 50, Holy Trinity 31
Rowe-Clark 51, Noble Street 49

from Dec. 12/19/16
Golder 42, Rowe-Clark 39
Holy Trinity 55, Noble Street 43

from Dec. 12/22/16
Golder 53, Noble Street 33
Rowe-Clark 45, Holy Trinity 43.

Sophomore scores:
USCN Rogers Park 34, Holy Trinity 31 HT: Colani Martinez (14 points).
Rowe-Clark 66, Noble Street9
Rowe-Clark 49, USCN ROgers Park 23
Holy Trinity 37, Noble Street 32 HT: Colani Martinez (14 points).
USCN Rogers Park 28, Noble Street 21
Rowe-Clark 36, Holy Trinity 16 HT: Eric Sanders (9 points).

HT BOX SCORES:
Golder 50, Holy Trinity 31
Golder--------13 - 11 - 18 - 8 = 50
Holy Trinity---3 - 12 - 7 - 9 = 31

Golder: Tony Cardine 3 1-2 8; Demetrius Jenkins 3 3-4 9; Nate Solis 4 0-0 8; 3-fgm: Cardine (1).
Holy Trinity: Christian Trejo 2 0-0 5; Ebeneezer Neequaye 0 0-0 0; Eric Sanders 1 0-0 3;
Joel Marcial 1 1-2 3; Darius Johns 2 0-0 4; Amir Clay 2 1-2 5; Kerrion Vaughn 0 0-2 0;
Myron Nieves 0 3-6 3; Kevlon Gideon 3 1-5 8; TOTALS: 11 - 6-17 - 31.
3-fgm: Trejo, Sanders & Gideon one each.

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Holy Trinity 55, Noble Street 43
Noble Street 15 - 7 - 14 - 7 = 43
Holy Trinity 7 - 17 - 18 - 18 = 55

Noble Street: Radjae Blackmon 0 0-0 0; Jordan Melendez 1 0-0 2; Geo Miller 4 0-0 12; Jesus Ortiz 1 0-0 2; Jonathan Espirtia 1 0-0 2; Shayguah Willingham 4 2-2 10; Jucari Attaway 6 1-3 13; Juan Magana 1 0-0 2; TOTAL: 18 3-5 - 43. 3-fgm: Melendez (four).

Holy Trinity: Christian Trejo 8 0-1 20; Ebeneezer Neequaye 0 2-2 2; Eric Sanders 0 0-0 0; Joel Marcial 0 0-0 0; Kevlon Gideon 10 3-5 25; Kerrion Vaughn 0 0-0 0; Myron Nieves 4 0-0 8; TOTALS: 22 5-8 55. 3-fgm: Trejo (3) & Gideon (2).

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Rowe-Clark 45, Holy Trinity 43
Rowe-Clark 7 - 11 - 13 - 14 = 45
Holy Trinity 8 - 19 - 9 - 7 = 43

Rowe-Clark: Moore 1 1-3 3; Freeman 1 0-0 2; Murphy 3 0-0 6; Kobi Mitchell 5 1-2 11; Jaurice Winston 2 0-0 4; Baker 1 1-2 3; Tyrell Worthy 3 1-2 8; Sims 0 0-0 0; Johnson 0 0-0 0; Jones 3 0-0 0; TOTALS: 19 4-9 45; 3-fgm: Worthy (1) & Jones (2). fouled out: Freeman and Murphy.

Holy Trinity: Christian Trejo 4 3-4 12; Ebeneezer Neequaye 2 0-2 4; Joel Marcial 0 1-5 1; Darius Johns 2 5-9 10; Kevlon Gideon 1 6-6 8; Kerrion Vaughn 0 0-0 0; Myron Nieves 3 2-8 8; TOTALS: 12 17-34 43.

from HT Athletics -- T. Poprawski -- posted at 12:34 PM 12/26/2016.