Windham’s fifth-grade basketball upsets Gray New-Gloucester

Windham fifth-grader Riley Gallagher moves quickly around
Gray New Gloucester  as he heads toward the basket in the
fifth-grade travel Windham Youth Basketball Association's
game on Saturday, Jan. 22 at the Maine Sports Arena  in Saco.
PHOTO BY MATT PASCARELLA

By Matt Pascarella

The Windham Youth Basketball Association’s fifth-grade travel team sponsored by Wildwood Properties overwhelmed Gray New-Gloucester during a travel basketball game at the Maine Sports Arena in Saco on Saturday, Jan. 22.

Windham was first to put points on the scoreboard and from there this fifth-grade travel team showed their strengths and just ran away with the game. They ended strong posting a 37-12 victory over Gray New-Gloucester.

Windham passed and was quick to grab rebounds which led them to gain the lead and hold onto it for two halves.

“We had really good teamwork and good passing; good defense,” said Windham fifth-grader Troy Cunningham.

Windham took multiple shots at the basket with a majority of the shots falling. Everyone on the team moved the ball well and put in an excellent effort for each of the halves.

Windham fifth-grader David Foster said they were able to win the game because what they learned in practice was finally clicking with everyone on the team. As a team they were getting better at executing plays. Foster said it was a very good win.

Before the end of the first half, Windham had skyrocketed ahead by more than 20 points. It was 26-4 at halftime.

In the second half, Windham came out just as strong as they were in the first half and continued to dominate on the court.

Windham’s offense and defense remained strong as many players on the Windham team put more and
more points on the scoreboard and kept GNG from putting any points on their scoreboard for most of the half.

Windham was first to the ball and grabbed rebounds. Windham seized every opportunity to get in front and grab the ball.

GNG made a small comeback toward the end of the game, but it was too late for them; Windham had run away with this one.

“Defensively, we played pretty well, we play hard,” said Windham fifth-grade grade boys’ basketball travel coach, Trent Cunningham. “We really focus on that ... we rebounded well, so I think that’s a big part of [our win]. Windham did a good job passing the ball and getting good shots. We got a lot of layups; Windham did a good job of moving the ball and getting some easy looks which was nice.”   <