Tralee captivated by resurgent Warrior spirit

In Tralee last Saturday night, all of the clichés that make up much of basketball’s great lure and lore applied. They were hanging from the rafters. The players could smell the popcorn. The place was hoppin’.

Isaac Westbrooks of the visiting Swords Thunder was shakin’ ’n’ bakin’, while with his wondrous ball-handling.

Kieran Donaghy of the local Garvey’s Warriors was chairing the boards. With Fergal O’Sullivan and then Trae Pemberton on fire, it was raining threes. And though the home side were down 14 early on in the third quarter, it went right down to the wire.