Alex Karageorgos<\/p>\n
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It is unusual to see television trucks at North Toronto for any event, especially for Norsemen basketball games. On Thursday, January 26th<\/sup> Rogers TV occupied the gym to televise our Junior and Senior Boys Basketball teams when they faced off With the baseline cameramen squished against the wall and commentator David Grossman calling the shots from the gondola of NT\u2019s gym, the Division leading Juniors tipped-off first against the basement dwelling Blues (an unfortunate team name in the circumstance). The first quarter went by in a stop-start fashion, with both sides combining to score 10 from the field. The Junior Boys woke up in the second quarter and started grabbing boards, driving to the paint, and finishing their Shortly thereafter, the school bell rung. Many NT students and administration piled into the gym to catch a glimpse of our Senior Boys play some ball. The Seniors were trying to bounce back from an agonizing 2 point loss, due to some speculative refereeing, at NT lined up against their Blue counterparts with a Grade 12 starting five; Frank Hyun, Justin Garcia, and fan favourite Stephan \u2018King\u2019 James lined up in the back court as Alex Kyba and Simon Tolkin took responsibility in the front court. Right from the get-go, NT This advantage was apparent, as NT started off strong scoring the first three buckets of the game from the field; they led 6-0 in the opening five minutes. Unfortunately, this lead would not last long. Even though UTS had fewer men, the The Boys headed into the gym equipment area after the first half had concluded to get away from the cameras. Mr. Smith\u2019s half-time pep talk struck a chord with the Norsemen because they came out from the TV break rejuvenated. Stephan James played point-guard when the third quarter started and showed us why he is known as the King. \u00a0James was bringing the heat in the third and fourth quarter, being vocal, passing crisply, and shooting swiftly. \u00a0By the way, he is not related to LeBron. David In the end, the array of talent that came off the bench along with solid performances by the starting five steered our Norsemen in the right direction as they sailed past the Blues and won the game, 48-30. Congratulations to both NT\u2019s Junior and Senior Basketball teams as they went on to sweep the double-header in front of rolling cameras. Maybe the television trucks should stop by more often.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Alex Karageorgos It is unusual to see television trucks at North Toronto for any event, especially for Norsemen basketball games. On Thursday, January 26th Rogers TV occupied the gym to televise our Junior and Senior Boys Basketball teams when … Continue reading
\nagainst the lowly University of Toronto School Blues. Some of you reading this
\nmight be wondering why the television trucks invaded our school instead of the
\nbasketball powerhouses at Oakwood CI or Eastern Commerce CI. Truth be told,
\nneither of those teams were scheduled\u00a0 to play that day. As a result, our Norsemen got the opportunity to play in front of their peers and a wider audience via the boob tube.<\/p>\n
\nopportunities. They dominated possession and scored 16 points in the second
\nquarter alone, leading the Blues by a halftime score of 22-8. I tried my best
\nto be an unbiased sports journalist, but by then I knew that the Norsemen had
\nthis game in their back pocket. As the buzzer sounded to conclude the first of
\ntwo double-header games, my feeling was correct; the Norsemen came out on top
\nby a score of 49-21.<\/p>\n
\nhome against Rosedale. The battle to climb the standings of the South Region
\nTier 2 Conference was fiercer than ever with their current position sitting at
\nseventh out of eight teams in the East Division before tip-off.<\/p>\n
\nhad an upper-hand over their opponents as UTS had a rather short bench, with
\nthree substitutes. On the other hand, the home bench had plenty of depth and
\ntherefore, fresher legs as they game went on.<\/p>\n
\nNorsemen were on the back foot. The free throw line for the Blues was definitely
\na charity stripe because of poor defensive performance on the boards, leading
\nto put-backs, and four fouls against NT that the Blues converted successfully
\nin the first quarter.<\/p>\n
\nGrossman even coined a new term for James\u2019 acrobatic lay-ups, known as the
\n\u201cSuperman Spin\u201d.\u00a0 He better copyright that before it is taken.<\/p>\n