Windham 8th Grade Boys Go 1-3 in Scarborough Tournament.

Travel Basketball - Eighth Grade Boys

December 27, 2008

By David Field

 

Windham Coach Matt Noel rallies the team in their game against Cape Elizabeth. David Field Photo

 

 

FRIDAY GAME 1

As luck would have it, the guys were drawn for an eight o’clock start on Saturday morning against Biddeford.  Some of the kids on the Biddeford team played football in the SMYFL Championship game too.   It seems the loss must have carried over because they spared no time in quickly taking it to the Eagles, who looked like they hadn’t even gotten out of bed to play.  They finally woke up and managed to bring the score to 28-29 at the half. 

 

Biddeford wasted no time in the second half and managed to put the Eagles down 61-37.  Leading scorers for Windham were Isaac Gurney with 1 and Hawreh Haddadi with 11.

 

 

FRIDAY GAME 2

Game 2 was just an over an hour later against a Cape Elizabeth team these players have seen before.  Awake and refreshed with breakfast and liquids, the Eagles and the Capers came out with stifling defenses and quick runs down the court.  The half time score was even at 12. 

 

The low scoring effort continued to the end of the game.  With Cape up by two points and three seconds left on the clock, Isaac Gurney stole an inbounds pass and dribbled down the left side and laid in the tying layup to force overtime. 

 

In the overtime, little scoring was done.  As time clicked by, Cape had the lead until Calvin Field stole the ball and passed to a sprinting Brad Carpentier who put in another tying basket for the Eagle squad.  However, how long could Windham keep doing the last minute basket drill?

 

In the second overtime, the boys on both sides started showing their weariness and fouls started being called.  The game ended with the score 32-31, as Cape managed one free throw more than the Eagles.  The Eagles shot 7 for 24 at the line and that fact really stands out as the difference in this game.  Leading scorers were Hawreh Haddadi with 11, Brad Carpentier with 6 and Isaac Gurney and Calvin Field with 5 each.

 

 

SATURDAY GAME 1

After sleeping in, the Eagles took the court at 2:15 against Scarborough.  Scarborough wasted no time putting points on the board as the Eagles again started slow.  At the half, they were down 37-11. 

 

The second half saw a more aggressive squad hit the floor.  It seems that going to the hoop strong paid off as they shot more quality shots and appeared at the line more often.  If we looked at only the second half score, Windham won 32-23, however, games are based on two halves and they ended up losing 60-43.  Jake Perry led the Eagles with 12 points followed by Spencer Noel with 8 and Colby Waterhouse and Calvin Field each had 6.

 

 

SATURDAY GAME 2

Game two on Saturday saw Windham just jump out against Cumberland after playing the aggressive second half against Scarborough.  This team went up 29-12 against them and never looked back. 

 

Cumberland went into double bonus in each half and had two technical fouls called against them in the second half. 

 

After a pretty chippy game, the Eagles finished 56-21 against the Cumberland squad.  Leading scorers were Hawreh Haddadi with 18, Calvin Field with 12 and Jake Perry and Spencer Noel each had 6.  All nine players put points on the board for Windham