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MyIsland Ballers U-19s win Memorial Day Classic

The victorious MyIsland Ballers U-19 basketball team. Photo: Provided
The Under 16 team included the likes of Rakeel Jack, Dante Scatliffe, Kiandre Clarke, Renrick Massac Junior, Malachy S. Payne, K’Moi Walters, Sajwan France, Michael Richardson and Ajai Frett. Photo: Provided
The Under 16 team included the likes of Rakeel Jack, Dante Scatliffe, Kiandre Clarke, Renrick Massac Junior, Malachy S. Payne, K’Moi Walters, Sajwan France, Michael Richardson and Ajai Frett. Photo: Provided
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Players from the Virgin Islands travelled to Orlando, Florida, last weekend, May 27-30, 2016, with the MyIsland Ballers to compete in the AAU Memorial Day Classic girls and boys basketball tournament at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex.

More than 400 teams and more than 4,000 athletes participated in this 3 day event.

The Under 16 team, including the likes of Rakeel Jack, Dante Scatliffe, Kiandre Clarke, Renrick Massac Junior, Malachy S. Payne, K’Moi Walters, Sajwan France, Michael Richardson, and Ajai Frett, found little success on the court, but according to the coaching and management staff, including Derwyn Scatliffe, the players learnt a lot from the overall experience and came away with some positives to build upon.

Flawless record for U-19s

The Under 19 team then went better than the previous trip to the US as this time they struck Gold with a perfect 5 nil record.

Game one was a 59-48 win over First Coast Elite, then came an 83-66 blowout of Atlanta Aztecs Harris.

Game three was their closest contest, narrowly won in overtime 79-78 against k- elite.

That was followed by a rout of Lake Worth pride 64-32 in the final and the championship was secured with a thrashing of k- elite 85-69.

The team included D’moi M. Hodge, Tahj Malone, Romain Minott, Demoi Dagou, Gianni Maduro, Trent Herbert, Jomoi Dagou, and Jasin Rhymer.

The AAU Classic win for MyIsland Ballers, according to the Coaching Staff, came about due to having a balanced attack, a sense of urgency and determination that created electric passages of play.

10 Responses to “MyIsland Ballers U-19s win Memorial Day Classic”

  • parent (02/06/2016, 08:41) Like (3) Dislike (0) Reply
    good job guys
  • student (02/06/2016, 09:38) Like (3) Dislike (5) Reply
    Dovin is one of the better coaches but he is under estimated
    • Hope Done Gone (02/06/2016, 12:16) Like (3) Dislike (4) Reply
      No reputable American teams participated in the tournament. However good for them
    • Donald trump (02/06/2016, 14:51) Like (4) Dislike (1) Reply
      what about the kids he sent to those fake programmes?
      • Trump IS Right (02/06/2016, 18:00) Like (2) Dislike (0) Reply
        He sent so many kids to fake programs. Now he misguiding them! He don't have any contacts but we rather have we doing something unsuccessfully then someone not we doing it right.
  • long term (02/06/2016, 18:57) Like (3) Dislike (0) Reply
    Big ups youngsters!!! I'm sure they wanted to know who were these island boys. Now they know. Continue to sharpen your skills cause you never know who is,was watching.....college scholarship, professional ball, NBA, earn a living by playing ball.
    • To Long Term (02/06/2016, 21:29) Like (1) Dislike (1) Reply
      Think you putting the cart before the horse mehson! First we gotta fix school system to put education first. If you saw some of dem boys grades you'd never made that statement.

      All our youngsters go to junior college from here.
    • Xxx (03/06/2016, 11:27) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
      Beyond those material gains basketball teaches life in general. Everything wrong with the BVI is experienced on the basketball court. Learning sports teaches life skills. But the coaching & administration needs to be better. There's too much hating on more skillful players, players with overseas experience, too much nepotism, and personal agendas. Many kids never get to participate in the BVI and don't discover how good they are until they leave and a real coach discovers them. This is constructive criticism so take it as such.
  • yes (02/06/2016, 21:45) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    big up!!
  • ann (03/06/2016, 06:02) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    kudos to our winners Hodge and Penn are the men


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