Jr. Trojans Capture Consolation Honors

Submitted by Greg Barnes

Huntsville - The West Ferris Trojans compiled a 3-1 record to claim the consolation trophy in the Huntsville Invitational Jr. Boys Basketball tournament over the weekend. The young Trojans opened with a 71-64 loss to last week’s Tomahawk champion Huntsville Hoyas but avenged the loss with three straight wins against Sudbury’s Lockerby Composite, Collingwood and Notre Dame Irish from Burlington.

In the Huntsville loss, Tyson Brear, Chris Martin and Dustin Anthony each recorded a double-double in points and rebounds. On Saturday, Chris Martin, Scott Donaghey and Dustin Anthony combined for 37 points in defeating Lockerby by a score of 55-29.

Against Collingwood, Chris Martin and Scott Donaghey recorded 10 points and 10 rebounds each while Dustin Anthony contributed 15 points, Tyson Brear had 14 points and Alex Kariuki chipped in with 10 points as the Trojans defeated Collingwood by a score of 65-45.

In the consolation final Dustin Anthony poured in 27 points including 7, 3-pointers to lead the Trojans to a 60-54 victory over a strong Burlington team. Chris Martin was instrumental in limiting Notre Dame’s talented 6-5 forward to 15 points. Excellent efforts were registered by Scott Donaghey and Alex Kariuki, while Brad Perrin, Morgan Brown, Corey Lazarus, Dave Stanicweski and Mike Dupelle gained valuable rookie experience.

The Jr Trojans visit Chippewa at 6 pm on Thursday.