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Buttercups and Jellyfish End In Tie
Westford Youth Basketball Association School Girl's League. Results week of 12-10-2012 to 12-12-2012
Blue Angels 35
Green Slime 28
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Good way to start off their season for both teams. For the Green Slime Stacy Shackleton was a big contributor on the offensive end. Defensively Jessica Sullivan and Alyssa Ingalls were aggressive under the boards. For the Blue Angels Nicole Souza contributed with her speed and aggressiveness with the ball. Liz Muller had many baskets along with Sarah Russell. Both teams [played well.
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Jellyfish 35
Cheetahs 32
The joyous Jellyfish and the Cheerful Cheetahs played a glorious game on Monday. The jumping Jellies secured a leaping lead early. But, as the game was coming to a close, the chipper Cheetahs made a crazy comeback. In the end, the Jellyfish stung them. For the Jellies, daring Danielle Donovan took some super shots and tenacious Taylor Freud played amazingly aggressive and fouled out. For the Cheetahs the Casey twins played well as well as Tianna Barrett taking sassy shots. It was a pugnaciously played game.
Buttercups 30
Wild Thornberries 27
This was a close game that was decided when Bianca Tardi hit free throws with 10 seconds remaining. The Buttercups had scoring from 5 different players and the Wild Thornberries were led by Jillian Chrysikos with 16 points. Rebecca Shepherd led the scoring for the Buttercups with 10 points.
Wild Thornberries 32
Blue Angels 31
It was a hard fought battle between the Wild Thornberries and the Blue Angels. Taryn and Jillian Chrysikos as well as Katie Fitzsimmons led the offense for the Thornberries. Melanie Yellanki and Theresa Miceli fought well on defense. But the Blue Angels fought back hard with Nicole Souza and Tasneem Bhinderwala leading their defense. Leading the offense for the Angels were Amanda Brooks, Sarah Russell and Elise Paugh. With a double overtime the Thornberries were able to come out with a victory.
Green Slime 35
Tigers 26
Slime Time Live dominates the fierce Tigers. Stacy Shackleton led the Slime with 12 points and some strong defense. Alyssa Ingalls scored 6 points and lots of rebounds. For the Tigers Tianna Habosian was the leading scorer with 7 points and Kathryn Olivier played outstanding defense.
Blueberry Squirrels 34
Green Giants 28
The Blueberry Squirrels had a great game with a strong start and a strong finish. Casey Doremus led the team with 19 points. Sam Kelly had 8. Amy Cornelius had 5 and Kathryn Neuhardt chipped in 2. Ashley Gauthier, Hannah Kullberg, Ally Rohlfs, Natalie Trainer and Hayley Veillette all were strong supporting players making great passes and playing strong defense.
The Green Giants were led by Jenna Klinka with 17 points. Kyra Kruger had 8 points, Jordan Underwood 4 and both Kayla Flanagan and Molly Curley with 2. Jackie Joncas and Danielle Reimer played great defense. Excellent first game for both teams.
Buttercups 35
Jellyfish 35
In an exciting double overtime game the Jellyfish and Buttercups went back and forth an ended in a tie. The Jellyfish were led by Danielle Donavan’s 10 points with scoring help from Alaina Baker, Abigail Chirokas, Caroline Dolan and Taylor Freud. For the Buttercups Kirsten Leary led the scoring with 16 points. Michelle Thompson, Alexa Sullivan and Rebecca Holtom were playing shut down defense also for the Buttercups.
Pink Friday 23
Neon Trees 13
Pink Friday and Neon Trees played to a close 23-13 win by Pink. Scoring for Pink Friday were Lauren Bushey with 4 and Meghan O’Neil with 3. Neon Trees scoring leaders were Haley Macdonald with 6 and Christina Caviston with 4. Brianna Mills (8 rebounds) and Courtney Kennedy led Pink Friday defense. Neon Trees defensive stars were Liz McAleese and Caroline Rosinski.
Team Name
Coach
Team Name
Wins
Losses
Ties
Jellyfish
Chirokas
Jelly Fish
1
0
1
Buttercups
Leary/Shepherd
Buttercups
1
0
1
Blueberry Squirrels
Teal/Cahill
Blueberry Squirrels
1
0
0
Pink Friday
Geary
Pink Friday
1
0
0
Blue Angels
Morano
Blue Angels
1
1
0
Green Slime
Sullivan
Green Slime
1
1
0
Wild Thornberries
Templeton
Wild Thornberries
1
1
0
Cheetahs
Casey
Cheetah’s
0
1
0
Green Giants
Klinka
Green
0
1
0
Neon Trees
Loftus
Neon Trees
0
1
0
Tigers
Olivier/Habosian
Tigers
0
1
0
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