PLAYAZ SPRING FLING RESULTS: D.C. ASSAULT AND ALBANY CITY ROCKS CLAIM “CHIPS”!!

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         Kennedy H.S. Paterson, N.J…. The annual Playaz sponsored Spring Fling for 15u and 17u took place this weekend and at the end the 15u championship was won by D.C. Assault, while the 17u “Chip”was captured by Albany City Rocks!

 

 

 

 

                                                                                                   D.C. ASSAULT  62        PLAYAZ 15   42

 

 

               006D.C. Assault used a balanced attack and unconscious shooting to manhandle the Playaz 62-42! Guard Ako Adams led Assault with 11 points and the dominating play of their bigmen Sam Green and Joe Hampton proved too much for the Playaz to handle! Jagen Mosely led the Playaz with 15 points! D.C Assault reached the “chip” by defeating area rival Team Takeover 59-54 as the Green and Hampton combined for 26 points in another balanced attack game! The Playaz reached the game by getting past New Heights 63-53 behind the shooting of Patrick Andree with 25 points and Alphonso Gee with 11!

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                     ALBANY CITY ROCKS   58                     PLAYAZ 17   28

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        That is not a typo! Albany City Rocks could do No wrong in their dismantling of the Playaz! Led by John Shurmans 01013 points and 10 apiece from Elijah Burns and Sterling Taplin! The Rock took over early and were never challenged!  City Rocks reached the finals with a 64-48 win over the Playaz 16’s as Burns(left) and Shurman led the attack with 12 points each! The Playaz reached the finals by getting past Team Takeover 68-64 in a spirited contest! Cheddi Mosely led the win with 27 points and Marques Townes with 11!

 

 

 

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PLAYAZ NOTES:  Before the finals, the Playaz 15,16 and 17 teams were having a pretty good weeekend! The 15’s got strong weekends002 from Andree(left) and Jagen and also got major contributions from Gee, Najee Hunter and James Scott! The 17’s got strong play from Mosely,Townes and Elijah Cain, but the highlight of the weekend had to be the play of Medford Tech’s Myles Powell(right)! The guard shot the lights out for the weekend having games of 29, 30 and 36 points! He even had a game with 9″triples”! Nick Brooks, Ceasar DeJesus, Sammy Friday, Marquel Sheffield  and Gilberto Cue also had strong weekends for the 16 team!

 

 

 

Playaz Club Host 10th Annual Spring Fling

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The AAU season is never truly in effect until the Playaz Club of Paterson run by Jimmy Salmon has their annual spring fling tournament. The 10th annual event went on this weekend at various facilities in northern New Jersey. The age groups consisted of 12u,14u and 16u teams. The Playaz had their 13 year old squad play up in the 14u group and their 15 year old team play in the 16u group. Each of those teams held their own this weekend,particularly the 15 year old team who made the final four of the 16u bracket and lost to the eventual champs, D.C. Assault. The 13’s finished 2 and 1 in their games, also losing to the eventual champs( the D.C. Assault 14’s). This weekend actually was phase one of the spring fling as the 13’s,15’s,and 17’s begin their quest for some chips. The Playaz will probably have their younger teams play up in these games also as they prepare for the upcoming A.A.U. season.                

                                                             Results of Finals for 12’s, 14’s,and 16’s

                      12u’s championship:   Delaware Hawks 52     N.Y. Gauchos 41

                                                      all-tournament team:  Dakari Johnson(Gauchos)  Tyquan Givens(Gauchos) Austin Tilghman(Del.Hawks) Jorge Rodriquez(Del. Hawks)  Wa’mere Murphy(Del. Hawks) M.V.P.

                        14u’s championship:   D.C.Assault 46     Rich Soil (N.Y.) 26 

                                             all-tournament team: Javon Thomas(Rich Soil)  Omar Calhoun(Rich Soil) Kris Jenkins(DC Assault) Jamal Lewis (DC Assault) Damonte McNeil (DC Assault) M.V.P.

                            16u’s championship:   D.C. Assault 68      N.Y. Gauchos 57

                                              all-tournament:  Halil Kanacevic(Gauchos)  Daron Lamb(Gauchos)  Eric Atkins(DC Assault)           Tyler Thornton(DC Assault)  Joshua Hairston(DC Assault) M.V.P.