Doncaster League Fixtures & Match Reports 2007 - 2008
| League/Cup | Date | Day | Time | Home | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DC | 10th October 2007 | Wed | 20:30 | Scunthorpe Steelers | West Hull |
| DC | 19th October 2007 | Fri | 20:00 | Deaf College | Scunthorpe Steelers |
| DC | 23rd October 2007 | Tues | 19:00 | Hawks | Scunthorpe Steelers |
| DC | 30th October 2007 | Tues | 20:30 | Hull Stingers | Scunthorpe Steelers |
| DC | 7th November 2007 | Wed | 19:00 | Scunthorpe Steelers | Darfield |
| DC | 16th November 2007 | Fri | 20:00 | Falcons | Scunthorpe Steelers |
| HX | 22nd November 2007 | Thu | 20:00 | Scunthorpe Steelers | Axholme |
| DC | 4th December 2007 | Tue | 19:00 | Averley | Scunthorpe Steelers |
| DC | 9th January 2008 | Wed | 19:00 | Scunthorpe Steelers | Falcons |
| HX | 24th January 2008 | Thu | 20:00 | Scunthorpe Steelers | Rotherham |
| DC | 29th January 2008 | Tue | 20:30 | Deaf C. or Axholme | Scunthorpe Steelers |
| DC | 8th February 2008 | Fri | 20:00 | Danum | Scunthorpe Steelers |
| HX | 14th February 2008 | Thu | 20:00 | Scunthorpe Steelers | East Riding |
| DC | 29th February 2008 | Fri | 20:00 | Scunthorpe Steelers | Deaf College |
| DC | 5th March 2008 | Wed | 20:30 | West Hull | Scunthorpe Steelers |
| DC | 11th March 2008 | Tue | 19:00 | Scunthorpe Steelers | Hawks |
| DC | 18th March 2008 | Tue | 20:30 | Scunthorpe Steelers | Hull Stingers |
| DC | 26th March 2008 | Wed | 20:30 | Darfield | Scunthorpe Steelers |
Match Reports
15/4/2008 - Scunthorpe Steelers 62 v Hull Stingers 60
Steelers win a hard fought contest against Hull Stingers in the Cup Semi Final. Stingers took the lead with good defensive work to win the 1st quarter. The 2nd quarter followed the same pattern with the Steelers behind but with 4 seconds on the clock #6 Ross Stafford took a long shot from the half way line,scoring the shot of the season as the buzzer sounded setting the game up for an exciting 2nd half. The 2nd half followed the same pattern with the Steelers eventually winning by 2 points.
1st quarter Steelers 13 v Stingers 17
2nd quarter Steelers 17 v Stingers 14
3rd quarter Steelers 14 v Stingers 16
4th quarter Steelers 18 v Stingers 13
Top Steelers scorer today once again #12 Ioan Nickson with 23 points - 276 for the season. next #6 Ross Stafford on 11 points - 263 for the season. #22 Nana Jumah scoring 9 points before fouling out in the 4th - 203 points for the season.
9/4/2008 - Darfield 51 v Steelers 64
Steelers win ther 13th league game on the trot against Darfield.
1st quarter Darfield 18 v Steelers 16
2nd quarter Darfield 06 v Steelers 18
3rd quarter Darfield 13 v Steelers 13
4th quarter Darfield 12 v Steelers 17
Steelers top scorer's today #12 Ioan Nickson and #3 Kris Michalski both on 17 points, #22 Nana Jumah with 10 points and #6 Ross Stafford on 8points.
In a reverse of the Doncaster league #12 Ioan Nickson has scored 253 points this season against #6 Ross Stafford's 252. Ross dropped 2 long shots taking his total for the season to 54 three pointers.
18/3/2008 - Scunthorpe Steelers 71 v Hull Stingers 56
Steelers lost there away match to the Hawks by 2 points early in the season so were hoping to win the home match and not spoil there run of eleven wins on the trot.
Steelers surged ahead by 10 points from the tip of with no reply from the Hawks but somehow managed to lose the first quarter by 21 points to 12. In the 2nd quarter the Steelers managed to regain some composure to there game and ended the 1st half 2 points in front. The 3rd quarter saw the Steelers taking control of the game giving them an advantage in the 4th to come out eventual winners in what was one of the best games of the season from a spectators point of view.
1st quarter Steelers 12 v Stingers 21
2nd quarter Steelers 22 v Stingers 11
3rd quarter Steelers 23 v Stingers 09
4th quarter Steelers 14 v Stingers 15
Top scorer today was #12 Ioan Nickson on 23 points for a total of 236 for the season with an average of 19.6 p/game.
#6 Ross Stafford on 15 points including 2 three pointers for a seasons total of 244 with an average of 15.2 p/game.
#22 Nana Jumah with 14 points takes his total to 182 with an average of 12.8 p/game
#14 Ian clark 8 points
#5 Jason Milner 7 points inluding one long shot
#4 Robin Hewson and #7 Rodney Campbell both on 2 points.
4/3/2008 - West Hull 63 v Scunthorpe Steelers 76
13th win of the season for the Steelers against West Hull
1st quarter Hull 12 v Steelers 22
2nd quarter Hull 16 v Steelers 21
3rd quarter Hull 13 v Steelers 13
4th quarter Hull 22 v Steelers 20
#12 Ioan Nickson top scorer again with 21 points folowed by #6 Ross Stafford with 19 including 3 three pointers taking his tally of long shots this season to 50, #4 Robin Hewson having a good game with 15 points and #5 Jason Milner with 11.
Top scorer still #6 Ross Stafford on 229 points #12 Ioan Nickson 0n 213 points but Kris Michalski still has the best average per game at 21.3 points.
29/2/2008 - Scunthorpe Steelers 110 v Deaf College 39
12th win of the season for the Steelers as they romp ahead in a one sided game against the Deaf College.
1st quarter Steelers 30 v Deaf College 9
2nd quarter Steelers 25 v Deaf College 11
3rd quarter Steelers 28 v Deaf College 6
4th quarter Steelers 27 v Deaf College 13
#12 Ioan Nickson takes top individual score in a game this season with 36 points overtaking #23 Kris Michalski by one point. #5 Jason Milner on 26 with his best individul points for the season. #4Robin Hewson on 18 including 4 three pointers.
#22 Nana Jumah and #23 Kris Michalski both on 10 points followed by #6 Ross Stafford and #7 Rodney Campbell on 5 points.
Todays results put #6 Ross Stafford into the top scorers position with 210 points followed by #12 Ioan Nickson and #23 Kris Michalski both on 192 but Kris has a better average per game of 21.3 points against Ioans 19.2
12/2/2008 - Scunthorpe Steelers 123 v East Riding 65
Biggest win of the season so far as the Steelers put on a show against East Riding.
1st quarter Steelers 30 v Riding 15
2nd quarter Steelers 35 v Riding 24
3rd quarter Steelers 20 v Riding 15
4th quarter Steelers 38 v Riding 11
Top scorer for the Steelers with the highest individual score in a game this season #23 Kris Michalski with 35 points,#22 Nana Jumah on 21 points, # 6 Ross Stafford on 19 including 3 three pointers, #7 Rodney Campbell with 16 and #4 Robin Hewson with 14 points
8/2/2008 - Danum 80 v Scunthorpe Steelers 94
10th win of the season for the Steelers,
1st quarter Danum 13 v Steelers 19
2nd quarter Danum 12 v Steelers 20
3rd quarter Danum 27 v Steelers 29
4th quarter Danum 28 v Steelers 12
Top scorer for the Steelers #23 Kris Michalski with 25 points followed by #6 Ross Stafford on 23 points including 7 three pointers, #12 Ioan Nickson on 14.
29/1/2008 - Doncaster Deaf School 55 v Scunthorpe Steelers 87
Steelers do the double over the Deaf School winning there 9th game of the season in one of the most entertaining games for the spectators to date.
1st quarter DDC 10 v Steelers 17
2nd quarter DDC 14 v Steelers 26
3rd quarter DDC 11 v Steelers 20
4th quarter DDC 20 v Steelers 24
Top scorer this week for the Steelers is #12Ioan Nickson with 17 points taking his total for the season to 142, #23 Kris Michalski folows with 16 points and takes his average to 20.3 points per game and #6 Ross Stafford on 14 points including 4 three pointers taking his total for the season to 163 points which includes 36 three pointers.
24/1/2008 - Scunthorpe Steelers 100 v Rotherham Hawks 26
Top of the table Steelers meet bottom of the table Hawks in what turned out to be a one sided game with the in form Steelers team being in total control of the game.
1st quarter Steelers 27 v Hawks 3
2nd quarter Steelers 30 v Hawks 7
3rs quarter Steelers 21 v Hawks 6
4th quarter Steelers 22 v Hawks 10
Top scorer for the Steelers #23 Kris Michalski with 32 points giving him a total of 106 points for the season and an average of 21.2 points per game. #22 Nana Jumah on 20 points followed by #4 Robin Hewson with 16 points. #6 Ross Stafford with 11 points including 3 three pointers taking his total to 149 points for the season making him the top scorer for the Steelers in the Doncaster League so far, Ross's total includes 32 three pointers.
18/1/2008 - Retford 58 v Scunthorpe Steelers 94
Another win for the Steelers as they meet Retford for the first time in the Doncaster Leagues.
1st quarter Retford 11 v Steelers 23
2nd quarter Retford 08 v Steelers 27
3rd quarter Retford 21 v Steelers 20
4th quarter Retford 18 v Steelers 24
Top scorers this week #4 Robin Hewson and #23 Kris Michalski both with 21 points, folowed by Nana Jumah on 12, #12 Ioan Nickson with 11 and #5 Jason Milner and #6 Ross Stafford both on 10 points.
9/1/2008 - Scunthorpe Steelers 72 v Doncaster Falcons 50
Steelers start the new year in style winning the Falcons by 22 points after losing to the Falcons by 21 points in the away match last year.
1st quarter Steelers 23 v Falcons 12
2nd quarter Steelers 18 v Falcons 12
3rd quarter Steelers 19 v Falcons 5
4th quarter Steelers 12 v Falcons 21
#23 Kris Michalski was once again Steelers top scorer with 12 points, #6 Ross Stafford and #22 Nana Jumah on 10 points followed by #5 Jason Milner with three 3 pointers for a total of 9 points.
This result makes the Steelers equal 1st place with Danum at the time writing both teams winning 6 games and losing 2, creating an exciting run in to the end of the season.
4/12/2007 - ALVERLEY 46 V SCUNTHORPE STEELERS 95
Steelers are improving every game at the moment and were in top form with a full team turnout against Alverley who had no answer to Steelers domination of the game.
1st quarter Alverley 13 v Steelers 18
2nd quarter Alverley 10 v Steelers 14
3rd quarter Alverley 14 v Steelers 25
4th quarter Alverley 9 v Steelers 36
Top scorer for Steelers once again was #12 Ioan Nickson with 17 points, followed by #14 Kris Michalski with 14 points and #6 Ross Stafford on 13 points.
Seasons Greetings to all.
22/11/2007 - Scunthorpe Steelers 88 v Axholme Tanks 36
Scunthorpe Steelers v Axholme Tanks
22/11/07
Venue – Hall Cross / Doncaster.
After last weeks disappointing game against the Doncaster Falcons where Steelers lost 75 to 54, Steelers played there first game at the Hall Cross School sports Hall Doncaster.
Once again coach Clark only had a small squad of six players, but to make up for it he had the welcome return of Kris Michalski who was one of last seasons top scorers.
As is now the norm for a Steelers game they started extremely slowly with missed shots and lay ups , much to the annoyance of the coach. With a bigger squad there would have been some substitutions but Steelers eventually came out on top in the 1st quarter 14 points to 9.
The second quarter started with more momentum, Kris Michalski scoring 8 points and Ross Stafford scoring two 3 pointers to help the Steelers win the 2nd quarter 18 points to 7.
The 3rd and 4th quarters saw the Steelers take total control of the game winning the 3rd by 22 points to 13 and the 4th by 34 points to 7 with all the squad on the score sheet.
1st quarter Steelers 14 v Tanks 9
2nd quarter Steelers 18 v Tanks 7
3rd quarter Steelers 22 v Tanks 13
4th quarter Steelers 34 v Tanks 7
Steelers top scorer #23 Kris Michalski 27 points followed by #13 Ioan Nickson on 25 and #6 Ross Stafford on 18 including four 3 pointers.
7/11/2007 - Scunthorpe Steelers v Darfield
Scunthorpe Steelers 86 v Darfield 67
Wednesday 7/11/07
Coach Clark had the choice of a full squad for the first time this season for this week’s game against Darfield. Steelers started strongly in the 1st quarter with #6 Ross Stafford scoring 3 points in the first few seconds of the game setting the standard in the Steelers camp for a score of 30 points to 17 against a slow starting Darfield.
The 2nd quarter saw end to end scoring with Darfield winning the quarter by two points, #12 Ioan Nickson scoring 12 of the 20 points for the Steelers.
Good defensive work by both teams kept shots to a minimum in the 3rd quarter with Darfield coming out on top 17 points to 11.
With Darfield only 5 points behind at the start of the 4th quarter Steelers pressed the Darfield defence and scored 25 points to 11
1st quarter Steelers 30 v Darfield 17
2nd quarter Steelers 20 v Darfield 22
3rd quarter Steelers 11 v Darfield 17
4th quarter Steelers 25 v Darfield 11
Steelers top scorer #12 Ioan Nickson with 28 points, followed by #6 Ross Stafford with 26 points including six 3 pointers, #13 Rodney Campbell having a good game scoring 13 points.
31/10/2007 - Hull Stingers v Scunthorpe Steelers
Hull Stingers 55 v Scunthorpe Steelers 53
Wednesday 31/10/07
Venue – Doncaster Deaf College
Steelers, playing there first game in two weeks after last week’s cancellation against the Hawks lose 55 to 53 against Hull Stingers.
Coach Ian Clark only had a squad of 6 players due to the half term holidays, injuries and several team members going back to university.
In the 1st quarter due to good defensive work by the Stingers and poor shooting by the Steelers it took 4 minutes before #10 Ross Stafford scored a 3 pointer to get the Steelers of the mark, eventually going behind by 5 points at the end of the 1st.
After the slow start Steelers were more organised in the 2nd quarter with #22 Nana Jumah and #10 Ross Stafford finding there range winning the 2nd by one point.
Stingers came into the 3rd quarter applying pressure and scoring 8 points in 2 minutes with no reply from the Steelers, Stingers winning the 3rd 17points to 9.
With there backs to the wall Steelers came out in determined mood in the 4th quarter and with all team members scoring were only 2 points down with a minute to go and Stingers in possession. #14 Ian Clark fouled out with 10 seconds to go and the Stingers ran the clock down to win by 2 points in an exciting last quarter.
1st quarter Stingers 17 Steelers 12
2nd quarter Stingers 12 Steelers 13
3rd quarter Stingers 17 Steelers 9
4th quarter Stingers 9 Steelers 19
Steelers top scorer #23 Nana Jumah with 23 points followed by #10 Ross Stafford with 11 points and player coach #14 Ian Clark on 10 points.
19/10/2007 - Deaf School Devils 48 v Scunthorpe Steelers 74.
Steelers start the second game of this years league in confident mood after last weeks win.Once again Steelers were ahead in all 4 quarters but only by one point at half time after a comeback by the Devils in the 2nd quarter.In the 3rd quarter the Steelers edged in front by 10 points followed by good defensive work in the 4th which allowed the Devils to only score 7 points against the Steelers 26.
1st quarter Devils 15 – Steelers 20
2nd quarter Devils 34 – Steelers 35
3rd quarter Devils 41 – Steelers 51
4th quarter Devils 48 – Steelers 74
#12 Ioan Nickson top scorer on 20 points followed by Ross Stafford,once again hitting four 3 pointers to help him on his way to 16 points. #14 Ian Clark (cap/coach) scoring 13, #22 Nana Jumah 10, and #4 Robin Hewson 6
10/10/2007 - West Hull Warriors 64 Scunthorpe Steelers 73
Under the guidance of player/coach Ian Clark the Steelers senior team
start this year’s campaign with a win over West Hull Warriors 73 points to 64.
Steelers were without last year’s two top scorers Jason Milner who has gone to university and Kris Michalski due to Illness. Four new players join the successful team from last year, Ross Safford, Neil Walker, Joe Morris and Ioan Nickson. In what was a close hard fought game Steelers won all 4 Quarters, edging 9 points clear in the last.
1st quarter 18 points to 16
2nd quarter 34 points to 28
3rd quarter 54 points to 51
4th quarter 73 points to 64.
Top scorer # 6 Ross Stafford, four 3 pointers helping Ross Score total of 19 points. #14 Ioan Nickson scoring 14, and #4 Robin Hewson, #9 Neil Walker both scoring 12 points