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Taking part in the Parade.
PARADE
Despite the morning showers, the it was a bright and sunny day for the St. Patrick’s Day parade. Tralee Imperials were delighted to partake alongside Garvey’s Tralee Warriors and St. Brendan’s BC. Thank you to everyone who joined us to march in the parade.
JUVENILES
U12 BOYS T1
Tralee Imperials 29-33 Kenmare Kestrels (16/03/22)
Q1 Tralee Imperials 6-5 Kenmare Kestrels
HT Tralee Imperials 8-19 Kenmare Kestrels
Q3 Tralee Imperials 23-21 Kenmare Kestrels
FT Tralee Imperials 29-33 Kenmare Kestrels
Top scorers: Rían Tuohy (8), Callum Lacey (8), Tom Dawson (7)
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U12 Boys T2
U12 BOYS T2
Tralee Imperials 16-18 St. Paul’s (18/03/22)
Under 12’s team 2 put on another incredible display today.
They certainly had the game in their grips leading by four at one stage.
St. Paul’s nailed a few very quick scores at the end of quarter 3 to take the lead and they didn’t lose it again.
Very close game overall with a nail biting finish. Commiserations to the lads they were incredible today.
Q1 Tralee Imperials 2 -4 St. Paul’s
Q2 Tralee Imperials 6 -4 St. Paul’s
Q3 Tralee Imperials 12 -12 St. Paul’s
Q4 Tralee Imperials 16 -18 St. Paul’s
U12 Girls T1
U12 GIRLS T1
Tralee Imperials 41-30 Glenbeigh Falcons (15/03/22)
The U12 team 1 finished a brilliant season with an exciting game against a strong Glenbeigh team. We were missing three girls due to illness but the nine girls stepped up to the task.
A strong first quarter saw all girls getting on the scoresheet scoring 15 – 5.
The second and third quarters were a closer affair with Glenbeigh coming back strong but Imperials never lost their grip on the game. Excellent scoring combined with superb defense led to an 8pt gap going into the final quarter.
Glenbeigh pushed hard in the first few minutes of the fourth quarter closing the margin to one point. Imperials dug deep and scores from Sofia, Abby, Lauren, Taylor and Sarah led to a win 41 – 30.
Top scorer Sofia 10 pts.
The girls have had a brilliant season with some memorable games played, they were unlucky to lose to a very strong Castleisland side on two occasions by the smallest of margins. Their work rate is always immense and they are a fabulous bunch of girls who are all real team players. Each player has shown great progression in all aspects of their game and have been a joy to watch and coach. The future of basketball is bright with these ladies.
U14 BOYS T1
Tralee Imperials 34-59 St. Joseph’s (16/03/22)
Q1 Imperials 4 St Joseph’s 16
Q2 Imperials 14 St Joseph’s 29
Q3 Imperials 29 St Joseph’s 45
Q4 Imperials 34 St Joseph’s 59
Scorers: Ruairi Kennedy 18, Conor McGibney 13, Filip Rybanski 2 and Eoghan Crowley 1.
Imperials were playing well in the first half and were unfortunate to be trailing by 15 points at half time they were unlucky not to have converted more scores and were working hard in defence and offence.
They worked hard again in the second half but the very fast pace tired them as they had only 2 players as subs. Special mention to Ruairi Kennedy who had a fantastic third quarter scoring 13 of Imperials 15 points and bagging 3 lovely 3 pointers. Final outing will be next Wednesday 23rd against St. Brendan’s.
U16 BOYS T1
Tralee Imperials 61-47 Rathmore Ravens (14/03/22)
On Monday evening our u16 Team 1 played Rathmore in Division 1 of the county league. We started the game with great pace and intensity and our press created a lot of easy transition baskets. With Tomas and Sean Og contributing hugely to the scoreboard we led at the end of the first quarter 31-7.
We were able to get all our players a lot of game time in the second period and with Sean Heaslip and William working hard on the defensive end we went in to the halftime break ahead 44-25.
This lead gave us an opportunity to work on different aspects of our game and we managed to extend our lead to 55-33 to finish the third.
Jamie and Tadgh worked well together in the final quarter and it was great to see Ryne get some court time after his injury. Ruairi from our U14 team got some valuable minutes and acquitted himself well. The game finished 61-47 and we now go in to our final league game with some momentum after back to back wins.
Scorers were:
Tomas Kennedy 22
Sean Og Brosnan 19
Jamie Burke 6
Sean Heaslip 4
Tadgh Moran 4
Ryne Ybanez 3
William O Donoghue 3
U16 GIRLS T1
Tralee Imperials 38-31 St. Mary’s Castleisland (15/03/22)
The team came to this fixture hoping to make up for a heavy loss to St Mary’s at the start of the season, and they certainly did themselves justice.
The first quarter went our way with Grace Lucid and Sorcha Casey getting scores on the board to get us off to a great start. The score in this quarter was 13-10 to Imperials.
A change of defensive tactics by St Mary’s caught us off guard. Sorcha and Holly O’Brien kept us in the quarter with a basket each but we lost the second quarter 4-10. The score at half-time saw St. Mary’s ahead 17-20
Very determined defensive hustle and fast paced runs by Aoibhinn McCarthy, making a welcome return from injury and some solid defense from Saoirse Moriarty along with scores from Holly, Lucy O’ Donnell and Kelly Fitzgerald saw us win the third 7-4. The score was 24-24 at the end of the quarter and set us up for an exciting finish
All to play for in the fourth quarter and the team certainly showed their strength of character.
Grainne Breen came on and scored a shot at a crucial point in the game. Holly, who was top scorer and had a great game throughout, hit three baskets in a row. Kelly was outstanding under the boards, in both offense and defense, aided by Lucy O’ D who was very strong in offense all evening. The defense in particular by all players was top class.
We won the fourth quarter 14-7 with a massive team effort showing great maturity and held out in the last few minutes for the win at 38-31.
It was a great game of basketball played in a very sporting fashion by both teams and Imperials were delighted to get the win.
We hope the injured Castleisland player recovers well.
Top scorers: Holly O’Brien 16, Lucy O’Donnell 6, Sorcha Casey 5
MONTHLY TRAINING FEES
Monthly training fees for juvenile (u12-u18) and senior teams can be paid online via ClubZap app or the Club Shop on the website https://www.traleeimperials.ie/products
Any queries email imperialsbc@gmail.com
WARRIORS
Tralee Warriors defeated UCD Marian (88-71) on Saturday evening in the Superleague quarterfinal playoffs. This was the last home game of the season and once again it was fantastic to see the Complex full. Also, in a wonderful display of community spirit, the Warriors hosted guests from Ukraine and welcomed them in to the Tralee basketball family.
The win over UCD Marian sets up a tough semifinal vs Eanna BC, a replay of the cup semifinal. The National Cup champions will travel to Rathfarnam on Saturday 26th March to continue their pursuit of the double. Best of luck to the Warriors.
U20 Warriors
The Warriors U20 Men also faced a UCD Marian side in their National league semifinal last Sunday. They faced some strong opposition and this time it was the Dublin side the victors on a score line of 79-54.
U20 Warriors 2
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