Friday morning saw the Varsity boys face their toughest contest yet, coming up against tournament host the Lake Worth Bullfrogs. In a stadium packed with Lake Worth students, the atmosphere was unlike anything most of the boys had faced before. The Churchie boys got off to a slow start, and, feeding off the momentum of the crowd, our opposition was able to hold a comfortable advantage at the end of the first quarter. However, we kept fighting, and by halftime the lead had been trimmed to only 4 through strong offensive play from Mitaru and Tom and great defensive effort from Ben and Ollie. The boys came out of halftime ready to take the lead but were stifled by great pressure defense by the Bullfrogs and collapsed, surrendering a double digit advantage heading into the 4th. Despite a late barrage of threes from Dylan and Sean and a great effort on the boards from Aidan and Hamish the Bullfrogs were able to come out on top by 16 points. Unfortunately, despite having the same win-loss record as both the other teams on our pool, this scoreline meant we finished a mere 4 points out of first place on points differential. Our disappointment had to be short lived, however, as we had to prepare for our next game in just two hours.
Lachlan Marchant
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