Last weekend the official competitions began for the teams of Dénia Básquet in the Junior and Senior categories, with good results that herald a great season.
El Senior Men's team 1st National Division He prevailed in his trip to Elche with great authority (51-87) despite the losses due to injury with which the match was faced. The dominance of the rebound and the rhythm of the game meant that from the second period Bernardo Sanz's men opened a gap on the scoreboard, and found no opposition to start the season with victory.
It should be noted the debut with the team of two junior players, Ismael Akhachi and Javier Serrano, who strengthened the group and did it really well.
The girls Senior Female Preferred team They had a placid start to the competition in their trip to the Ondara pavilion (26-75), although they also had casualties for the match, in this case for work reasons.
The greater intensity of the players of Juan Luis Pérez He left our rivals without options, who were overcome even though they did not lower their arms at any time.
The only defeat for the older teams was for the team Senior Male Preferred that yielded at home to Ondara (65-68) in a very even confrontation.
Ours were the first and third periods, in which the defensive intensity allowed us to have small advantages on the scoreboard.
The visiting reaction in the second and especially the last period, decided the derby towards their side, imposing logic because not in vain Carlos Vila's team debuted in this category, while our rival came from Autonomic the previous season.
In the Junior category, only one of the scheduled matches could be played due to the suspension of the Preferential men's match in Enguera as a precaution before a positive COVID notice in his Club. The game will be played on the bridge of the Constitution in December.
In turn, the Junior Women's team Level 2 He could not start the league with victory when he was defeated at Joan Fuster by Terralfás (58-70).
Juan Luis Pérez's players gave their all on the court and with six minutes remaining they had been able to get within just five points of their rivals on the scoreboard after a great comeback.
The greatest success in the last bars of the visitors ended up deciding the game.
The women's team will continue working to reach its best level and be able to fight in this short phase of levels to get among the first classified, and thus fight for the greatest objectives this year.
