The Kent Crusaders Under 14’s team were brought back down to earth with two heavy defeats at home on Saturday 13th December.
Archive for the Under 14s CategoryThe Kent Crusaders Under 14’s team had another two away wins on Sunday 7th December against Camden Jaz and Ipswich Tomcats. The team wanted to carry on their winning run of 2 games and did just that in Ipswich. The Kent Crusaders Under 14 National League team had a very tough game against the league leaders Newham Youngbloods on Saturday 15th November. Having come off the back of two league victories, the pressure was on the team to put on a good showing and they did just that. The Kent Crusaders Under 14’s team had two very impressive wins against Sevenoaks Suns and Camden Jaz. The team was under a certain amount of pressure to perform well after their first national league performance was well below their usual standard of play.
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Under 14’s Struggle In Their First National League GamePosted by: Andy Carpenter in Under 14sOn Saturday 18th October, the Under 14 National League side travelled to Aylesbury for their first National League game against the Bucks Hornets. On Sunday 5th October, the Under 14 National League side played a pre-season friendly against the Maidstone Warriors Under 14 CVL side.The game was played straight after the Kent Crusaders men’s team had a great victory over Sevenoaks at home. The U14’s played their fifth game of their preseason against the well established Southend Swifts from Essex. The team travelled without four injured players, Big Man Jono Appiah (foot), Ayo Salawu (calf), Alex Armstrong (ankle) and Tyler Russell (ill). In addition Liam Carpenter was away training with the South East APC. The game started well for Crusaders, and despite missing their first 9 shots, Crusaders cruised into a 12 -0 lead in the first 5 minutes. The first quarter ended 20-6. In the second quarter we scored a further 27 points to make it 47-16 at the half. During half time, the Crusaders where challenged by Coach Fenton to hit 100 points in the game and this kept the players working hard through the whole game despite the overwhelming lead. The team had moved up to 83 by the end of the third quarter and ended up winning the Game 109-40. Top scoring was Callum Thomas who scored 30pts. 5 other players also made double figures, Liam Robinson 10, Lee Memmott 10 Harry Willey 10, Tommy Dobson 22 and Ciaran Kelleher 13. All 9 players got on the score sheet including yr 7 James Lloyd. Max Carpenter lead the team in assists with 7, Ciaran Kelleher had the most rebounds with 9 and Kyle Vincett lead the team in steals with 3. Crusaders Coach Fenton was very pleased with his team’s effort in the second match against National League opposition. The next game for the U14’s is Sunday 5th October 3pm at Canterbury High School v Maidstone Warriors. The Under 14 National League Team played their 3rd and 4th pre-season friendlies on Sunday 21st September. |






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