PRESS RELEASE – At the end of the day it is the champions who hold their heads high knowing they worked hard for the final victory and this could be seen on Championship game day 1 at the 9th annual Thanksgiving HoopFest Tournament on November 25 at Tamuning Gym. Championship game 2 is scheduled on Sunday in the 18U and 25U competitive divisions.

The 14U Island Dragons champions.

“In the past eight years of running this tournament I have not seen such a high level of competition which is the result of all the basketball clubs on Guam who work hard on developing the players during their off season,” stated tournament coordinator Elsa Ulloa. Ulloa adds that having the Republic of the Philippines (RP) National team participating tested the skill level of club teams in the 14U and 16U competitive divisions.

“It will be exciting for the fans to watch the upcoming 2013 IIAAG and GDOE high school and middle school boys basketball leagues with the talented athletes who performed well on the court during the tournament,” said Ulloa

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Championship game results

Turkey Recreation Division (18 under coed): Cobras Club 32, MTM Falcons 24. Cobras Bryton Cepeda was named MVP and Falcons Dionosio Ray received the Bank of Guam division top scorer award with 29 total points averaging 7.25 per game.

Turkey Fly Division (16 under competitive): Republic of the Philippines (RP) National Team 43, Team Freshmen 31. RP’s Clark Quijano was named MVP and Freshmen’s RJ Rokop received the Bank of Guam division top scorer award with 50 points averaging 12.5 per game.

Turkey Run Division (14 under competitive): Island Dragons 49, Republic of the Philippines (RP) 41. Dragons Nate Lorenzo was named MVP and RP’s Clark Quijano received the Bank of Guam division top scorer award with 33 total points averaging 11.44 per game.

Turkey Dash Division (12 under coed):  Island Dragons 34, Inarajan Heat 29. Dragons Chirasu “AJ” Melsior was named MVP and Heat’s Holden Barcinas received the Bank of Guam division top scorer award with 38 total points averaging 12.66 per game.

Turkey Trot Division (10 under coed): Island Dragons 20, Inarajan Heat 10. Dragons Joshua Sebastian was named MVP and Heat’s Brent San Nicolas received the Bank of Guam division top scorer award with 36 total points averaging 12.0 per game.

Turkey Hop Division (8 under coed): Tamuning Typhoons 18, Inarajan Heat 16. Typhoons Justin Joseph was named MVP and Heat’s Joshua Meno received the Bank of Guam division top scorer award with 50 total points averaging 16.66 per game.