OUR MISSION

SONS 4 LIFE 13U WINS REEBOK FIRE SHOOTOUT
April 2011
The newly formed Sons 4 Life 13U basketball team went undefeated and won the championship in their first-ever AAU tournament at the Max Exposure Reebok Fire Shootout in Martinsburg, WV.

Their first win was an overtime thriller against the Green Machine from Berkeley County, WV. Winning 46 to 42, the Sons were led by Luke Summers with 11 points, including four clutch free throws in overtime. Demetrius Anderson had 10 points and Rodney Dorsey finished with nine.

A big, strong Culpeper Swarm team from Virginia was next on the schedule. After a slow first half, the Sons spread the floor and the scoring and won the game 41 to 36. Leading scorers were Anderson with nine points, Cody Kastner and Matt Considine, each with eight points and Thomas Lang with seven points.

With two teams finishing the first day of play with 2-0 records, it was decided that their Palm Sunday match-up would be played as the championship game. The Sons took on the Frederick-based CBSA Hoyas and captured the title with a 46 to 38 win. Anderson led all scorers with 18 points – all in the second half. Lang added nine points, Dorsey had seven and Kastner went for six.

Every member of the team played and scored during the tournament. Tim Summers and Marc Anderson coach the team.

In the photograph:
Tournament champions in front from left, are, Demetrius Anderson, Sean Smith, Tre McClure and Rodney Dorsey. In back from left, are, Coach Tim Summers, Luke Summers, Carter Schmidt, Keegan Lane, Sean McGaughey, Cody Kastner, Thomas Lang and Coach Marc Anderson. Missing from photo is Matt Considine.
 

14U CHARM CITY MID-ATLANTIC EXPLOSION CHAMPIONS
April 2011
The Suns-4-Life U-14 team captured the Championship at the Charm City Mid-Atlantic Explosion over the weekend of April 15-17th. They defeated Team Next Level Elite from Baltimore in the Championship game by a score of 72-49. They began the tournament on late Friday night beating that same Team Next Level Elite by a score of 66-38 and then defeated Team Underrated from New York in a track meet on Saturday by the score of 85-77. Andy Baker led the scoring with 22 points and Sam Giuliani added 18 in the Team Underrated game. In the first game on Sunday in the play-off round S4L demolished an undersized and young Steel City Storm team in a blow-out led by Trevor Lecuona’s 18 points before capping off the weekend with the championship in the rematch with Team Next Level Elite. All players contributed nicely during the weekend including the rebounding and passing of Ian Eversull and Riley Lazich while JaColby Lott had a great tournament running the court and distributing the ball. Travis Barbe and Jacob Mittereder were demons on defense coming up with many steals while also contributing on the fast break. Unfortunately Jonathan Woodard was out with an injury and Jared Ruiz was away on Spring Break and couldn’t be at the tournament. A referee came up to the coaches after the Friday night win and gave the team the ultimate compliment. He told the coaches, “This is the best passing and most unselfish team I’ve seen at this age level in all my years of refereeing AAU boys basketball.” THAT is the type of compliment any coach or organization wants to hear.

In the photograph:
Back Row left to right: Coach Alex Lecuona, Sam Giuliani, Ian Eversull, Andy Baker, Travis Barbe
Front Row left to right: Riley Lazich, JaColby Lott, Trevor Lecuona, Jacob Mittereder