U18 Boys T1

U18 Boys T1

Coaches: Dave Leahy & Jerome Linnane

Team Manager: Suzanne O’Halloran

League: Kerry Airport U18 Boys Div 1

Cup: Kerry Airport U18 Boys Div 1 Cup

18/03/23 Cup Final

St. Paul's vs Lee Strand Magic

15/03/23 League

Lee Strand Magic 20-0 St. Brendan's

21/02/23 League

St. Paul's 68-84 Lee Strand Magic

15/02/23 League

Lee Strand Magic 88-54 St. Mary's

Our U18 Division 1 team took on St Mary’s in the latest round of the county league.

Our attitude was right from the tip off and with Josh scoring 9 points in the first quarter we led 18-9 at the first break.

Our defense was intense and disciplined and we ran the floor well in the second period to lead 40-25 at halftime.

Aivaras and Roan carried the scoring load in the second quarter with the rest of the team playing very controlled basketball.

We extended our lead in the third with Oisin and Brian hitting some great scores.

The ball movement and patience on offense was a joy to watch and it was great to see the hard work the boys put in at training rewarded on game day.

Heading in to the fourth quarter we led 65-38.

Cian and Gearoid helped ensure we increased our lead further in this period with excellent defense and some nice assists on offense.

We finished up winners by a score of 88-54 with a tough game in Killarney next week against St Paul’s in the next round of the league.

Top Scorers:

Aivaras Uosis 26

Roan Grattan 19

Brian O Leary 14

Oisin McGibney 14

Josh Osayanrhion 13

29/01/23 League

St. Brendan’s 53-82 Lee Strand Magic

Our u18s took on St Brendan’s on Sunday 29th January in Moyderwell gym.

We started strongly with Josh and Brian scoring early to help us settle into the game.

Our defensive intensity and transition game helped us into an early lead but a strong finish to the first quarter from our opponents left us with a 21-14 lead at the end of the period.

Aivaras and Roan started to add to the scoreboard in the second and this along with a strong showing from Oisin, Cian and Gearoid coming off the bench meant we increased our lead to 46-27 by halftime.

Michael Tansley as always knitted everything together with tenacious defence and some intelligent passing on offence.

We continued to pull away in the third mainly behind a super shooting display from Aivaras and some excellent inside play from Josh.

At the end of the third quarter we led 72-44.

Everyone played their part in the fourth to ensure we ran out 82-53 winners.

Great credit to St Brendan’s who played hard right to the end and had some fantastic outside shooters on the day.

It was great to see the boys moving and sharing the ball on offense and the improvement from the start of the season is clear to see.

Top scorers

Aivaras Uosis 28

Josh Osayanrhion 23

Brian O‘Leary 13

19/12/22

St. Mary's 42-63 Lee Strand Magic

23/11/22

Lee Strand Magic 78-60 St. Paul's

ahead 21-17.me in Div 1 of the county league took place on Wednesday night against St. Paul’s.

We started strongly and with Josh and Tomas providing most of our scoring we finished the first period head 21-17.

The second quarter saw Aivaras and Roan finding their form on offense and with our defense working hard we led at halftime 42-30.

The third period was when we played our best basketball and through patience on offense and with defensive intensity we extended our lead to 66-39 heading into the fourth quarter.

We started the last period very sloppily and allowed St Pauls get back into the game.

However we recovered our composure to see out a 78-60 win.

Scorers:

Josh 20

Aivaras 20

Tomas 14

Roan 12

Michael 6

Brian 5

Fionnan 1

16/11/22 Cup Semi Final

Lee Strand Magic 76-39 St. Mary's

Our u18 team took on St Mary’s in the semi final of the Kerry Airport Boys Div 1 Cup.

We started very strongly with Roan hitting some early baskets and with Josh and Tomas keeping the scoreboard tipping over we led 31-8 at the end of the first quarter.

With Brian O'Leary heating up in the second period and intense defense from Michael and Gearoid we extended our lead at the half to 46-15.

Cian, Sean Og and Oisin added freshness to the team when needed and the unselfishness of the team stood out as they chose the correct option on offense regularly with a selflessness that pleased the coaches.

The third quarter was a closer affair as we led 58-25 at the three quarter mark.

We ensured all players received plenty game time in the second half and all the boys did themselves proud to complete a 76-39 win.

The team is gelling very well and improving with each outing.

Our scorers on the evening were:

Tomas Kennedy 17

Josh Osayanrhion 17

Brian O Leary 16

Roan Grattan 11

Michael Tansley 6

Sean Og Brosnan 5

Gearoid O Connor 2

Cian Moran 2

06/11/22 National Cup Qualifying Tournament

Congratulations to our Lee Strand Magic u18s who have progressed on to the next stage of the U18 National Cup after wins over Belfast Star, Dundalk Rovers, Fr. Mathew’s and Drogheda Wolves.