1/30/07 HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE FIGHT GOES TO WARRIORS
SITTING ATOP THE LEAGUE STANDINGS IN A THREE WAY TIE WITH EL CAMINO AND TERRA NOVA, THE SOUTH CITY BOYS FROSH SOPH KNEW IT COULD NOT AFFORD TO LOSE THIS GAME AGAINST THE TIGERS. "A LOSS WOULD HAVE MEANT THAT WE WOULD HAVE HAD TO RELY ON HELP FROM OTHER TEAMS IN ORDER FOR US TO TRY AND WIN LEAGUE. THAT'S NOT SOMETHING WE WANTED TO GO THROUGH. WE WANT OUR FATE IN OUR HANDS." SAID NICHOLAS CAMPANA.
CAMPANA WAS PART OF A DEFENSIVE GAMEPLAN ALONG WITH MICHAEL COUTTS, FALE MALEPEAI, BEN PERRY AND STANLEY WEN THAT FOCUSED ON STOPPING TERRA NOVA'S TWO LEADING SCORERS. "RYAN AND SIMON ARE TERRA NOVA'S PRIME PLAYERS AND WE JUST WANTED THEM TO REALLY WORK FOR WHAT THEY GOT. OUR GUYS WERE TREMENDOUS TODAY AS OUR DEFENSE WORE THEM DOWN." SAID COACH SPENCER RAY
ALL THAT BEING SAID THE EFFORT BY VINCE MATUU AND SPECIALLY BRADYN DUNGCA ON THE DEFENSIVE END WAS OUTSTANDING. THEY PROTECTED THE BASKET REALLY WELL AND ALTERED MANY SHOTS. ALSO HELPOING TO CONTROL THE BOARDS WERE JESSE MCCOWAN AND BEN NEPOMUCENO. "WE HAVE REALLY GOOD REBOUNDING GUARDS IN JESS, BEN AND FALE. THEY DON'T RELY ONT THE BIGS TO GET BOARDS. THEY GET IT AND GO AND THEY'RE FUN TO WATCH WHEN THEY'R PLAYING AT THEIR BEST." ADDED COACH JUAN BUSTOS
ON OFFENSE THE WARRIORS USED A METHODICAL ATTACK ON TERRA NOVA'S ZONE AND WERE ABLE TO GET GOOD PENETRATION AND GET SHOTS AT THE RIM INSTEAD OF SETTLING FOR JUMPERS. "THAT WAS THE KEY TODAY AS FAR AS OUR ATTACK. EVEN THOUGH WE'RE A REALLY GOOD SHOOTING TEAM WE DIDNT'T WANT TO SETTLE FOR JUMPERS LIKE LAST TIME. WE WANTED TO MAKE THEM WORK ON DEFENSE. WE DIDN'T TAKE SO MANY EARLY SHOTS AND REALLY GOT SOME BIG PLAY FROM OUR BIG GUYS. WHEN THEY'R A THREAT IT MAKES OUR LIFE EASIER AS GUARDS." ADDED FALE MALEPEAI AND JESSE MCCOWAN
"NO QUESTION THAT WAS A HUGE GAME FOR US TONIGHT. WE JUST FOCUSED AND EXECUTED REALLY WELL. THESE KIDS JUST POUR THEIR HEARTS INTO EACH AND EVERY GAME BUT THIS ONE WAS SPECIAL TONIGHT. YOU COULD SEE IT SPECIALLY AFTER THE GAME. THEY KNOW THEY'RE ON THE VERGE OF DOING SOMETHING SPECIAL. THEY DESSERVE ALL THEY GET BECAUSE THEY WORK HARDER THAN ANYBODY. TOGETHER THEY ARE GOING TO DO SOME SPECIAL THINGS HERE AT SOUTH CITY. I'M JUST GLAD THEY LET ME BE A PART OF IT." SAID COACH JORGE CHEVEZ
WITH FOUR MORE GAMES LEFT IN THE SEASON AND WITH EVERY GAME BEING BIG WE HOPE YOU COME OUT TO SUPPORT THE WARRIORS AS THEIR QUEST FOR A LEAGUE TITLE CONTINUES. THIS WEEK THEY ARE AT WESTMOOR ON TUESDAY AND FRIDAY WE HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL AT THE FINAL QUAD GAME OF THE YEAR AT SOUTH CITY ON FRIDAY. AD THEN THE SEASON FINALES AT OCEANA NEXT TUESDAY AND THE SECOND QUAD AGAINST EL CAMINO ON FEBRUARY 9TH. THAT ONE PROMISES TO BE A BATTLE.
