Nelson Eagles fly high at Kelowna hoop tournament
By The Nelson Daily Sports
The Nelson Eagles finished 2-1 at the U17 KMBA Boys Basketball Tourney this past weekend in Kelowna.
The Eagles, consisting of players mostly from L.V. Rogers High School and Castlegar, defeated KMBA Reps from Kelowna in the consolation final Sunday.
“(We) caught the KMBA squad on the back end of a double-header and took full advantage, pushing the tempo and scoring easily in transition,” said Eagles coach Jeremy Phelan.
“Eagles point guard Robby Dixon put on a show scoring from long range and in the paint and KMBA had no solutions to stopping him.”
Phelan said new recruit Kai Shave also had a solid game along as well as Castlegar import players Ajeet Dhaliwal.
Josh Matosevic and Vinnie Watson were among the Eagles top scorers.
Nelson opened the tournament by outlasting CBA Viper of Calgary 45-43.
Playing the tournament with a short bench, the Eagles managed game minutes very well in a contest Nelson shot the ball well and played great defence.
The Eagles then met Foundations Youth Basketball (FYB) of Calgary.
The shortage of players caught up to Nelson as FYB came away with a 62-38 win.
In the other game of the round robin, CBA Viper rocked FYB 62-38 to set up a three-way tie for top spot in Pool A.
The tiebreaker saw Eagles fall to third in the pool.
Nelson returns to the court May 30-31 in Salmon Arm.
The West Kootenay Bulls U15 Boy’s Basketball squad finished 2-1 at a tournament in Kelowna.
The Bulls only loss came against Salmon Arm.
Nelson’s Dyllan and Brock Dixon play for the Bulls, a team consisting mostly of players from Castlegar.
