HOWARD PULLEY TOURNAMENT PROVIDES FUN AND EXCITING GAMES

I really enjoyed my self this weekend covering this tournament. I believe I have tried to bring and inside presence to a basketball event. I think that the tournament went well. There were some very good games that I got to see. There were some of the top players in the country that showed why they are some of the top players in the nation. I hope that you have enjoyed the coverage. I am sorry that I have had some delays in updating the information that went on this weekend. Even though they were out of my control but I want to say thanks again for coming and checking out my site and coverage of the tournament.

CONGRAULATIONS TO THE ILLINOIS WARRIORS FOR WINNING THE 17U HOWARD PULLEY SABES INVITATIONAL TOURNAMENT WITH AN EASY WIN OVER THE ST PAUL GRASS ROOTS

The Illinois Warriors were too much for the St Paul Grass Roots. The final score was Illinois Warriors 107 and the St Paul Grass Roots 72. It was a game that had a big point spread the entire game. The Warriors played well. They were able to make their shots that they needed to make. They were able to get up and stop the Grass Roots players from scoring. The game was all Warriors in the second half. Even when St Paul Grass Roots was trying to get back into it the warriors stopped them from doing that and it just got to big of a lead and Grass Roots couldn’t get back into the game.

ILLINOIS WARRIORS ARE UP BIG AT THE HALF OF THE 17U CHAMPIONSHIP GAME

The Illinois Warriors are up big at the half over the St Paul Grass Roots. This game has been lop sided the whole first half. The score at half time is The Illinois Warriors 58 and St Paul Grass Roots 38. The Illinois Warriors are doing what ever they want to in the first half. The players on the Grass Roots team look like they don’t know what hit them. Grass Roots will have to dig them self’s out of a hole in the second half to make this a game.

CONGRAULATIONS GOES TO THE KANSAS CITY PUMP AND RUN FOR WINNING THE 16U DIVISON OF THE HOWARD PULLEY SABES TOURNAMENT

In a game that went to the wire the Kansas City Pump and run beat the Howard Pulley Black 16U team by the final of 76-61. It was a hard fought game that both teams played extremely well. But down the stretch Howard Pulley was not able to make baskets. Congratulations both teams for a wonderful and fun tournament.

At the half in the 16U Championship game is Howard Pulley Black and Kansas City Pump n Run

In the 16 and under division the Championship game is between the Howard Pulley Black and the Kansas City Pump n Run. As expected this game is a close at the half. Howard Pulley is up at the half by the score of 39-34. Both teams are playing very well. Both teams are playing there own style of ball. Howard Pulley is trying to run and push the ball up the court while the Kansas City Pump n Run is looking to walk the ball up the court. But Kansas City will also look to push the ball up the court also. This game has been tight all along the way.

SEMI FINAL GAME IS A BLOW OUT IN SECOND HALF

In a game that has a blow out at the half the St Paul Grass Roots beat up the Chicago Demos. The final score was Chicago Demos 70 and the St Paul Grass Roots 99 The game got a way from the Demos early in the second half. St Paul Grass Roots played a solid game the whole game. They were making their shots that they were taking and they were just the better team in this game today.

The St Paul Grass Roots will be playing the Illinois Warriors in the 17U championship game later this after noon. The Illinois Warriors beat Kansas City by the final score of 74-64 in the other semifinal.

GOOD SEMI FINAL ACTION

In one of the 17U Semifinals it is Chicago Demons taking on St Paul Grass Roots. This game has been a tight battle from the beginning. Each team is trading baskets with each other. This Chicago Demons team knocked out the Howard Pulley Black team earlier in the day. Both teams are playing the style of play that they want to play. They both like to get the ball up and down the court. This will be a very interesting game it could be any ones game. Even though it is a large lead at the half it is still any ones game. The score at the half is Grass Roots 45 and the Demos 36.

HOWARD PULLEY BLACK 16 U WINS BIG

In a game that had a big half time margin the Howard Pulley Black 16U beats the ECI Elite by the final score of 77-48. Every one on the Howard Pulley team played well. They played much better in this game than they did in the game they played earlier in the day. Even though the ECI. Every one on both of these teams played very well. It was just that the Howard Pulley team was too much for the ECI Elite to handle.

HOWARD PULLEY 16U BLACK IS UP AT THE HALF

The Howard Pulley 16U Black is taking on the ECI Elite. The score at the half is Howard Pulley 45 and the ECI Elite 28. The game has been a battle from the start. Both teams are playing well at this point. Both teams are hitting there shots that they are putting up. The players on both teams are putting up a battle on both ends of the court. Howard Pulley has been up the whole first half. ECI has and will continue to put up a battle to the end. The Howard Pulley team is playing much better then they did when they played in the 8:00 game this morning.

HOWARD PULLEY GETS UPSET BY THE CHICAGO DEMONS

The Chicago Demons put a scare on the Howard Pulley 17U black team. The demons came back and ended up beating the Howard Pulley 17U Black team by the final of 65-62. Both teams played very well. It was a very intense game and it was also hard fought on both ends. The Demons put on a run and a press that the Howard Pulley players couldn’t figure out in the second half. Howard Pulley made some costly turnovers in the second half. Both Rodney Williams and Royce White played well. In the end it was a very close tight game and it came down to the wire. It was an awesome finish. Both of these teams were evenly matched. I think this was one of the better games of the tournament so far.

HOWARD PULLEY 17U BLACK IS AHEAD OF THE CHICAGO DEMOS AT THE HALF

In a game that has been up and down the court Howard Pulley 17U Black team is head of the Chicago Demos by the score of 36-29 at the half.

Both teams have played very well. It has been a game that has been up and down the court. Rodney Williams has played very well up to this point. Royce White has some great blocked shots. They are both playing very well up to this point. Another player that has played well so far is for Howard Pulley is Seantrel Henderson he has set some unbelievable screens and has battled inside to make his presence known. Howard Pulley got out to an early lead but the Demos have stayed with them up to this point. The Demos ended the half on a run. It looks like the Howard Pulley team has its guard down. It is going to be a battle to the finish.

TODAYS GAME 2 PREVIEW

The second game of the day is between the Howard Pulley Black 17U against the Chicago Demons. I look forward to a good game between these two teams. Both teams look to push the ball up the court and both teams look to play good defense. It should be a good game.

HOWARD PULLEY PULLS AWAY IN THE SECOND HALF

The Howard Pulley 16U Black team pulled away in the end to beat the KC Pump N Run by the score of 73-56. Both teams played very well. In the second half both teams ran there stuff but Howard Pulley was able to hold off and beat the KC Pump and Run. There was a lot of action by both teams this was a hard fought game. Both teams played hard and neither team gave up. In the end the Pulley team came up with the victory. With this victory it means the Howard Pulley team will play in the Semifinals and the KC Pump and Run team is out.

There were not a lot of people in the stands for this first game it was mostly parents and a few fans. I contribute this to it was the first game of the day and it was played at 8:00 Am and most people are not up at that time of the morning. You mostly see the parents and the die hard fans at these early games.

SUNDAY MORNING GETS OFF TO AN EARLY START

It is championship Sunday the final day of the Howard Pulley Sabes tournament. The day gets going with the 16 and under teams in there bracket play. The first game on the docket is the KC Pump N Run against the Howard Pulley Black team. I look for this to be an exciting day stay tuned for coverage of the finals later today.

HOWARD PULLEY BEATS THE WISCONSIN WARRIORS

Sorry we are so late with this final posting from Saturday nights game but again....Internet connection issues came up.

It was a close second half both teams played well. There were many lead changes and ties. Both teams played very well they left every thing that was in a big match up this game delivered. Both teams played very well. The game went back and forth with multiple lead changes. Howard Pulley went on a run in the middle of the second half and tried to put it to the Warriors. Then the Warriors put it to Howard Pulley. But Howard Pulley was able to with stand threats of the Warriors. Howard Pulley ended up winning the game the final of 73-65.

HOWARD PULLEY 16U WHITE IS UP AT THE HALF AGAINST THE WISCONSIN PLAYGROUND ELITE

Its Wisconsin against Minnesota in the 16 U division well I’m kidding I meant it is the Wisconsin Playground Elite against the Howard Pulley 16U White team. This is the 16U team from the Playground Elite. The Playground Elite also has there 15U team playing in the same division. Both teams are equally matched. Both teams are looking to push the ball up the court. At half time the score is Howard Pulley 29 and Wisconsin Playground Elite 28. This will be a close game to the end I am thinking. Both teams are playing well.

HOWARD PULLEY WHITE 17U COMES AWAY WITH A VICTORY DOWN THE STRETCH.

Both the Howard Pulley 17U White team and the St Cloud Comets put on a great show for people tonight. Howard Pulley ended up winning the game by the final of 72-59 .Both teams played very well. Both of these teams were scrappy they like to get after it and get on the floor after loose balls. Both teams were able to get in to there offence and run what they want to do. Both teams got to score the ball. In the end the Howard Pulley 17U White team came away with the victory. These two teams were evenly match I thought that the game didn’t get out of control and there was poise and good hard work on both ends and shown by both teams. This just goes to show that even the later games kids will also play hard. These kids get after it. They should be commended by there hard work and heart that they put into these tournaments. It is not easy playing over a long weekend in a tournament.

THE HOWARD PULLEY WHITE 17U IS BACK IN ACTION

Back to the Howard Pulley action in the first round of the bracket site of the tournament the Howard Pulley 17 U white team playing the St Cloud Comets Elite team.

In the first half it has been a pretty entertaining half. The score at the half is Howard Pulley 38 and the St Cloud Elite 36 Both teams are going hard after each other. It has been a back and forth game. Both teams have been trading baskets. Both teams have been able to run there offensive sets. There have been some good defensive stops by both teams. It will be a very interesting second half.

THE ILLINOIS WARRIORS COME BACK AND BEAT THE DAKOTA SCHOOLERS

The Illinois Warriors bounce back and come to life in the second game to beat the Dakota Schoolers. The game it self was a good great game both teams played well. It was a back and forth game in the second half. This game came down to the wire. Both teams played very well they both fought hard till the end. It was a classic battle of both teams coming down to the wire and wanting to win the game. In the end The Illinois Warriors beat the Dakota Schoolers. The final was The Illinois Warriors 78 and the Dakota Schoolers 73.

You have to give these kids some credit they have already played 2 other games today so keeping fresh for the 3^rd game was a little tough. That is what tournaments can do to you. You never know how many games you might be playing in a day.

Both teams have kids that are being recruited by major colleges. For the Illinois Warriors DJ Richardson is going to The University of Illinois and David Brown has been getting offers from DE Paul, Bradley, Oklahoma State and Wake Forest.

The Dakota Schoolers have a big name player playing for them. Mike Felt led the State of Minnesota in Scoring and he went to Redwood Valley High School.

SOME INFORMATION WAS OBTAINED BY RYAN JAMES OF MINnESOTA PREP SPORTS.

DAKOTA SCHOOLERS AHEAD OF THE ILLINOIS WARRIORS AT THE HALF

In the first round of the bracket play there are no Howard Pulley teams that are playing so instead of taking a game off I decided to watch the Illinois Warriors take on the Dakota Schoolers. This is the first round of bracket play in the 17 and under division. At the half it is the Dakota Schoolers ahead of the Illinois Warriors by the score of 38-28. The Dakota Schoolers have been ahead the whole game. But the Illinois Warriors will try to keep chipping at the lead in the second half.

This game will be interesting because neither team has been able to put on a run. Dakota Schoolers will have there hands full as the Illinois Warriors try to fight to get back into this game.