Letterkenny Blaze U12 Girls maintained their unbeaten run this season to become North West League champions.
They played Mulroy Hoops in the first division final on Saturday in Sligo IT.
It took a few minutes for the girls to settle into the game, however, with solid defensive play and good rebounding from Aoibhin Randles and Louise Doherty the first quarter ended 8 -2 in favour of Blaze.
In the second quarter Mulroy’s Aideen Friel and Hannah Gallagher consistently tested the Blaze defence for a path to basket.
Great rebounding and outlet passing by Aoibhin Franklin, Emily Irwin & Emma Gribben in this quarter.
Half time score 16 – 8 in favour of Blaze. In the third quarter Sineid Otoo and Hannah Hopkins were on their toes and ready to steal any loose ball that came their way and convert them to scores for the Blaze team. 25 -10 to Blaze at end of 3rd quarter.
Mulroy applied a full court press in the last quarter,however, safe inbounding by Emily Irwin to Gillian Reynolds resulted in three baskets in a row from full court layups.
Overall a great team performance by all the Blaze girls with both refs awarding MVP on the day to Gillian Reynolds.
Team: Aoibhin Franklin (C), Emma Gribben (6), Gillian Reynolds (10), Nicole McDaid, Emily Irwin, Emma Johnston, Aimee Bonar, Sineid Otoo (7), Hannah Hopkins (4), Aoibhin Randles (2), Louise Doherty (4) & Amelia Czwodzinska. Coaches: Lorna Reynolds & Paula Irwin.
OTHER RESULTS
NWAB hosted all the u12 final in  Sligo on Saturday. Blaze U11 Girls played Kilcar BC in a Div 2 Final but lost out. Blaze U11 Boys played Ballyshannon in a Div 3 final which they won and Blaze U12 Boys played Sligo All Stars in a Div 2 final which they lost.
In the remaining fixtures for the BNI leagueÂ
U14 Girls v Tyrone Towers 34-20 Blaze won
U14 Boys v Tyrone Towers 20-0 (forfeited but played) Blaze won
U16 Boys v Tyrone Towers 30-32 Towers won
U18 Boys V Phoenix BC 32-79Â
OTHER NEWS
U14 and U16 girls are hosting a table quiz in Arena 7 on Thursday 16th March at 9.30pm to fundraise towards their expenses for playing in the All Ireland Club Championships in April. All support would be greatly appreciated.
U16 Girls also win the North West League title in a stunning display – Match report to follow next week.
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