Gauchos Had A Very Strong Showing In Ohio!
Congratulations to the NY GAUCHOS 13U! They traveled to Akron Ohio and competed in the King James Shooting Stars Classic. There were 48 teams in their age bracket, including some of the top AAU teams in the country. They faced teams from PA, DC, GA, MI and the top teams from Ohio. They won their pool by going undefeated (3-0) and marched through the playoff bracket where the competition intensified. Their playoff run included the DC Blue Devils (#1 in MD) who they defeated on the way to the Championship! NY was the talk of the tournament in this age group, and competing coaching staffs were in attendance to catch a glimpse of the GAUCHOS. In the championship game they fell just shy of bringing home gold losing to the Cincinnati Lakers 74-69. The Gauchos 6-1 campaign was a total team effort illustrated by the fact that they had several different leading scorers during the tournament. Each player; Shane Rector, Naje Greene, Terrell Barron, Kevin ‘Noah’ Rosario, Jamal ‘Marley’ Pinkard, Lamont Shariff Pebles, Shaquille ‘Kealy’ Davis, Leroy ‘Truck’ Flood, and Parker Lalonde made a major contribution. The team was extremely successful playing that NY Lockdown defense. Reaching the Championship in 2 of the top tournaments this year (Lebron Classic and MIT) solidifies this team as one of the top Teams in the country!
