Oak Hill claims title to Rockland Recreation Invitational
Locals from the Georges River Buccaneers fifth and sixth grade boys travel teams finished as runner-ups in this past weekends tournament at the Rockland Recreation Center. The Buccaneers played their way to the championship game the hard way, through the losers bracket in this double elimination tournament. (Photo by Ron Hawkes)
Rockland Rec’s Everett Allyn gets set for a jump shot. (Photo by Ron Hawkes)
Thomaston’s Justin Hurley clears the ball out after pulling down a rebound. (Photo by Ron Hawkes)
Rockland’s Zepherin Leppanen, left, goes up with a shot in front of Thomaston’s James Day. (Photo by Ron Hawkes)
Thomaston’s Brayden Hyatt dribbles the ball towards the basket. (Photo by Ron Hawkes)
Rockland’s Hunter Norton pulls down a rebound and looks for the outlet. (Photo by Ron Hawkes)
Thomaston’s Darik Johnson, right, gets set for a shot while Rockland’s Tyler Sukeforth tries to get out and guard him. (Photo by Ron Hawkes)
Rockland’s Finnegan Lynch is off to the races with a fast break. (Photo by Ron Hawkes)
Thomaston’s Christian Weed, right, is out in front of Rockland’s Hunter Norton for a loose ball. (Photo by Ron Hawkes)
Locals from the Georges River Buccaneers fifth and sixth grade boys travel teams finished as runner-ups in this past weekends tournament at the Rockland Recreation Center. The Buccaneers played their way to the championship game the hard way, through the losers bracket in this double elimination tournament. (Photo by Ron Hawkes)
Rockland Rec’s Everett Allyn gets set for a jump shot. (Photo by Ron Hawkes)
Thomaston’s Justin Hurley clears the ball out after pulling down a rebound. (Photo by Ron Hawkes)
Rockland’s Zepherin Leppanen, left, goes up with a shot in front of Thomaston’s James Day. (Photo by Ron Hawkes)
Thomaston’s Brayden Hyatt dribbles the ball towards the basket. (Photo by Ron Hawkes)
Rockland’s Hunter Norton pulls down a rebound and looks for the outlet. (Photo by Ron Hawkes)
Thomaston’s Darik Johnson, right, gets set for a shot while Rockland’s Tyler Sukeforth tries to get out and guard him. (Photo by Ron Hawkes)
Rockland’s Finnegan Lynch is off to the races with a fast break. (Photo by Ron Hawkes)
Thomaston’s Christian Weed, right, is out in front of Rockland’s Hunter Norton for a loose ball. (Photo by Ron Hawkes)
ROCKLAND – The Rockland Recreation Center was filled with the sounds of bouncing basketballs in the hands of fifth and sixth grade boys all weekend as the Rec held its annual boys invitational tournament for fifth and sixth grade teams.
This year’s three day tournament was won by Oak Hill of Sabattus who defeated the Georges River Buccaneers 44-18 to claim the championship.
Georges River had lost their first game of the tournament and fought their way back through the losers bracket to earn the right to play in the championship game. However that was their third game in a row and the young men were just plain out of gas which allowed Oak Hill to roll to the win.
Teams in the tournament were Thomaston Revolution, Medomak Gold, Georges River Buccaneers, Rockland Rec, Medomak Blue, Rivertown (hampden and Winterport), Mount View Mustangs and Oak Hill.
In between games Saturday the skills competition was held with the following winners showing off their skills and ability.
Passing Skills – Matthew Spear (Georges River)
3 -point shooting – Jackson Arbor (Oak Hill)
Foul Shooting – Hannah Coolen (Mount View)
Hot Shot – Parker Morrison, Ethan Reed and Trevor Brown (Medomak Blue)
Game scores were as follows:
Friday Games
Game 1 – Thomaston 38, Medomak Gold 31
Game 2 – Rockland Rec 31, Georges River 30
Saturday Games
Game 3 – Medomak Blue 41, Rivertown 20
Game 4 – Oak Hill 32, Mount View 25
Game 5 – Georges River 33, Medomak Gold 28
Game 6 – Mount View 29, Rivertown 27
Game 7 – Rockland Rec 44, Thomaston 18 (Click here for a photo gallery from this game)
Game 8 – Oak Hill 44, Medomak Blue 35
Game 9 – Georges River 50, Medomak Blue 41
Game 10 – Thomaston 35, Mount View 27
Sunday Games
Game 11 – Oak Hill 43, Rockland Rec 25
Game 12 – Georges River 38, Thomaston 16
Game 13 – Georges River 44, Rockland Rec 39
Game 14 – Oak Hill 44, Georges River 18 (championship game)
Team members from the champion Oak Hill squad are fifth graders, Caden Thompson, D’Andre Daniels, Jackson Arbor, Kody Eastbrook, and Latrell Williams; and sixth graders, Gavin Ralston, Sean Mitchell, Enoch Taylor, Gabe Samson, Riley Worth and James Borkowski. Coach is Drew Harris.
Georges River Buccaneers runner-up team members are, sixth graders, Nathan Coombs, Drew Daggett, Owen Underhill, Zack Upham, Ethan Caballo, Aiden Munro, Matthew Spear, Elliot Lucier, Obie Miller, Alan Grindle and Sam Vose. Coaches are Kris Vose and Zach Underhill.
The Rockland Recreation is scheduled to host its fifth and sixth grade girls tournament March 26-28.
Ron Hawkes can be reached at hawkesnews@gmail.com
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