U 14 Dublin North Team -

Well done to Stephen Leonard, Paddy Sullivan, Mikey Deegan and Marcus O'Neill on making the Dublin north team who will play in the Liffey Challenge on the 10th of February.

U 14 Dublin League -


Killester 42 Kilcock 25

Top Scorers

Mikey Deegan 16
Paddy Sullivan 6
Ian Lawler 6
Marcus O'Neill

Killester 53 Tolka Rovers 43

Top Scorers

Mikey Deegan 22
Marcus O'Neill 9
Paddy Sullivan 9

Killester 68 Tolka Rovers 41 - U14 League

Scorers - Mikey Deegan 28, Paddy Sullivan 12, Stephen Leonard 8, Dean Cregan 6, Marcus O'Neill 4, David McCormack 2, Ian Lawler 2, Daniel Cummins 2, Andrew Colfer 2, Gary O'Brien 2.

The lads played their best basketball of the season tonight convincingly beating a team that finished a spot ahead of us in 2nd place in the league last season. Mikey was very strong tonight and showed some versatility scoring on a variety of moves everything from spin moves to the basket to 18 foot jumpers. Paddy although scoring a more modest total of 12 was equally important as he was pushing the tempo at all time and getting assist after assist mainly to our starting guards Dean and Stephen on fast breaks they were highly effective Stephen especially scoring his highest total of the year showing that he can be a scorer when he wants to AND do it against the better teams. Our group of post players David, Marcus, Andrew and Daniel were all very strong contributing strong defense, dominant offensive rebounding and also points here and there. Our reserve guards Ian, Ray and Gary contributions didnt show much on the scoresheet but the way they filled the lanes on the break really put pressure on the tolka team and caused alot of problems often leading to Killester baskets. With 10 players scoring the depth that is now beginning to grow on this team showed. We are now back on top of the league heading into the christmas break.

Under 14(1) League Table

U14 League

Killester 49 Swords 43

Top Scorers

Mikey Deegan 20
Paddy Sullivan 18
Stephen Leonard 4
David McCormack 4

Killesters u14 boys had a great win in our first home game of the season. Beating an excellent swords team in a come from behind victory. We started slow and let swords pick up some easy baskets. Stephen Leonard hit a 20 foot jump shot and Ray Kavanagh had an excellent backdoor cut lay-up to stem a swords run in the second quarter. Mikey and Paddy ran the pick and roll to perfection with 38 points between them. Our big guys Andrew, Gary and Marcus all rebounded and helped start our fast breaks with good outlet passes and Ian lawlers work rate and defense from the wing was exemplary. We were down 5 heading into the fourth but key 3 pointers from Paddy and a vital last minute offensive rebound and put back from David McCormack helped seal the win. The whole squad is really gelling and hopefully we can now build on these wins in our next game home vs Delta on the 27th of this month.

u14 League - Result

Killester 38 Kilcock 24

Top Scorers

Mikey Deegan 21
Paddy Sullivan 8
Marcus O'Neill 4

Good away win especially considering we lost in this fixture last year. Great performance from Mikey Deegan who top scored on 21 and stayed in the game despite battling foul trouble. Our point guards Paddy and Dean both did an exceptional job of controlling the tempo and running our offenses with minimal turnovers. Andrew Colfer, David McCormack both did an excellent job on the defensive and offensive boards. We welcomed back Ian Lawler who ran played good defensive from the wing and hit the boards hard. Luke McGuinness, Declan Mulligan and Ray Kavanagh all did well in limited minutes. Marcus O'Neill and Gary O'Brien both excelled in their debuts with scoring four and three points respectively. The lads have have had a good preseason playing in the Flanders Invitational and working hard over the last month in training hopefully this win will be a springboard to winning some silverware this year!