Even though there is still a match left until the first round of the season ends, theUnion Basket Prato she is already certain of having won first place at the halfway point. Thanks to the great success of Montevarchi, the team of coach Paoletti in fact, it maintained a two-point lead over the other Prato team, that of the Dragonsin turn winning at home against Virtus Certaldo, who however will have their rest period on the next day, the last of the first part of the season. A great goal for the Bees, achieved despite a rather troubled week of preparation for the match played in Valdarno: “Important victory on a field where everyone in the championship had lost – explains Paoletti -. We did well to confirm ourselves after the Cup success in September. A note of thanks to my players who in this holiday period have always trained with devotion despite the gyms always being cold to the limit and with marble showers. I believe that any team certainly deserves greater attention from the institutions”. The scoreboard in Montevarchi: Belardinelli, Mendico 5, Vignozzi 5, Bellandi 3, Bogani 9, Petri 2, Falaschi 10, Cavicchi 2, Antonini 26, Corsi, Coltrinari, Regoli. Union Basket will play at home on Sunday against Valdisieve. Despite the training problems (the pivot Goretti and the young Plutino out), even the Dragons they maintained their winning pace against Certaldo, sealing second place at the end of the first round: “We played a good match, despite the absences – says coach Banchelli -, now the break awaits us where we will be able to better prepare for the first matches of the second round which we want to win”. The Dragons scoreboard: Manfredini 12, Marini 16, Catalano 18, Balducci 5, Staino 6, Marchesini, Paloscia 5, Smecca 5, Ndoye, Molinaro, Pacini 9, Burgnich 4. The Serie C ranking: Union Prato 24 points; Dragons Prato 22; Castelfiorentino, Us Livorno, Montevarchi, Agliana, San Vincenzo and Don Bosco Livorno 18 (Us Livorno, Don Bosco and San Vincenzo must play the matches of the sixteenth day).
Massimiliano Martini
