The AYG Lakers youth basketball team won the Spurs National Basketball Tournament for the first time last month — and five talented Dragon basketball players helped get them there.
From June 25 to 26, the AYG Lakers traveled to San Antonio to compete in the Spurs National Basketball Tournament, which saw over 500 teams compete at AT&T Center, according to a media release. Five of its players are Carroll elementary students, and they helped catapult the team to being named third grade national champions at the tournament.
The AYG Lakers played five games throughout the tournament, according to a media release. While they lost their first game 9-26, they swept in their next four games until they prevailed in the finals 28-23.
The Dragons who won alongside the AYG Lakers include Walnut Grove Elementary students Grayson Porter and Carson Berrios, and Johnson Elementary students Palmer McCoart, Colton Holtmeier and Owen Armstrong.
“We are so proud of the boys for playing their hardest and never giving up,” parent Jamie Armstrong says. “You could see these young boys were playing with all their hearts. They pulled together and got it done.”