Boys Varsity Basketball Begins With Wins

GC's Jeff Fell fights for the ball with North Shore's Mike Lennon. Photo by Newsphoto.com

The Garden City boys varsity basketball team began its season at the Clarke Tipoff Tournament in the beginning of December. After defeating East Meadow by a score of 50-47 and then knocking off Oceanside in a tight 49-48 victory, the Trojans won the tournament. Mike Mancusi was named the MVP and teammates Denis Rice and Reid Rosello were named to the all tournament team.

As the holidays got closer the team traveled to East Meadow for the East Meadow Holiday Tournament. GC didn't fare as well and lost to Mepham 59-52 and then fell to Clarke 72-66.

On December 19th the Trojans played their first Conference ABC-III game against East Rockaway. Mike Mancusi had a game high 27 points while teammate Jeff Fell had 12 points and 10 rebounds to give the Trojans the 64-53 win.

Following a loss to Freeport, a win over Herricks and then losses to Roslyn and North Shore, GC traveled to Sewanhaka on Tuesday evening January 8th for a conference game. The Trojans came away with a resounding 56-38 victory. Leading the scoring for the Trojans was Jeff Fell with 14 points and 12 rebounds. Mike Mancusi had 10 points followed by Reid Rosello (7), Hayden Fries and Patrick Reeves (6 each), Matt Montgomery (5), Roger Man-cusi and John Muscarella (3 each) and Billy Herbst (2).

Ken Pape takes a shot against Herricks. Photo by Newsphoto.com

The team will play Monday, January 14th at home against Wantagh at 6:30pm.

You can see many more photos from the varsity basketball games at www.Newsphoto.com

Jeff Fell comes down with a rebound against Freeport. Photo by Newsphoto.com Hayden Fries in action against Clarke's Ryan Schreiber. Photo by Newsphoto.com Matt Montgomery is fouled by North Shore's Mike Lennon as Montgomery went up for the shot. Photo by Newsphoto.com Denis Rice goes up for a shot against Clarke. Photo by Newsphoto.com John Muscarella goes up for a basket against Clarke. photo by Newsphoto.com Mike Mancusi drives to the basket as Clarke's Anthony Anteasyan defends. Photo by Newsphoto.com Reid Rosello sails through the defense of Clarke's #20 Anthony Anteasyan and Anapam Sadananda on his way up for a shot. Photo by Newsphoto.com Roger Mancusi comes down with the re-bound against North Shore. Photo by Newsphoto.com Freeport's Ryan Rowe fouls Mike Mancusi as Mancusi was driving toward the basket. Photo by Newsphoto.com Pat Reeves grabs the loose ball away from East Rockaway's Joe Collura. Photo by Newsphoto.com