The YRHS Raiders senior boys鈥� basketball team had a rough go of it this past weekend at the Centennial Charger Charity Classic basketball tournament in Saskatoon.
The Raiders went 0-3 through three games, falling to Saskatoon鈥檚 Walter Murray Marauders 61-38 in their opening game of the tournament to fall to the 鈥楤鈥� side despite a strong showing by two grade 10 players, Matthew Mandziuk (11 points) and Matthew Balysky (nine points). 鈥淭hey鈥檙e (Walter Murray) a top four team maybe top six team in Saskatoon so it was a decent result for us considering,鈥� said YRHS head coach Jason Payne. 鈥淲e didn鈥檛 play poorly but we struggled to score a little bit to start the year and it continued on in that game.鈥�
Once in the 鈥楤鈥� side the Raiders continued to struggle, losing to the Aden Bowman Bears 61-45 and the Moose Jaw 鈥� Central Cyclones 74-55 to finish with an overall record of 0-3. 鈥淭hose are teams that we should be capable of competing with,鈥� suggested Payne, continuing, 鈥渉opefully we learned some stuff about how we need to be prepared to go out to play and the price we need to pay and being ready when it鈥� time to be ready.鈥�
Tyson Black led the team in scoring in their final two games, putting up 13 points in each contest while Caleb Bymak (vs Aden Bowman) had 10 points and Balysky (vs Central) had 10.
Next action
The YRHS Raiders will now travel to Regina on Wednesday to take on the Riffel Royals, who are currently 3-0 in Regina High School Basketball League play with wins over O鈥橬eill (80-45), Winston Knoll (67-63) and Miller (56-47).
