Boys’ and girls’ basketball teams from Twentynine Palms and Yucca Valley placed in the top three in six of the seven age divisions during last weekend’s 60th annual youth basketball tournament. Almost 80 games were played over the course of the three-day tournament on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday at Twentynine Palms High School and Junior High School, and at Copper Mountain College’s Bell Center. The seventh-eighth grade girls, and eighth grade boys from Twentynine Palms won first place in their age divisions. Twentynine Palms teams also won second place in the third-fourth grade girls’ and third-fourth grade boys’ divisions; and third place in the fifth-sixth grade girls’ division. Yucca Valley’s fifth-sixth grade boys won third place, and seventh-eighth grade girls won second place. In total there were 7 divisions and 33 teams. The results are as follows:
3/4 Grade Girls
1st Needles
2nd 29 Palms
3rd Beaumont
3/4 Grade Boys
1st Needles
2nd 29 Palms
3rd Brawley
5/6 Grade Girls
1st Beaumont
2nd Needles
3rd 29 Palms
5/6 Grade Boys
1st Beaumont White
2nd Beaumont Blue
3rd Yucca Valley
7/8 Grade Girls
1st 29 Palms
2nd Yucca Valley
3rd Needles
7th Grade Boys
1st Beaumont
2nd Calipatria
3rd Brawley
8th Grade Boys
1st 29 Palms
2nd Needles
3rd Beaumont
3/4 Grade Girls 2nd Place All Tournament
Arlisa Bagley-Cruz
Katelyn Luke
3/4 Grade Boys 2nd Place All Tournament
Jayden Campese
Rashun Young
5/6 Grade Girls All Tournament
Jenica Silvas
7/8 Grade Girls 1st Place
MVP Kate Bobadilla
All Tournament Audrey Middleton
8th Grade Boys 1st Place
MVP Aiden Sullivan
All Tournament Jeremiah Holmes
Awards presented to Twentynine Palms players:
Hugh “Chief” Jones Award – Aiden Sullivan
Dana Casey Award – Kate Bobadilla & Hailee Jenkins
John Bass Award – Jaremiah Holmes
The Twentynine Palms Parks & Recreation Department would like to thank all of the teams that participated in the 60th Annual 29 Palms Youth Basketball Tournament. It was a great weekend of fun. Players, coaches and parents played a huge role.
