Basketball: Injury woes meant the team “only” finished in 4th place in the regional tournament

Despite the unfortunate injuries to two of its starting players (Finn Steinfeld and Hannes Schweitzer), the Steinmühle basketball team competed in Competition Class II at the regional finals of the “Youth Trains for the Olympics” competition.

Our team lost the first game against Ostschule Gießen by a wide margin, 17–30. The basketball players from Gießen gave our team a hard time, and unfortunately, our team couldn’t really get into the game. “Perhaps due in part to injuries, it took us a little longer to establish a rhythm and readjust,” Coach Marc Bepperling explained in his report.

In the second game against the team from Wetzlar, a win was now needed to qualify for the semifinals. In a very close, evenly matched game, the Steinmühlen team managed to hold on to their 18–17 lead until the final whistle.

Having finished second in our group, our team now had to face the winner of Group B in the semifinals. However, the very strong team from Lich proved unbeatable. Our team lost 8–41, with the high proportion of club players on the opposing team making a very clear difference in this match.

 

The result was a complete success nonetheless

Despite resting our regulars against Lich, Steinmühle was unfortunately unable to emerge victorious in the third-place match (against KFG Homburg).

It’s a real shame that we weren’t able to start the district tournament with our previously successful “starting five.” “Qualifying for the regional tournament and finishing in 4th place overall was still a complete success,” agreed school sports coordinator Michael Neirich.

Steinmühle wishes the two injured individuals a speedy and full recovery and thanks Noel and Luka for their spontaneous willingness to help.

The players: Luka Harmann, Noel Mati Shir, Paul Wolf, Jonas Neirich, Eric Behrens, Samuel Ruff, Sebastian Jung, Linus Ingenbleek.

The coaches: Gordian Bachmann, Marc Bepperling.