Sheffield Junior Saints U14s start well in the National Basketball playoffs

Sheffield Junior Saints U14s continued their unbeaten season with a 90-69 win over Liverpool at All Saints school today in the first round of playoffs.

An untypical first quarter saw them well down at 10-25 as Liverpool defended well and scored regularly in what looked to be a tough game for the Saints.  After that, Saints found their rythmn, pulled the deficit back to 35-41 at half-time, led 59-56 at the third and then scored 31-13 in the fourth.

Sheffield Junior Saints U14s carry on their winning streak

Sheffield Junior Saints U14s posted an impressive 135-20 score against Tees Valley Mohawks to lead the North Divison 12-0.  They were 8-0 up inside the first minute and then played some controlled basketball with regular roations from the bench to cap off another good team performance.

The team spirit and strength from the bench made for an enjoyable performance against a Middlesbrough side that kept on playing til the final whistle.

Sheffield Junior Saints U14 basketball team triumph again

After a trip out of snowy Sheffield to the delights of sunny and snow-free Harrogate, Sheffield Junior Saints U14s came away with another win - now 11-0 for the season.

A changed starting-five got the game off to a good start, although St Aidan's kept it to 9-9 early on but some good chances taken saw Q1 finish 27-15 to Sheffield.   This pattern continued to be 53-32 at half-time and then76-43 after Q3.

The strength of the bench told again as Saints ran out 101-49 winners with the biggest cheer of the afternoon for the doughnut shot right at the end - especially as it was a cracking three-point effort.  All credit as well to St Aidan's who plugged away all game.

Sheffield Junior Saints U14s go 10-0 for the season so far

After a good away win at York Eagles last weekend (104-42), Sheffield Junior Saints U14s had their first home game since November and ran out 137-8 winners over Leeds Tigers.  Looks like doughnuts are on the menu for training again this week.

Everyone contributed to a good team effort and looks forward to a trip to Harrogate next weekend.

Sheffield Saints make Bradford Dragons lose their puff

Sheffield Junior Saints U14 basketball team kept up their 100% start to the season (7-0) with a fantastic win over the only other undefeated team in this year's North division, Bradford Dragons.

Cheered on by a partisan crowd, Bradford kept it tight until half-time when the Saints started to pull away.  The strength of their bench showed as they put in a real team performace to run out 64-94 winners with everyone getting on the scoresheet.

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Doughnut makers in Sheffield looking at possible redundancies

The tradition at Sheffield Junior Saints basketball is that the player who scores the 100th point in a game brings doughnuts to training the following week.

The first four matches of the season each resulted in scores well over 100, but this last weekend Leeds Force restricted them to a measly 96 points....

The league table still looks good, even though there will be doughnuts going stale on the shelves this week.