Walri Wins Junior Boys Championship

The Cushman & Wakefield Walri captured the Junior Boys Newtown Youth Basketball Association championship this past weekend. The Walari defeated the Knicks 51-43 in the semifinal game and topped the Lydon Appraisals Raptors in the title game. Semifinal and championship game highlights are as follows:

Walri 50, Knicks 43: Luke Rustici led the Walri to victory with 12 points. Tommy Rahr, Andrew Pfeiffer and Logan Walsh supplied solid defense. For the Knicks, Shane Quimby and Liam Decker played well, with Andrew King coming of the disabled list and providing a good all around game.

Raptors 48, United Rentals Bearcats 46 in OT: Jason Ferrari led the Raptors’ offense with 22 points in the overtime win. Max Webber and Sean McCafferty played great defense. For the Bearcats, Nick Roche led the way with 22 points. David Corsi and Michael Unschuld played great defensive games. Ryan Sullivan and Matt Meyers controlled the ball on offense.

Walri 57, Raptors 47: In a battle of the Webber brothers (Adam for the Walri and Max for the Raptors) the Walri held strong to take home the championship. The solid offense of the Walri was led by Colin Reilly and Richard LaPak who scored 16 points each with Tommy Rahr and Nick Rohrbacker adding 7 points each. Logon Walsh hit a 3-pointer in the first half to ignite the offense. Gordon Walsh hit 4 clutch free throws down the stretch to put the game out of reach. Andrew Pfeiffer provided smothering defense.

The Raptors were led by Jason Ferrari who was all over the court both on offense, scoring 14 points, and defense, with too many steals to count. Bob Lydon chipped in with 10 points, Peter Manfredonia had 8, and Nick Bourgeois and Jimmy Buck had 5 each. The defense was provided by Sean Kemsley, Sean McCafferty, and Curtis Giles. Owen Samson tried to jump-start the offense with a late third-quarter 3-pointer but the Raptors came up short to end a season in which they finished as the number one seed going into the playoffs