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Columbia 47 York Catholic 30: Boys 3A Final- wrap
 

Columbia 47 York Catholic 30: Boys 3A Final- wrap

Written by: Dell Jackson on March 5, 2022

 

Columbia 47 York Catholic 30
Boys 3A Finals
March 5, 2022

Defense..defense..defense. This is the chant heard throughout the season. Well, Columbia used its defense to propel itself to a District 3 title. The Tide used its customary 2-3 zone and switched over to a 1-3-1 to cause multiple turnovers (14) and get a few run outs. York Catholic used a 2-3 and 3-2 zone itself until the Irish needed to try to pressure the Tide late in the game.
Coach Glover talked about leadership, and Section 5 (2 District 3 champs BTW) in his post game speech. Coach glover had a road map for the season , and so far so good.

Neither team could garner much offense in the first quarter- make that for the game. The Irish big man, 6’3” sn, Michael Shelley was a force early. He tallied a post move and a follow early in the first. Brady walker, 5”10” jn., added a jumper mid way thru the first to give York Catholic a 6-3 lead. Columbia’s outside game was not clicking vs. the 2-3 Irish zone. Jordon Poole, 5’11” soph, netted a layup at the 1:15 mark of the first period –  York Catholic 8-7. Hov Glover, 6’1” sn. dynamite point for the Tide, walked into a three ball at the buzzer- 10-8 after one.

York Catholic would tie the game at 12 at the 4:54 mark off of 2 fouls shots by Luke Forjan, 5’11” jn. The Tide switched tom its 1-3-1, slowing an already slow paced game to a crawl, at least for the Irish. Columbia strung together a 6-1 run (J’Von Collazo layup, a three-ball by Robert Footman, and a Glover drive at the end of the quarter. Tide 20-13 at the break.

The offense lagged the defense at the start of the third. Columbia would not score for the first 3 minutes of the quarter, and the Irish would only put up 2 from the line. Finally, the Tide would get hot. Brelon Miller, 6’2” soph, had a nice game on the baseline- scoring off multiple assists from the Tide guards. He netted a bucket at the 5:15 mark not the third that seemed to put the Tide into high gear. Collazo hit a three-ball and Robert Footman nailed one on the next possession, a Collazo drive ended the 10-0 run.Columbia up 30-15 around the 3:30 mark of the quarter. B. Miller’s sweet baseline drive and a foul shot ended the scoring for Columbia. 33-20.

The Tide put to bed any thoughts of an Irish comeback by 8-2 run to start the 4th quarter. Columbia’s defense continued to suffocate York Catholic, building a 20 point lead late in the quarter. Coach Glover pulled his starters around the 2:30 minute mark. York Catholic followed suit soon there-after. Final 47-30.

Unofficial stats
Rebounds: York Catholic 26 Columbia 15
Turnovers: York Catholic 14 Columbia 4 (key stat for the game)
Blocks: Columbia 3
Three balls: York Catholic 1 Columbia 5

Points:
York Catholic: Luke Forjan 12, Michael Shelley 11
Columbia: Robert Footman 13 , Hov Glover 13,  J’Von Collazo 8, Brelon Miller 7

 

Water bath- Coach Glover

POG- Hov Glover and Robert Footman

Coach Glover- speechless 🙂

 

 

 

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