Rumble in the Rapids: Teddy’s Saturday PM Notebook

Goonies Backcourt Leads 2025 Squad to Early Victory 2025 PG [player_tooltip player_id="1438254" first="Leo" last="Perettie"] was one of my top players when I watched this team in Chicago last month. Perettie getting his teammates involved early for the Goonies against MBA Hoops. He was super explosive down the lane too. I really liked the effort he put in. But the player who stole the show was [player_tooltip player_id="1457697" first="Joseph" last="DeCasas"]. He wasn't in Chicago last month when I watched this team. But he's got a great backcourt connection with [player_tooltip player_id="1438254" first="Leo" last="Perettie"]. What's stood out the most with him is his ability to find space in transition. If a player was guarding the paint, Decasas would go in the corner so a teammate driving down the lane can find him open for three. Those kinds of buckets happened a couple times. Like Perettie, Decasas displayed some excellent slashing abilities. He scored 19 as the Goonies won 55-41. Perettie had 10. Rodney Hackman Balls out for 16U Top 1 Basketball Club (MI) in Split Afternoon 2024 F Rodney Hackman was a force in two afternoon games. His team started things off with a tough one. Marshall Warriors (OH) started off running against them. 2024 guard Brian Sullivan had a ferocious jam and two 3's early. He found buckets from all three levels and finished with 13 first half points. At halftime, Rodney Hackman had 17 points. He displayed some terrific post moves and got buckets with both hands. A nice fadeaway jumper showed his true potential to be a solid forward. When the Warriors were up comfortably, Hackman continued to make big plays to keep his team in it. He was super physical too and played well on the glass. He finished with 25 points despite the loss and was easily the top player out there. In the second game, he scored another 20 points as they cruised to an easy victory.   Ador Mawut's Big First Half leads B3 Athletics Past 2025 Michigan Goonies Mawut was balling for B3 athletics early. In the opening minutes, he had two blocks and 7 points. He converted an impressive and-one to fall in transition for his third bucket, and had two more baskets inside. He kept that confidence going later in the first half with a monster jam and a 3-pointer. Mawut also picked up a few steals. [player_tooltip player_id="1438254" first="Leo" last="Perettie"] also impressed me in this game with some nice feeds. He also had a terrific block and some impressive drives down the lane. Also, [player_tooltip player_id="1457697" first="Joseph" last="DeCasas"] played well with three triples in the 2nd half. But 3-pt shooting for B3 took this game out of reach. At least five players hit 3-pointers in this game. There's also a tremendous amount of teamwork that led to a big win. 2024 G Jaydon Weddle Shines for MBA Lakeshore Despite Loss Early on, it was all Indiana Attack. 6'1” W [player_tooltip player_id="1293344" first="John" last="Malchow"] played well for them. He found some nice baskets from inside and with the midrange to start. But two triples from Weddle held the lead at 1. But the Attack then exploded. 5'9 G Jerry Barca made some plays. He started things off with a couple tough baskets driving baseline. He then got a great steal and followed it up with a 2v1 assist the other way. 6'3” Wing Rashad Simpson with some spectacular plays for Indiana. He a few 3's early on. But a coast-to-coast euro-step and-one late in the half was terrific. They were down 20 at one point, but Jaydon Weddle still kept fighting for MBA Lakeshore. He was super confident from deep and ended the half with a buzzer-beater in the corner. He led all scorers with 16 points at the break, but trailed 44-30. He continued to make some great plays to start the 2nd half, with two steals and a basket down low. He made it as close as 7. But when he was subbed, Indiana Attack made a run to put the game out of reach. Jerry Barca continued to show consistency throughout the game with a couple more baskets to extend the lead to 14. Rashad Simpson also had a great half with a nice finish through contact and a three in the corner. He also showed some great ball-handling skills to keep this a double-digit game. Indiana Attack would hold on for the win. Weddle finished with 30 points.