TCIS Semifinals: Five Takeaways
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Norfolk Christian hosted the TCIS semifinals last night that featured the number 1 seed Catholic defeating number 4 seed Cape Henry followed by #2 Steward defeating #3 Peninsula Catholic in four overtimes. Below are five takeaways from the games. Catholic…
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Continue ReadingNorfolk Christian hosted the TCIS semifinals last night that featured the number 1 seed Catholic defeating number 4 seed Cape Henry followed by #2 Steward defeating #3 Peninsula Catholic in four overtimes. Below are five takeaways from the games.
Catholic Dominates
It was a complete performance by Catholic in the first semifinal game last night as they dominated from start to finish against Cape Henry and won by a final score of 59-40. 2024 Josiah Rickards Josiah Rickards 6'3" | CG Catholic | 2024 State VA led with 21, 2022 available senior Kendon Peebles Kendon Peebles 6'4" | SF Catholic | 2022 State VA finished with 15 while 2024 Brayden Thorne Brayden Thorne 6'1" | PG Catholic | 2024 State VA chipped in with 13.
Melvin Closes In On 1K
2022 Greg Melvin Greg Melvin 6'7" | PF Cape Henry | 2022 State VA recorded his 1000th career point last night and did all he could to help the Dolphins advance to the TCIS championship game. Melvin wraps up a tremendous career with the Dolphins and remains one of the top unsigned seniors in the 757.
Free Basketball
One of the best games I have seen all year was last night as Peninsula Catholic and Catholic played a 4OT thriller with Steward ending up winning by a final score of 83-80. It was a game that went back and forth all game long and goes down as one of the best TCIS games I have ever seen.
Curtis Blair Development
It has been quite some time since I have seen Blair and I thoroughly enjoyed what I saw out of the 5th ranked prospect in the state of Virginia. Blair has filled out and has expanded his scoring ability to all three levels at a consistent level. It will be interesting to see how it plays out for Blair this summer on the AAU circuit.
Complete Performance By Peninsula Catholic
Even in a loss, it was a very impressive outing for Peninsula Catholic. The Knights have a boatload of talent that includes 2023 Stylz Gardner Stylz Gardner 5'11" | CG Peninsula Catholic | 2023 State VA , 2024 EJ Joyner EJ Joyner 5'8" | PG Peninsula Catholic | 2024 State VA , 2022 Chris Brown Chris Brown 6'5" | SG Peninsula Catholic | 2022 State VA and 2022 Travon Gray.