In the most thrilling fashion, Fierce 3rd grade overcame a 16-8 halftime deficit to defeat High Rise by a final score of 30-21 in the Connecticut Classic Championship.  It was our full court pressure defense that forced steal after steal, and we were able to turn that into points. Keegan Fahey led the offensive attack and Jamie Hanrahan was the engine of the defense. Lucas Coneely was blocking shots and rebounding the entire game, while also handling point guard responsibilities against the pressure from the other side. Bennett Harriman contributed timely key baskets for Fierce, while Jackson Wilcheck added a few of his own.  This was a particularly gratifying win because only one day prior, we lost to the same team by 11 points. The first of many tournament victories for this group!

  5th Grade has taken the Rumble for the Ring tournament title with wins over Stamford Peace, CT Elite, PHD and DTX. In the Sunday 'win and advance' games, Fierce performed in dominating fashion with double digit victories all the way to the final celebration.   On Saturday, Patrick Reilly hit the go ahead basket against Stamford Peace in a 28-27 win. Charlie Berenberg had a clutch offensive rebound and score that captured the momentum of the game. Beckam Stojku drilled a timely mid-range jump shot.  On Sunday vs CT Elite, Harry Foley made key plays including a crafty scoring drive to the hoop. Tommy Bourassa was scoring at will and letting the arena know with his signature "made shot back pedal".  Then in a showdown with CT PHD, Grayden Gemelli dominated the game from start to finish with smothering defense, rebounds and layups. Jimmy Soars also brought the defensive tenacity by forcing turnovers.  Finally in the Championship against DTX, Jaxon Cramer led the way as the point guard general on the floor, sinking three point shots when needed. Luca Drennan swished a huge early outside shot of his own to set a tone for the game that Fierce came for the crown, and made key passes to his teammates for scores. It was perhaps Christian DeCandido the unsung hero of the weekend. Christian battled for every rebound and loose ball, helped his teammates on every defensive possession, and was scoring consistently both from the inside and outside of the court.   Congratulations to 5th grade on their tournament victory!

  7th Grade has won their final tournament of the Fall AAU Season by sweeping all 4 of their games in Newtown and Trumbull. The path to the championship included bracket play victories over ACC, CT Blazers and New Haven Heat. They then faced the New Haven Heat for the 'belt' with everything on the line and pulled it out 45-29!

 In one of our best weekends in recent memory, THREE Fierce teams brought home the championship!  5th Grade had a thrilling team victory over ACC by a final score of 39-33.  6th Grade delivered a 42-36 comeback win over PHD on the road to their title.  7th grade cruised to a third consecutive tournament championship of their own.  Congrats to our families for the hard work paying off!

 Congratulations to 6th grade for their fantastic run to the Championship game this weekend at Boston Nationals.   We swept Division play with 3 consecutive wins, including a 41-31 victory over XL Thunder in which forward Dylan Lender led the charge in the second half.   In bracket play, we snuck out a 53-51 thriller over Central Mass Swarm in a game for the ages. Landon Nash had an offensive rebound put back with time expiring! A memory for a lifetime as the boys went wild.  We then defeated TNE CT by a final score of 36-30 to advance to the Championship, ultimately falling short to Central Flight 55-44.

 Another great spring weekend for the Fierce.  8th grade defeated PHD-Carothers in two consecutive games to win the CT State Championship.  6th grade traveled for an overnight trip to Massachusetts for tons of fun and two big wins.  5th grade pulled out an exciting victory in their opener by a final score of 32-24.

 What a weekend for the Fierce!  4th Grade won all 4 of their games on the way to the tournament title! They defeated CT PHD by a final score of 20-5 in the Championship Game.  5th Grade split their 4 games, which included a thrilling 33-32 victory over CT Northstars. Dylan Seckler made the game winning three point shot with only seconds remaining!  6th grade dominated all of their games on the way to their second consecutive tournament crown! The smallest margin of victory was by 13 points in the Championship Game.  8th Grade played extremely tough, winning 2 out of 3 games. They defeated Apex by 30 points and DTX by 20 points.  Great job by all Fierce teams this weekend!