Notre Dame basketball coach Michael Rapone is running a Sunday morning basketball league for fifth and sixth graders and for third and fourth graders.
The league is open to children from throughout the GLOW region and no Notre Dame affiliation is required.
Rapone said it's the Buff Rice league, inspired by a league his age group played in in the 1990s at the YMCA, which was run by Sonny Love.
He provided the photos and this recap of the second week of play on Sunday.
Fifth and sixth-grade scores:
Warriors (2-0) 39
Celtics (1-1) 10
Drew Schultz and Sawyer George led the Warriors with 14 and 13 points respectively. Teagan Porter chipped in with 4 points and 7 assists. Ethan Thom had 6 points and 7 rebounds. For the Celtics, Preston Newton had 4 points, and Nolan Rogers had 2 points and 5 rebounds.
Heat (1-1) 25
Lakers (0-2) 23
This game came down to the final possessions, and the Heat got the defensive stop that they needed at the buzzer. The Heat were paced by two scorers, Patrick Casey and Lincoln Metz who each had 10 points. Ryker Schultz pitched in with 3 and 6 rebounds. Lakers were led by Liam McAlister who had 9 and Vinnie LaBarbara who had 8.
Third and fourth-grade scores:
Duke (1-1) 24
Syracuse (0-2) 20
Duke got their first win of the season behind a strong game by Barrett Jones who had 12 points and while Mateo Spink chipped in with 8 points. Gino Fava had 3 and Alex Tommy rounded out the scoring with 1 free throw. Jackson Therrien had 16 in the loss and Sammy Rapone threw in a bucket and a couple free throws for 4 points.
Carolina (3-0) 41
Syracuse (0-3) 17
Syracuse played the doubleheader this week and ran into Luke Hungerford. Hungerford led the unbeaten Carolina team with 21 points and 5 assists. Denny Crowley and Amaeus Largeroy each had 10 points to round out the Carolina scoring. Jackson Therrien led Syracuse with 10 points. Mia O’Connor, Braden Coffey, and Charlie Rapone all had a bucket for Syracuse.
