Saltillo 2010 Tournament

Final Results

By: Luis Rasgado

Saturday night 8 teams gave their fans high quality matches; within those teams were Como-Pickton, North Hopkins, Rivercrest, Yantis, Avery and Saltillo.

Varsity Girls

Saltillo and Rivercrest varsity girls played for the first place spot! Rivercrest started off giving the Lady Lions a hard time and were easily going through their defense, but the Lady Lions soon recuperated and came through with a 62-32 win taking the first place trophy!

Saltillo    62              Rivercrest     32

Saltillo 1st Place

Riverstcrest 2nd Place

The Como-Pickton Lady Eagles faced off against North Hopkins for the third place trophy. It was a close match, Como-Pickton was up ahead by a couple of points every period, the Lady Eagles were working hard and giving their all in the court, but fatigue caught of with them and North Hopkins took advantage of it.

North Hopkins  58              Como- Pickton  44

North Hopkins 3rd place

Varsity Guys

Saltillo varsity guys also gave a "must see" match against Avery. On the first period of the game Saltillo was struggling to keep up with Avery, but hard worked paid off and ended the first period 29-26.

Avery wasn't going to give up so easy and was still giving Saltillo a hard time, but the Lions were at their home town. "Just like you don't mess with Texas, You don't mess with Saltillo." jokingly expressed a Saltillo fan. Saltillo and Avery went into half time 43-39. After half-time Saltillo still kept up the hard work and came out with the first place win.

Saltillo    58                        Avery           49

Saltillo 1st place

Avery 2nd Place

Como-Pickton Varsity Eagles and the Yantis Owls played for the third place spot. The Eagles started off playing great, offensively and defensively. Yantis couldn't match up the first period and Como-Pickton would take the lead 13-7. The second period was a whole different story and both teams matched up evenly. Como-Pickton and Yantis tied 28-28 just seconds after the buzzer called for half time. After the half time break Yantis seemed more motivated and showed it on the court by beating Como-Pickton 50-38.

Yantis     50            Como-Pickton    38

Yantis 3rd Place

Enjoy the Following Pictures of the Saltillo 2010 Basketball Tournament:

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