ARBROATH HIGH SCHOOL TAKE 12TH SCOTTISH TITLE
Arbroath High School Open Girls team cruised to a 98-38 win over Falkirk High School to take the Scottish Schools Cup Final. The girls showed an excellent display of team basketball by dominating the game from the start. The dynamic duo of Van Wees and Black put an incredible 68 points on the board and with excellent performances from Richards, Mcloughlin, Harrison, Marsden and Moore the game quickly became out of reach for the Falkirk side. Captain Van Wees was unstoppable with a triple double of points, blocks and rebounds. In the semi-final defeat of Park Mains, point guard Richards showed with her season high of 20 points securing the 1 point win for the Arbroath High Team leading her team to the final. Most improved player goes to Courtney Marsden, a future basketball star.
Arbroath High School U14s also took the Cup with a 42-38 win over Dunbar Grammar School. This is the 2nd time the team have become national champions. Captain Callon dominated this game with an incredible 26 points. Solid performances from Bell, Smith, Watson and Feighan helped to secure the win. McFarlane, Burns, Smart and Gauld continue to improve and will be key to this team competing to win the title for the 3rd year running.
Commiserations go to the U15 girls who lost out on the title by 1 point 54-55 to Culloden in the last moments of the game! Incredibly the result and circumstances were similar to last year’s encounter, but, Arbroath were the victors. The quality of play from both sides was of an exceptional standard with Captain Robb scoring 36 points and Van Wees claiming 10. Although losing out on the title, this final was without question filled with drama which gave the crowd a thrilling spectacle of sport.
Our congratulations go to all the teams for their performances.
