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2004 Homewood Area Small Fry Vikings

Homewood won the 2000 International Championship in Orlando, Fla. with a 44-38 title-game victory over the Chicago Washington Jaguars.

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Homewood's Joey Spesia drives to the hoop during the Vikings' 45-42 title game loss to Bucaplaa in Orlando.

Photo by Reinhold Matay/ Orlandofreelance.com

2004 Homewood Vikings results

Day

Date

Opponent

Time/Record

Saturday

Feb. 21

Homewood 42, Rainbow 31

1-0

Saturday

Feb. 21

Homewood 44, Robert Taylor 37

2-0

Sunday

Feb. 22

Homewood 52, Marq. Best 31

3-0

Saturday

Feb. 28

Homewood 51, Kenosha 30

4-0

Saturday

Feb. 28

Homewood 40, Highwood Heat 29

5-0

Sunday

Feb. 29

Homewood 60, Ford Heights 12

6-0

Saturday

March 6

Homewood 49, Trevian 16

7-0

Saturday

March 6

Homewood 52, Chicago Hts. 34

8-0

Sunday

March 7

Chicago And 1 55, Homewood 44

8-1

Saturday

March 13

HOMEWOOD 46, HARVEY 30*

9-1, 1-0

Saturday

March 13

HOMEWOOD 70, FORD HTS 31*

10-1, 2-0

Sunday

March 14

HOMEWOOD 49, CHI HTS 42*

11-1, 3-0

Saturday

March 20

Homewood 42, Highwood Heat 30*

12-1, 4-0

Saturday

March 20

Homewood 58, H'wood Canes 37*

13-1, 5-0

Sunday

March 21

Homewood 45, Kenosha 23*

14-1, 6-0

Saturday

March 27

Homewood 63, Trevian 11*

15-1, 7-0

Sunday

March 28

Homewood 66, Evanston 33*

16-1, 8-0

Sunday

March 28

Homewood 66, Glenbrook 298

17-1, 9-0

Saturday

April 3

Homewood 53, RT Panthers 34

18-1

Saturday

April 3

HOMEWOOD 50, CHI. HTS. 24

19-1

Sunday

April 4

HOMEWOOD 54, RUNNERS 35

20-1

Tue.

April 13

Homewood 55, Newark B/G 18

21-1

Tuesday

April 13

Homewood 51, Hatillo, PR 28

22-1

Wednesday

April 14

Homewood 48, And 1 44

23-1

Thursday

April 15

Bucaplaa 45, Homewood 42

23-2

2004 Varsity
Donell Cooper            Matt Ortman
Mike Fitzgerald          Joey Spesia
Anthony Frezza           Malik Thigpen
Roosevelt Green        Nick Utterback
Corey Jumper             Mark Zelenika
Mike McWhorter        

2004 Rookies          Kyle Linares
T.J. Anstett                 Logan Lukasik
Robert Coles             Antaun McHerron
D.J. Deere                 Tommy Pollack
Brian Dompeling       Jack Schumann
David Fatoki              Ahmad Warnell
Donny Franklin           Jamal West
Raynard Judkins        Mark Zelenika

Homewood (23-2) falls to Bucaplaa in title game

    ORLANDO, FLA.- Homewood jumped to a nine-point second-quarter lead and had a shot at a game-tying three at the end, but couldn't hang on in a 45-42 title game loss to Bucaplaa, PR Thursday in the championship game of the 36th annual International Small Fry Tournament at Disney's Wide World of Sports.
   The Vikings (23-2), who fell to 2-2 in title contests, missed nine free throws and had 21 turnovers in the contest.
   Homewood's all-time leading scorer Donell Cooper led the Vikings with 13 points and five rebounds, while Roosevelt Green added 10 points and Mike Fitzgerald collected nine points. Joey Spesia ripped down five rebounds and Malik Thigpen added three assists and two steals.
   Bucaplaa, which lost last year's title contest to St. Rocco, won its second International crown (1986).
   Meanwhile, Viking Donell Cooper won the International Three-Point competition, joining Eric Woerheide (1996) and Vance Cooksey (2001) as previous winners.
    Homewood 48, And One 44- Donell Cooper tied an all-time Homewood record with 29 points, as Homewood rebounded from a six-point second-half deficit to advance to its fourth championship game.
   Homewood (23-1), which avenged its lone loss of the season, will await the winner of St. Rocco vs. Bucaplaa A, Puerto Rico in Thursday's 3 p.m. championship contest. The Vikings won International crowns in 1985 and 2000.
The Vikings hit all six of their free throws in the final stanza, as Mike Fitzgerald's three in a row started Homewood's comeback. Roosevelt Green (six points, four rebounds) scored the clincher in the game's closing seconds on a pass from Cooper (three steals, two assists).
   The decision also avenged a loss to And 1 in last year's International third place contest.
       Homewood 51, Hatillo, PR 28- Malik Thigpen was 5-for-7 from the field and 5-for-5 from the foul line to lead Homewood with 15 points, as the Vikings (22-1) advanced to their second straight Final Four.
       Donell Cooper added 11 points, seven rebounds, four steals and three assists for Homewood, which didn't allow double digits in any quarter. Roosevelt Green also scored nine for Homewood, which has advanced to the Final Four in half of its six Orlando visits.
   Homewood awaits Chicago Heights or And 1 in a 12:30 p.m. semifinal Wednesday.
   Homewood 55, Newark Boys & Girls 18- Roosevelt Green paced 10 different scorers, including three in double figures, with 15 points and eight rebounds to ignite Homewood (21-2) into the quarterfinals.
       The Vikings limited Newark to just four second-half points in winning their 13th straight contest and fourth opener in five years at Orlando.
       Joey Spesia added 10 points for Homewood, while Donell Cooper collected 10 points, four steals and five assists. Corey Jumper and Anthony Frezza each chipped in five points, the latter also grabbing four rebounds. Michael McWhorter also grabbed six rebounds.
       Homewood used a 16-4 second-quarter margin to take a 34-14 command into halftime.

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