My Amazing Nephew - Jacob Tyree

[John]

..THEY WON...THEY WON...
......THEY WON THE NATIONAL CHAMPINONSHIP !!

What a TEAM!
Here is a recap of the final game...
Recap of 2009 National Junior Varsity Wheelchair Basketball Tournament-Day 3



DENVER (March 21) – The Charlotte Rollin’ Bobcats junior team finally reached the top of the mountain. After finishing third in the prep division in 2007 and coming up short in last year’s JV title game, the Bobcats won the 2009 National Wheelchair Basketball Association Junior Varsity national championship defeating the Windy City Warriors of Chicago 51-47.



It’s the first national title for the junior team. The Rollin' Bobcats adult team was NWBA Division II National Champions in 1996 and 1998.



After seeing a nine point second half lead disappear, Caitlin McDermott, the tourney MVP, put the Bobcats ahead 49-47 on a fast break lay-up with a minute to play. Jacob Tyree sealed the win with two free throws.



Despite missing about 13 minutes of the second half due to foul trouble, Chris Baker led the second-seeded Bobcats in the game with 16 points and six assists. Phillip King picked up the team in Baker’s absence with 14 points, 13 rebounds and 8 assists. McDermott had eight points while Tyree added nine points, 11 rebounds and four assists.



Baker and Jill Moore were named to the all-tournament team. Four Charlotte players – McDermott, Moore, Tyree, and Lindsay Metz - were named NWBA Academic All Americans.



The Bobcats defeated San Francisco’s BORP Bay Cruisers 62-51 in semifinal play after beating the San Diego Hammers 35-13 and St. Luke’s Tornadoes of Spokane, Washington 45-24 in the first and second rounds.


.....Jacob never ceases to amaze me ! WOW

"Jacob Tyree sealed the win with two free throws."