Midland Fastbreak Elite Basketball was represented by two teams at the State Amateur Athletic Union Tournament June 5-7. Each team finished in third place, a qualifying finish for the National AAU Tournament. Midland Fastbreak Basketball is sponsored by Hangtime Sports in Midland.
In pool play the 14U team defeated Capital City Express 68-52 (Tori Jankoska 33pts, Jen Jarema 17pts), Grand Rapids Spirit 54-40 (Jankoska 16pts, Jarerma 13pts, Maura McAfee 10pts) and North Oakland Wolfpack 66-34 (Jankoska 16, Tiarra Carter 16, Paige Raes 14). Bracket play saw them beat Michigan Cagers 52-48 (McAfee 21, Jankoska 13, Jarema 11) and Michigan Monarchs 62-50 (Jankoska 19, Jarema 16, Carter 10). This was the first time all tournament they were down at halftime but outscored them 37-21 in the second half and had a great defensive effort to limit second chance points from offensive rebounds and gave up no easy baskets.In semifinal play lost to Michigan Pistons 49-51 (Jankoska 15, Jarema 13, Raes 9. With less than 40 seconds on the clock and down by 1 pt the Fastbreak ran the clock down and Jankoska hit a 18 foot jumper to put us up by 1 with less than 7 seconds left. The Pistons inbounded the ball, made a long downcourt pass and hit a well-defended deep 3 pointer to give them the 2 point win.The consolation game saw Fastbreak handily defeat Grand Rapids Spirit 53-28 (Jankoska 11, Jarema 10). The Fastbreak came out strong in the first half to take a 21-3 lead allowing only 3 FT by the Spirit and carried that energy through the second half to easily win Third Place in the state. Team members are (Photo Attached) back row: Coach Tim Carter, Tiarra Carter, Brittany Watson, Mikayla Russell, Jeni Jarema, Paige Raes, Assistant Coach Mike Jarema. Front row: Maura McAfee, Emilie Pretzer, Tori Jankoska
Coach Peterson’s 16U team also played an outstanding series. In pool play they beat Michigan Patriots 71-56 (Becca Mills 16, Deb Hoekstra 16, Jessica Peatross 13 pts) and Waterford Wave 57-31 (Jessica Peatross 11, Jessica Jarema 10, Allie Wylie 9). In bracket play they handily beat Lady Sun Devils 60-34 (Allie Wylie 21 pts, Becca Mills 12, Deb Hoekstra 11) and Michigan Rage 53-35 (Jessica Peatross 13 pts, Becca Mills 12, Jessi Franz 8). Midland Fastbreak lost to Michigan Monarchs 64-53 (Becca Mills 19 points, Deb Hoekstra 19 points), giving them a third place finish. Team members are: Kelly Dineen, Becca Mills, Jessica Jarema, Nicole Peterson, Emma Holmi, Kayla Engelhard, Deborah Hoekstra, Jessica Peatross, Aleigha Wylie, Jessi Franz. They are coached by Ron Peterson and Loomis Peatross.