Basketball - Sunday, February 7, 2010 14:53 - 0 Comments

Redmen Win Duel of Top Ranked Teams

Jonas Emilsson
www.KramMag.com

Not only did the Western Canada Redmen make a lot of 3-pointers, they made them at crucial parts of the game.

The Redmen nailed eight shots from outside the arch in the first half, and followed that up with six more in the second half to finish off Edmonton’s St. Francis Xavier Rams 76-69 in the boys final of the Redmen Invitational Tournament.

“That was a stressfull game,” said Redmen’s head coach Steve Wiebe. “St.Francis has some real athletes on their team and they fly around the court and they put pressure on the ball from all angles.

The final pitted the province’s No. 1-ranked team (Redmen) versus the No. 2-ranked team (Rams).

However, those rankings may change after the Redmen lost to the Cardston Cougars in last weekend’s Top Dog tournament at Sir Winston Churchill.

Eli Prochnau and Francis Cormier each chipped in with 19 points to pace the Redmen’s scoring and Ammon Crowfoot added 17 points.

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Nathaniel Wojcicki scored a game-high 26 points for the Rams.

Besides the accuracy from outside the three-point line, another reason for the Redmens’ success was the ability to shut down Davis Mulatris. Continue…

Basketball - Friday, February 5, 2010 22:21 - 0 Comments

KramCast Episode 13 with Dave Love

This week’s guest on the KramCast show was Dave Love. Love is a basketball shooting coach, but no just any shooting coach. Along with coaching local hoopsters on the finer points of shooting, he also works as a shooting consultant with the Phoenix Suns. Click HERE to listen to what he had to say and then click HERE to visit his website for more information.

Basketball - Sunday, February 7, 2010 14:42 - 0 Comments

LCI’s Strong Second Half Secures Trophy

Jonas Emilsson
www.KramMag.com

It’s not how you start, it’s how you finish.

The old adage turned out to be true in the girl’s final of the Redmen Invitation Tournament between Lethbridge’s LCI Clippers and Edmonton’s Jasper Place Rebels.

After falling behind by as much as 13 points in the first quarter, the Clippers fought back to capture the tournament championship with a 73-67 victory.

Forward Cassidy Taal score 24 points to lead the Clippers as well as capturing the tournament MVP award.

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The Rebels were led by Laurissa Weigl and Madison Wilson, who each scored 21 and 17 points respectively.

Weigl played a huge role for the Rebels throughout the opening half.  The 5’9” guard scored 15 first-half points, many which came courtesy of her deadly accurate 3-point shot, including a bucket from at least three feet beyond the arch.

The Rebels led 25-12 at the end of first quarter.

The Rebels’ strong shooting performance continued through the second quarter, and when the shots didn’t fall, they got excellent offensive rebounding from their front-court which turned into easy buckets.

The half ended with a 41-29 Rebels lead.

But the second half was a completely Continue…