In Oberanven/Central, Gréngewald Hueschtert controlled BBC East Side Pirates 62-46 in M-U16 Division 3 (Phase 1), round-robin game 5. The hosts struck first with a 6-0 start, answered by a 5-0 Pirates burst, before Pol Elcheroth and Mats Genevaro Van den Biezenbos pushed it to 18-11 after 10 minutes. East Side Pirates stayed in touch through a Matteo Weydert three and steady scoring by captain Sam Schaeffer, yet Gréngewald kept the cushion to halftime, 31-23.
Out of the break, Van den Biezenbos strung together points to make it 38-26, forcing a Pirates timeout. Emil Denter replied for the visitors, but Ricardo Santos da Silva Zorrinh and Elcheroth restored a double-digit lead. Early in the fourth, Schaeffer's three cut it to 43-34 and Pirates later closed to 49-40, before the night's decisive 9-0 Gréngewald run: Van den Biezenbos and Elcheroth inside, capped by a Sebastiao Fernandes Goncalves triple for 58-40. The maximum gap reached 20 (60-40), and the hosts managed the finish.
Top performers Gréngewald: Van den Biezenbos (Season PPG: 15.8) 21 points; Elcheroth (Season PPG: 27.4) 20; Fernandes Goncalves (15, PRT) 10 including a key fourth-quarter three; Santos da Silva Zorrinh 7. For East Side Pirates: Schaeffer (Season PPG: 23.8) led with 21, Sean Harmelin Dostert added 11, and Denter (BEP) chipped in 8.
Discipline shaped segments: Schaeffer committed multiple personal fouls in a row in the third quarter, while Van den Biezenbos had back-to-back infractions in the first; no one fouled out. Coach Bojan Eric's side led wire-to-wire; Gérard Boby's team never got in front.
Form and table: Gréngewald extends its run to three straight wins and climbs to 4th (+1). East Side Pirates remain 2nd in the classification.
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