The Hawks beat the Junior Mystics 82-74 to reach the BVI Basketball Federation's Summer League Championship game in a match which they narrowly managed to stay ahead in each quarter. Photo: Charlie Jackson/VINO

The Young Gunners progressed with back to back wins over Another Level. On Friday they won 79-68 and in Sundays decisive game won 69-58. Photo: Charlie Jackson/VINO

An all round team effort for the Young Gunners was spear headed by Shem Samuel who scored 20 points with 16 rebounds in Game 2 and 17 points in game 3. Photo: Charlie Jackson/VINO

An all round team effort for the Young Gunners was spear headed by Shem Samuel who scored 20 points with 16 rebounds in Game 2 and 17 points in game 3. Photo: Charlie Jackson/VINO

To get to the Final, the Hawks beat Junior Mystics 82-74 in a game which they narrowly managed to stay ahead in each quarter. Cravern Andrew led the scoring for the Hawks with 19 points, 5 rebounds and 8 steals whilst Kadeem Jones finished with 16 points, 3 rebounds, 7 steals and 3 assists. Nigel Carey added 15 points with 6 rebounds and Khadin Fahie had 13 points, 5 rebounds, 3 blocks and 5 steals. For the Mystics, Paul Bridgwater fought an almost lone hand with 36 points, 6 rebounds, 4 blocks and 6 steals. William Penn Junior added 15 points, 15 rebounds and 3 steals.

The Young Gunners progressed with back to back wins over Another Level. On Friday July 21, 2012 they won 79-68 having been down at the half by 3. They then produced a 31 point 3rd quarter to seal the victory and send the series into game 3. Shem Samuel scored 20 points with 16 rebounds, Deshawn Creque 17 with 12 rebounds, Ashfield Frett 13 with 15 rebounds and Li’Shaqua Fahie finished with 12 points. Sekayi Petersen did his best to keep Another Level in the game with 19 points whilst Terrique Wattley and Revaughn Garaway added 16 and 11 respectively.

Sunday’s decisive game resulted in a 69-58 win for the Young Gunners led by Shem Samuel’s 17 points. Frett added 14 with 9 rebounds and Michael Benjamin scored 13 with 7 assists. Wattley scored 14 for Another Level and CJ Georges finished with 11 points and 7 rebounds. Glenal Layne picked up 11 rebounds, but could do little to stop the onward march of the Gunners.

In the Senior Division, the fast dismantling East team was no match for Mega Mix who romped to a 118- 68 annihilation of their once feared foe. Halstead “JR” Chiverton scored 38 points and Kelvin Samuel, 37. “JR” also picked up 7 assists and 6 rebounds whilst Tevon Phillip also had 6 rebounds and Samuel, 5. For the shattered East, Leslee Smith scored 18 points with 7 rebounds and Clint Weston finished with 13 points.

East did regroup for game 2 and even brought in reinforcements, but all to no avail as the rampant Mix had their eyes firmly on reaching the final and avenging last year’s defeat to the Legs. The match went right down to the wire with East missing a 3-pointer that would have tied the game and sent it into overtime. As it was the Mix held onto to win 94-91 thanks in a large part to another 30 point night from Samuel. “JR” chipped in with 17 points, Phillip 16 and Steve Parillon 14. “JR” also added 13 assists and 9 rebounds to his nights work. Dameon Ottley scored 24 points with 11 rebounds for East who also got 21 points from Smith and 15 with 17 rebounds from Dwayne Penn. Their 32 point onslaught in the last quarter and the missed 3 at the buzzer leaving them just short of extending the series.

The Legs were made to fight slightly harder for their place in the final having gone down in the series opener to the Kings. They battled back to record a 2-1 series win with a 95-77 win on Saturday and an 87-77 victory on Sunday.

Jasin Edwin’s 30 points, 1o rebounds, 5 steals and 7 assists powered them to level the series. Kennedy Bass adding 26 points with 7 rebounds as the Legs came from a half time deficit to boss the second half for the win. Randy George finished with 17 points and 10 rebounds and Gary Hillhouse put 10 points on the board. For Kings Jevonne Demming scored 20 points, Eric Matthias 12 and the unusually quiet Ray Victor 11.

The clash with Mega Mix was eventually settled after Legs roared to life in the 2nd quarter of game 3, outscoring their opponents by 14 points to take the lead after a slow start. The lead was extended in the 3rd and finalized in the 4th despite Ray Victor’s super human dunk over George and Edwin.

Hillhouse top scored for Legs with 24 points and 13 rebounds, Edwin scored 17, George 15 and Bass 11.

In the Development League Final which also starts on August 10, at the Multi Purpose Sports Complex, the Bulls will face off against the VG Heats.