Lewis/Skil beats tired Milwaukee Spirits in title game
Lewis/Skil of Traverse City defeated the Milwaukee
Spirits, 44-26, in the 2008 Class A Championship. Coming out of a tough loser's
bracket path, Milwaukee Spirits threw in the towel half way through the second half.
Lewis/Skil was led by Jason Jamerson with 15 and Chad Pleiness with 13. James
Stewart and Larry House both had 7 points for Milwaukee Spirits. All-Tournament
Team honors went to Radayl Richardson of Rookies/I-Build, Carl Thomas of L.A.
Heat, Mike Campbell of Heads da Bed, Omar Waller and Tom Marowelli of Boykins
Outlawz, Andre Dalton and James Stewart of Milwaukee Spirits and Callistus
Exiukwu and Kyle Carhardt of Lewis/Skil. Jason Jamerson of Lewis/Skil was named
the Class A Most Valuable Player.
The Class A Sportsmanship Award went to Jandron's Fine
Jewelry.
Darious Simmons of G.I. Dream Team won the 2008
Fox-Negaunee Slam Dunk contest.
Katu Davis of Basketball Unlimited took the 2008
Fox-Negaunee Three-point Shootout title.
41 Steakhouse retains Class B championship
41 Steakhouse defeated I-Build Construction/St. Onge
Insurance, 89-75, in the Class B Championship, winning the title for the fifth
consecutive year. Jim Clement scored 23 and Billy Hill has 21 for 41
Steakhouse, and Josh Buettner had 33 and Tim Strom had 16 for I-Build/St. Onge.
All-Tournament Team honors went to Tyler Lloyd of Team Gogebic, Radayl
Richardson of Clancey Electric, Eric Spindler of J&M Builders, Chancellor and
Chandlor Collins of Appleton Hawks, Jake Suardini and Josh Buettner of
I-Build/St. Onge and Matt Wonders, Louie Koskey and Jim Clement of 41
Steakhouse. Clement was named the Class B Most Valuable Player.
Mike "Juicebox" Polfus won the Class B U.P. Insurance/AAA
Three-point Shootout!
Class B field
strong again this year
Read about the
highlights of each Class B team in this year's competition.
Talented U.P.
seniors join the same bench
U.P. Insurance
team combines stellar high school seniors from four schools.
Check the bracket for winners and Saturday and
Sunday game times.
The tournament runs through April 20, 2008. Admission is $3 per day for Class A
and Class B weekends. Special weekend dates are as follows:
Class C through E Championships decided
Detroit Hummer won the Class C championship over Ewen
Building Supplies, 73-58. Jeff Steifel had 15 and Steve McCune had 14 for
Detroit Hummer. Jake Gobert tossed in 16 and Kurt Corcoran scored 14 for Ewen
Building Supplies. All-tournament team honors went to Justin Gustafson of Nor
"Roc" Hawks of Republic; Jesse Kentala of O'Doyle Rules of Dollar Bay; Jeff
Steifel and Darrin Jones of Detroit Hummer; and Kurt Corcoran and Jake Gobert
of Ewen Building Supplies. McCune of Detroit Hummer was named Class C Most
Valuable Player.
Sodegren Septic of Ishpeming won the Class DD
Championship, defeating Minerick, Inc. of Sagola, 95-64. Jason Lawson scored 26
and Griffin Lawson had 16 for Sodegren Septic. Eric Shamion had 19 and and Kyle
Sabota scored 16 for Minerick, Inc. All-Tournament Team honors went to Dane
Nelson of Hard Rock Bar; Jay Peterson of 3% Realty; Eric Shamion and Tom
Williams of Minerick, Inc. and Griffin Lawson and Mark Korpi of Sodegren Septic.
The Class DD Most Valuable Player went to Brandon Lawson of Sodegren Septic.
Van Ert Electric of Gwinn defeated Forward Financial/Dal
Santo Construction of Niagara, 72-49 to take the Class D Championship crown.
Tanner Norman scored 26 and Tim Simula had 11 for Van Ert Electric. Colby Dal
Santo had 16 and Brian Waitrovich had 11 for Forward Financial/Dal Santo.
All-Tournament Team honors went to Nathan Dodge of Alexander Insulation; Brent
Parrett of Jim's Plumbing; Mike Cross and Brian Waitrovich of Forward Financial/Dal
Santo Construction and Tim Simula and Ryan Kohl of Van Ert Electric. Tanner
Norman of Van Ert Electric was named Class D Most Valuable Player.
Flatliners of Marquette defeated A&F Construction of
Ishpeming in the Class EE final, 58-47. Jamie Koskala scored 17 and Jason
Evans had 14 for Flatliners. Jason Gravedoni had 17 and Kyle Brown had 9 for A&F
Construction. All-tournament team honors went to Brian Matthews of Barnes Bros
Roofing; Greg Porter of Chatham Co-op/Ace Hardware; Kyle Brown and Jason
Gravedoni of A&F Construction; and Sean Codere and Jason Evans of Flatliners.
Jamie Koskala of Flatliners was named Class EE Most Valuable Player.
Joseph's Supervalu of Ishpeming beat Wideman Law Center of
Negaunee, 56-37, to win the Class E championship. Derrick Burke and Chad Hewitt
led Joseph's with 11 and 9 points, respectively. Jeff DeBolt had 6 and Karl
Wideman had 15 for Wideman Law Center. Class E All-Tournament Team members were
Shawn Radcliffe of Teal Lake Tanning; Tom Carlson of Super One Oldtimers; Karl
Wideman and Jeff DeBolt of Wideman Law Center; and Cory McCullough and Curt Huot
of Joseph's Supervalu. Chad Hewitt of Joseph's was the Class E Most Valuable
Player.
Lewis/Skil retains 45 & Older crown
Lewis/Skil of Traverse City defeated 3% Realty of
Marquette in the 45 & Older Championship on Sunday, 67-56. Ron Fewins of Lewis/Skil
was named MVP.
All-tournament team members included Rob Makela of Wideman
Law Center, Terry Sell of Vango's/Auto Trader, Jay Chapman and Jerry Zabrowski
of 3% Realty, and Jerry O'Connell and Randy Miller of Lewis/Skil.
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