Sale Sonics junior representative squads officially started their new season by travelling to Morwell for their first tournament at the weekend.
The Morwell Tournament was the first time most of these teams have had a chance to play together, and lots of positives came out of the weekend, which has coaches looking forward to the rest of the season.
The Sale Under 10 Boys had a great weekend as several players got to experience representative basketball for the first time. With a pretty young team, the boys tried their best and made some improvement over the four games despite losing by large margins.
The Under 12.1 Boys had a great weekend, going undefeated on Saturday before playing the other undefeated team, Traralgon on Sunday morning, fighting out a thrilling draw.
Sale met Traralgon again in the final, where they proved too strong and overpowered the Sonics.
On Saturday, the Under 12.1 Girls played three round games. They were unable to win, but they progressed both individually and as a team, and there was some excellent learning.
Sunday saw the girls head into a semi-final, where they lifted their defensive intensity and started putting together some great passages of play.
The U12.2 Girls had a tough task playing four games on Saturday. Unfortunately, they couldn’t win, but they showed great competitiveness throughout the day, improving both individually and as a team throughout the weekend.
The Under 14.1 Boys had a challenging tournament coming up against some much bigger and older opponents, ending the tournament with a draw and three losses.
The Under 14.2 Boys had a productive weekend, winning and drawing one game and falling short in two. The games were well fought, and the boys worked hard and played as a team and, all in all, had a great weekend.
This is a great start for the first tournament for the group, which should be a great year for this group of boys.
The Under 14.1 Girls had a great but tough weekend.
A very fresh, new and nervous Under 14.2 Girls team took to a very tough draw over the weekend with plenty of determination and competitiveness.
It was a Grand Final for the Under 16.1 Boys in their first tournament of the season.
The boys had a tough draw but pulled together their best game at the most important time – defeating Warragul in an intense play-off for six points in what happened to be Sale’s fourth game of the day.
The tournament was a great start to the season for Sonics Under 16.2 Boys, who had a win and a draw but missed the finals by one game.
The Under 16.1 girls had a great weekend, winning all their preliminary rounds comfortably, beating Mowell, Traralgon and Maffra.
Finishing on top, they faced Maffra in a semi-final and won by 40 points, going on to face Morwell in the Grand Final, eventually going down by 10 points.
The Morwell Tournament was the first of the season and the first time all of the Under 16.2 Sonics Girls played together.
