LADIES FIND A GOOD WIN AGAINST A YOUNG HUDDERFIELD TEAM

Result: Harrogate Raiders Ladies Team 79 – 35 Hudderfield Heat

A well rounded team performance from the Raiders with all players getting court time and scoring.  Notable performances from L Buxton with a now expected storming performance in defence and offence and the teams top score of 15.  New player K Hall made her second appearance and scored a respectable 5 including a seemingly effortless 3 pointer straight after going on court.  L Harris made an unexpected 8 points, beating her seasons total points so far.  Defence was good all round and only 3 fouls for the team in a well disciplined outing.

A LADIES PLAYERS TRAVEL TO THE LEAGUE LEADERS AND COME BACK WITH A WIN!

Result: Sheffield Hallam 60 – 61 Harrogate Raiders Ladies Team

The Ladies team travelled to Sheffield Hallam with only seven players, but they came away with an impressive win! All the players contributed to a great all-round performance with some good work on defence and everyone adding to the score line. Lucy Buxton finished with the highest total of 20 points. The game was very close throughout, with the Raiders behind by 2 points at half time. In the last quarter the Raiders managed to create a 6 point lead and then had to withstand a very intense and aggressive last few minutes which saw the lead whittled down to just 1 point. The final score was 61-60. This was a great result, so well done to: Lynda, Dawn, Lucy, Laura, Tina, Penny and Helen.

2ND TEAM WIN IN A LOW SCORING GAME AT DEMONS

Result: Leeds Demons 30 – 32 Harrogate raiders 2nd Team

Harrogate Raiders 2nd team won their first away game of the season in a close faught and low scoring game at Leeds Demons. Raiders were quick out of the blocks, with a 3 pointer from Mike Dillon establishing an early lead which was comfortably maintained throughout the first half. Momentum swung to Demons in the third quarter and they briefly took the lead but Raiders responded with Bryan Worth scoring the winning basket. Raiders scoring was led by Mark Dolby (12 points) and Mike Kennerley (8) but the victory was built on a strong team defensive performance.

1ST TEAM SAIL TO A COMFORTABLE VICTORY AGAINST KNOTTINGLEY

Result: Harrogate Raiders 1^st Team 100 – 50 Knottingley

 

The first team cruised to a good victory against Knottingley in what was a very one sided games. The first team rotated players throughout the game to give everyone a run out and still managed to keep a high lead over their opponents. The team had a 13 point lead by the end of the first quarter with Adam Gardner finishing off with a buzzer beating fade away shot from half court. Knottingley never really looked to pressure the 1^st team, whom won each quarter by at least 10 points.

 

Jan Hricko led the scoring with 33 point, Adam Gardner scored 24 and Chris Plowright scored 20. Special mention goes to Christos Vaynotis who can off the bench to grab a respectable 8 points.

LADIES FACE A FRUSTRATING DEFEAT AT YORK

Result: York University 49 – 34 Harrogate Raiders Ladies Team

Harrogate Raiders Ladies had a steady start to the game. They were struggling to get a good rhythm offensively which allowed York to keep in front on the score sheet . There defensive effort kept them in the game and were within seven points at the end of the third quarter. In the fourth quarter York kept scoring points but Raiders could not answer with any of there own. A good defensive effort from Raiders, a frustrating defeat.

Helen Mailloux lead the scoring with 10 points. Lynda Alderson scored 9 and Dawn Buxton managed 8.

LADIES WIN IN A CLOSE GAME AGAINST TASC

Result: TASC 43 – 44 Harrogate Raiders Ladies Team

The match got off to a strong start with Raiders pulling ahead to 14 points with TASC trailing with 7 points by the end of the first quarter. The second quarter saw Dawn and Lucy Buxton playing well and scoring on a number of fast breaks to bring the score at half time to 23-13 to the Raiders. With only 7 players Raiders were having few substitutions and their tiredness was starting to show by half way through the 3^rd quarter. TASC were pulling back and with only 2 baskets scored in the whole quarter, Raiders were down by one point at the end of the third: 27-28. Raiders pulled back in the fourth with some excellent defence. The score was level up until the last minute when TASC moved ahead, but Raiders Lucy Buxton pulled out a lovely shot in the closing seconds to draw the game and push it into over time! 5 minutes of extremely hard defence was played by all. The score bounced back and forth until Raiders were 2 points ahead and drew a foul. TASC were under pressure with less than a minute to go they had to score both free throws and one more basket to win. They missed the second and possession was Raiders with 13 seconds on the clock. Raiders held possession with an excellent calm and won the match by one point. The end score was 44-43. Well done to Lucy Buxton as the high scorer with 12 points.

1ST TEAM FINISH OFF THE DRAGONS WITH A FLURRY

Result: Bradford Dragons 53 - 78 Harrogate Raiders 1st Team

 

The game again the Bradford Dragons started off tight with both teams coming out strong in the first quarter. Three scores from beyond the arc by Jan Hricko meant that the end of the first saw both teams level on 21. The Dragon came out strong in the second to gain a 4 point lead by half time. However the Raiders 1^st team came out firing after half time to gain and lead of 6 by the end of the third. Once they had the lead the 1^st team never looked back by scoring 24 points in the fourth quarter and only allowing the Dragons to score 5.

 

Scoring was lead by Jan Hricko with 28 points, Adam Gardner scored 22 and Chris Plowright scored 14.

1ST TEAM PUT TRIPLE POINTS UP AGAIN QUEENSBURY IN THE HANDICAP CUP

Result: Harrogate Raiders 1st Team 126 – 88 Queensbury

 

The 1^st team won every quarter in what was a fast and impressive game against Queensbury. The team was without their centre and second highest scorer for the game that meant they had to play hard. With it being the handicap cup, Queensbury received double points because of the league that they are in and the 1^st team got and extra point per basket.

 

Chris Plowright came out firing in the first quarter scoring 17 points as the 1^st team gained a 4 point lead. The whole team pulled together to win every quarter and run away with the game. It ended 126 to 88 with Chris Plowright ending on 41 regular points, Jan Hricko scored 14 and Vlad Radjcic scored 9.

 

The first team will now face Rawthorpe Cobras in the second round who they will have an extra point per basket against.

2ND TEAM SECURE CONVINCING FIRST WIN OF REGULAR SEASON

Result: Harrogate Raiders 2nd Team 55 – 25 Brigshaw

Sunday saw Brigshaw (York College) visit Harrogate 2 at home. Brigshaw brought a deep bench of 11 players and Harrogate was without a couple of regular team members.

The first quarter was evenly matched and saw both teams finish on 12 each. In the second quarter Harrogate took an early 4 point lead and managed to close out the half with a 5 point lead at 22-17. The third again started strong for Harrogate with an early extension on the lead and despite a brief revival from Brigshaw Harrogate finished strong and went into the fourth with a 15 point lead at 38-23. The fourth saw a dominant and confident display with Harrogate scoring 17 to Brigshaw’s 2, closing the game out with a confident win of 55-25.
Man of the Match and Top Scorer went to Graham Gommersall, who finished the game on 14 points, even more impressive as he saw out the game playing through “a little bit pain” which turned out to be a broken rib! Offensively Mike Kennerly and Christos Vaytonis contributed 10 and 9 points respectively and Defensively Rookies Tom Glendenning and Jacob Clolinger were dominant on the boards ensuring little second chance points.

A great win for Harrogate 2.

HARROGATE LADIES GAIN FIRST WIN OF THE SEASON

Result: Sheffield Gems 48 - 61 Harrogate Raiders Ladies Team

The Harrogate Raiders Ladies team got there first win of the season , after losing out in a very close game against Sheffield Hatters a week earlier. They took on Sheffield Gems and looked like the stronger team from the start despite having only 7 players. It was a good all round performance from the team with top scoring honours going once again to Lucy Buxton with 22 points. It should also be noted that Lucy got through the whole game without a single foul! A special mention should go to Laura for the most dramatic and jammy basket ever, it had to be seen to be appreciated; and a special mention and thanks to our captain Lynda who was working away in Luton and drove to Sheffield and back to Luton for the game. That is dedication to the team!