The Sacred Heart Saints senior boys鈥� basketball team visited Moosomin last weekend for their first tournament action of the season and returned home with the 鈥楤鈥� side title.
The Saints, led by veteran captain Tannum Wyonzek, dropped their opening game of the tournament to the Oxbow Knights 48-45 before crushing Indian Head 59-25.
The convincing win over Indian Head earned the Saints a spot in the 鈥楤鈥� side championship game where they dismantled the Caronport Cougars 50-38 to lay claim to the 鈥楤鈥� title.
But while the 鈥楤鈥� side title is still impressive, head coach Garrett Karcha feels that the Saints deserved better. 鈥淚鈥檓 not sure what to expect, although I did expect to win that game on Friday,鈥� offered Karcha. 鈥淲e were up the whole game, we just gave it away in the last few minutes.
鈥淲e had a lot of trouble scoring so that wasn鈥檛 the best. On the bright side though, everyone played every game. I had 13 boys with me and they all played in every game and 11 of the 13 scored.鈥�
The fact that all 13 players saw playing time is nice, but what鈥檚 more important is the fact that no one looked out of place on the court. 鈥淪ome of the grade 10鈥檚 coming up are looking really good right now actually,鈥� mentioned the Saints coach. 鈥淭hey played really well on the weekend, although so did everyone else.鈥�
And with all of last year鈥檚 starters either having graduated or moved away, it鈥檚 key for the Karcha to get everyone as many minutes on the court as possible; because right now, he has no idea who will start. 鈥淚t鈥檚 a complete rebuild. All my starters from last year are gone and David Ojo left our school so we have a completely revamped team,鈥� shared Karcha. 鈥淚 took five grade 10鈥檚 and seven grade 11鈥檚 this year and a couple grade 12鈥檚. So they are coming in and have to learn a new system, something I鈥檓 implementing this year.
鈥淎s for starters and that kind of thing, there鈥檚 nothing etched in stone other than Tannum, who will lead as a point guard. After that we鈥檒l just roll through and see who is performing well.鈥�
