Aidan Lucchetta couldn’t have scripted it any better.

When the final buzzer sounded Saturday night, his Notre Dame Fighting Irish team had defeated the Saint Paul Patriots 82-71 in the championship game of the 68th Annual Welland Tribune Basketball Tournament and the Grade 11 student was holding the MVP trophy.

“It is like a dream. It has been my goal ever since Grade 9 watching the teams before me competing and winning the Tribune,” the 16-year-old said. “It is amazing and I wanted to put myself out there, create a legacy and win that MVP. It has been my mission from the jump.”

He ended up averaging 15.3 points per game in the tournament, including 15 in the championship game.

Andrew Lucchetta, Aidan’s father and Notre Dame’s head coach, was thrilled for his son.

“It was a great tournament for him. The kid has been working his butt off for the last four or five years nonstop to try and get to this level. He wants to be the best player. It is a credit to his work ethic. He works hard in the gym, he works hard in school and he is a team player who wants to win but he wants to do it with his teammates which is the best thing about it.”

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