Bittersweet outcome for Botteghelle Basket returning from the Roseto Summer League.
President Musolino’s two Reggio teams, the only ones to represent southern Italy from Puglia downwards, played 5 matches each, always demonstrating great commitment and determination.
Under 17
The boys trained by coach Musitano met Sporting Club Oderzo in the first match, playing in the Treviso championship of excellence, in a match played practically a few minutes after arriving from Reggio Calabria, due to a calendar that certainly did not favor them. Despite this, the match was almost always led by Reggio, who then let themselves be caught in the third and lost 64-57 in the final, for a defeat that would later prove decisive for the progress of the tournament. In fact, the following day, two beautiful and overwhelming victories against Pallacanestro Novellara (86-43) and the San Marino Federation (60-33) were not enough to close the group in first place, thanks to Oderzo’s victory against San Marino in the last seconds of only four lengths.
Thus we go to the finals for fifth place, meeting the strong Tiger Roma in a match badly lost 84-47 and, subsequently, another defeat against Basket Morrovalle 65-60 to finish in eighth place.
What remains undoubtedly is the beautiful and formative human and sporting experience for around twenty young people who were able to compete with many well-equipped teams in the national territory, never disfiguring themselves and showing determination and desire to grow and which we hope they will be able to treasure for their future
