Basketball news: 1st & 2nd Year Boys

Borrisokane first and second year boys traveled to Heywood College in Laois for their last pool game on Thursday 25th February.

First years played in the first match and started poorly conceding many scores.  There was a big improvement in their play after this. Despite their best efforts they lost the game to a very good team who are the pool winners and now go through to the next stage.

Team: Hugh Guest, Eoghan Tighe, Jack Murphy, Ruairi Connelly, Neill Cahalan, Darragh Ryan, James Haugh, Luke Gleeson, Colm Cleary, Ruairi O Hare, Conor Ryan, Sean Connolly, Nathan Kennedy, Conor White, Barry Shanahan, Lee McCarthy, Aaron McLoughlin . Manager: Jamie Finnerty

 

 

Second years played next against a very strong side also and struggled to gain control of the game. They also lost to the pool winners.

Team: Jack Moran, Conor Quinlan, Oisin McMahon, Michael Egan, Richard Donaldson, Kevin Boyle, Ruán Ní hAnluain, John Gaynor, James Haugh, Jamie Finnerty, Conor Ryan

 

Heywood College’s experience showing clearly that they also play club basketball . It was a good experience for the Borrisokane players to compete against a team of this calibre.​