Gréngewald Hueschtert took a significant 103-76 home win over Kordall Steelers in the M-U14 Division 4 final phase and climbed to 1st place, gaining two spots, while KDS dropped to 2nd. After the two teams had split the first two meetings this season, this game became the rubber match, and GRE controlled the key stretches.
The start was still balanced. GRE led only 17-13 after the first quarter, with Jake Jozef Rajniak (Season PPG: 18.13) giving the home side early momentum and KDS staying in touch through Jayson Otiu (Season PPG: 15.06) and Liam Alexander Jovanovic (Season PPG: 18.19).
Coach Nicolas Parrish's team made the first real break in the second quarter. Gréngewald scored 31 points in that period and went into halftime up 48-30. Rajniak and Paul Dortschy Boixados (Season PPG: 16.31) were central in that push, while 12-year-old Irish player Henry Ian Hind added useful scoring around the basket.
Kordall answered well after the break. Coach Arnaud Sirjean saw his team win the third quarter 29-23, mainly behind Jovanovic and Adham Asfarelouldidi (Season PPG: 13.00). The visitors cut the gap to 71-59 and briefly gave the game a different rhythm.
The decisive passage came in the fourth quarter. From 76-63, GRE went on a 20-2 run to 96-65, their strongest roll of the evening, and the margin later reached 27 points. Dortschy Boixados finished with 30 points, matching his season high. Rajniak added 26, 12-year-old Lithuanian Arnas Pakasius had 16, and captain Rasmus Dollaris Praestegaard contributed 11. For KDS, Jovanovic led with 24, Asfarelouldidi scored 16, and Otiu added 15 before fouling out in the third quarter.
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