Under 12 Boys

The first game for the under 12 boys was against Broken Hill Gold.

It started out as a tight contest, but after quarter time blew out when the troublesome duo of Tom Fischer and Aaron Rogers upped the tempo with full court defence, restricting Broken Hill and slowing down their scoring abilities, allowing Whyalla to run out winners by nine points.

The second game against Mildura was ruled out due to the electrical fire.

Whyalla then played Broken Hill Blue,where it utilized its bench as the opposition were not up to the same standard, with all players scoring points and getting good court time.

Leading from the front was Adrian Hunter who continued to shine all carnival, top scoring in every game and playing an excellent team game.

With the boys finishing top by percentage they then had to play the semi final at 8am Sunday, playing Broken Hill Gold in what was expected to be a tight contest.

The Stealers had other ideas and restricted them to four points total for the game, winning 24 to 4, winning their way into the grand final to play Mildura.

The grand final started slowly and both teams were getting good shot opportunities, but failed to utilize them. Adrian Hunter again showing he knows how to play on the big stage and was getting some good points.

He was also getting some fouls and by the seven minute mark of the third quarter was fouled out and the team was down by four points.

Appearing flattened by the loss of one of its leaders, coach Pat Kemp called a valuable time out and encouraged her charges that all was not lost and now was the time to show some fight and give their all.

With that they did and again the likes of Tom Fischer, Josh Quinn, Jarrod Wallace and Kody Rosalia all pulling deep and getting themselves right back in the game.

With Aaron Rogers attacking the basket and getting to the foul line, Whyalla was able to get the game back to within five points and with Josh Quinn completing a full court layup the team was still in with a chance.

Continuing to starve the Mildura boys of any points and mighty Tim Fischer nailing crucial foul shots, the boys were only down by one, but with time running out fast, they were up against pulling of what would have been a great win.

Time did run out for them, eventually losing the game by a solitary point.

A truly great effort by all and to debutant Daniel Vines who scored his first combined points, it was an excellent effort.

Adrian Hunter showed why he is a must see player coming away with MVP of the carnival.