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Darien Boys Basketball beats Greenwich

By Ryan Filippone

On Wednesday, September 19, 12 Darien High School Boys Basketball played its second fall league game, but our first with the new players junior Matt Staubi and junior Chima Azuonwu.  We were playing Greenwich at the Stamford YMCA. 

In the beginning Chima starts it off with a dunk on someone making the kids in the crowd laugh.  We worked hard on defense with the help of Matt, Junior Bobby Fitzpatrick, Junior George Phillips, and Senior captain Liam Naughton coming up with steals and Chima as the anchor, blocking shots with the help of George.  We had a good fast break game getting up the court and getting back on defense in time to stop some Greenwich’s fast breaks.  With the help of our two point guards Bobby and Matt we shared the ball well, leading to easy buckets.  Matt, Liam and George shot the ball well along with Chima dominating down low.  Senior captain Kyle Green and senior captain Drew Martzolf also had solid games grabbing rebounds and making shots when needed.

It was a solid game showing what we can do and that we are no door mat.  We won 63-48.  Liam Naughton “we played really well as a team and it felt great to crush a competitive greenwich team”.  Our next game is at the Stamford YMCA Wednesday, September 26, 2012 versus Stamford Academy.

Senior Captain Liam Naughton passing the ball to a teammate