As March winds down, the 2025 Northwood Basketball League has officially come to an end, but there was no shortage of madness in this year’s tournament. The tournament had no shortage of entertainment with plenty of highlight buckets, amazing defense, and, of course, lots of bloopers.
This past week was the final four games and the championship. The first final four game was the defending champs, Mike and Will, known as Team Uncoordinated vs Maxim St. Pierre and Lucas Campion, who were preseason ranked as the 13th best team out of 16. The St. Pierre and Campion Cinderella run was like one never seen in the NBL before, as they won two huge games where they were projected to get blown out. Unfortunately, the run came to an end, and Team Uncoordinated advanced to their second straight NBL championship.
The second semi-final game was Shane Tronoski and Ty Simonet vs Pete Moore and Henry Kress. This was an electric game from start to finish. Moore and Kress took an early lead and looked unstoppable. However, Tronoski and Simonet scored 8 in a row to punch their ticket to the finals.
The championship was a highly anticipated game, as expected. There were many fans in attendance, and a large following watching through the Instagram live stream. The game was back and forth, with Tronoski and Simonet leading 6-5 at the half. Schneid took over the game offensively, and Team Uncoordinated went on a 6-0 run to win the game and go Back-to-Back for the first time in NBL history. Schneid made a strong case for MVP with a 10-point performance to cap off his NBL career.
With the season over, it is now time for the awards, which are voted on by the fans through the NBL Instagram. The first award voted on was MVP. Will Schneid, Ty Simonet, and Maxim St. Pierre were the three candidates. The Defensive Player of the Year nominees were Lucas Campion, Pete Moore, and Mike Peluso. Most Sportsman-like was decided between Nick Palmer, Shane Tronoski, and Henry Kress. Fan of the year was between Gracie Hurlbut, Gus Garvey, and an anonymous fan who runs the NorthwoodBallFanPage on Instagram. The last award is the best dressed team award, which is between Schneid and Peluso, Campion and St. Pierre, and Palmer and Brunton.
The winners of the awards are as follows: for MVP, Maxim St. Pierre. “I want to thank everyone who voted for me, and everyone involved in making the league possible. People look forward to this every year, and I am very grateful I was able to be part of the legendary league for a year,” St. Pierre said when asked about NBL and his season. DPOY was Lucas Campion. “That is very well deserved, he was the hardest player to play against in my opinion,” Will Schneid mentioned when asked about Lucas winning DPOY. Most sportsmanlike was Nick Palmer in a very close vote. Fan of the year was Gracie Hurlbut, who even performed at the halftime show of the championship game. The best-dressed team was voted St. Pierre and Campion, wearing the Saints Golf merchandise, created by St. Pierre.
This concludes the third season of the NBL. Thank you to everyone who made this season and previous seasons such a success. The NBL looks forward to continuing the highly competitive league and crowning a new champion next year.