LVR opens hardcourt season with silver showing in Silver City
By The Nelson Daily Sports
The L.V. Rogers Bombers opened the 2013-14 High School Boy’s Basketball season with a second-place finish at the J. Lloyd Crowe Hawks Invitational Tournament Saturday in Trail.
Kalamalka Lakers of Vernon outlasted the Bombers 80-55 in the tourney final.
“Kal exposed our man to man defense which needs work,” said Bomber rookie head coach Jeremy Phelan.
“Everyone was picking up unnecessary foul calls and had to be sat.”
“The game was close up to this point where the bench players had to come into the rotation,” Phelan added.
Kalamalka held leads of18-10 after first quarter; 35-21 at half and 59-37 after three quarters.
“Tobin stepped up his game from the previous day and was more effective against Kal,” Phelan explained.
“He scored 14 points but was hampered with foul trouble throughout the game and was player of the game for us.”
Bjorn Morris also had 14 points for the Bombers while Ethan Perkins finished with eight points along with a number of steals leading to fast break points.
Josh Matosevic again showed he belongs on the senior squad, playing big minutes and scoring seven points.
LVR opened the four-team tournament by stopping host Crowe Hawks 53-35.
Morris, named player of the game, led the Bombers with 14 points — 12 in the second half.
LVR held period leads of 8-7 after one quarter, 23-14 at half and 38-23 after three quarters.
Avery Kushner led the Bombers with his strong play.
LVR then bounced School District rival Mount Sentinel Wildcats 58-31.
Perkins, Morris and Matosevic were tops scorers for LVR witih eight, 15 and 10 points, respectively.
“Everyone got on the scoresheet again, but Mount Sentinel zoned us an we had trouble running our offense.”
