Cougars claim zone bronze

Justin Seward
Times Reporter

 

The Crowther Memorial Junior High School Cougars Grade 9 boys basketball team ended the season on a winning note after beating the Brooks B team by 30 points in Brooks at zones on March 4-5.
Cougars head coach Matt Laslo said their best quality in all three games was their unselfishness with the ball which led them to average around 50 points per game. Against the top-seeded Brooks team in the semi-final, the team played well and only lost by 26 points.
“I thought we played really well in all three games,” said Laslo. “With our team this season we don’t really care who scores. We play selfless team basketball. In terms of teams that I’ve had, this has been one of the highest scoring teams I’ve ever coached because our boys just work together, pass the ball and move side to side.”
The team went into the tournament as the fourth seed; he thought the tournament wasn’t seeded well and felt as though they should’ve been in the final with the higher-placed Brooks team, but overall it was great to finish out the season with a win.
“I think it’s really nice for the boys and myself,” said Laslo. “We ended the season on a win as opposed to ending it on a lose. It was close, by the end it was a pretty fun game because we were up 30 points.”
He added that he’s optimistic about the Grade 8’s who will be on the team again next year and hopes the Grade 9’s move on to have more success at the high school level.