Our Hoop Raiders dominated this weekend in the ARC Winter Wonderball Tournament by having all 4 of our competing teams reach the Championship Games. Our 10u and 12u teams finished in 1st Place and our 9u and 11u teams finished in 2nd Place. This was by far one of the most successful tournament weekends this year! Go Hoop Raiders!

Congrats to our 11u Hoop Raiders squad as they dominated the courts at the Swoosh Winter Classic Tournament in Oxnard, CA this weekend. In one of the most spectacular defensive performances of the year, our 11u team held the Ventura Heat team in the Championship Game to 2 points in the second half taking a 46-10 victory to secure 1st Place. Overall the team averaged 45 points, 37 rebounds, 16 steals, and 12 assists per game. Major contributers were Ethan Ardalan who averaged 14 points, 7 rebounds, 5 steals, and 4 assists per game; Austin Galuppo who had 14 points, 4 rebounds, 2 steals per game; and DeAnthony Melton with 5 points, 9 rebounds, and 3 steals per game. Andrew Schreibman led field goal percentages by averaging 41% per game with 7 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists, and 2 steals per game, and there were stellar defensive performances by Garrett Ashby, Kevin Seyedan, and Josh Cudiamat to secure a commanding victory over all the teams in the tournament. Go Hoop Raiders!

Congratulations to our Hoop Raiders for another Championship Weekend finishing 4-0 to take 1st Place in the 1st Annual CA Heat Thanksgiving Classic Tournament. In a tight Championship Game, Brian Ginsberg (13 points, 15 rebounds) and Elliott Hampton (12 points, 6 rebounds) battled hard underneath dominating the paint, while Shacquille Dawkins and Kenneth Koffi ran the Point Position defining hustle and heart! Dawkins finished with 12 points and 3 steals, stealing the ball on the inbound pass with under a minute to go to take a 41-40 lead and then knocked down two more free throws with seconds to go to seal the game. All our Hoop Raiders played with passion and determination beating the Jaguars in the finals 43-40. Go Hoop Raiders!

Our Hoop Raiders Dominated the 12u Division this weekend denying ARC from bringing home the gold by going 3-0 this weekend at the ARC Halloween Havoc Tournament. First, our Hoop Raiders, once again, defeated the ARC National Traveling Team by one point in an exciting finish with Zach Wracher knocking down a three-pointer with just seconds left to gain the 1 point lead. Then, the team took on the Southeast Warriors with a commanding 30+ point victory to send them to the Championship Game to play the undefeated ARC Vikings! Our Hoop Raiders took control of the game maintaining double digit leads almost the entire game. Once again, our dynamic duo of Shacquille Dawkins and Elliott Hampton took charge with Elliot averaging 21 points and 12 rebounds per game, and Shacquille averaging 13 points, 6 assists, and 4 steals per game. Go Hoop Raiders!