The 59th Annual Youth Basketball Tournament was held over the weekend with 50 youth basketball teams competing at three local venues. The winners were: third and fourth grade girls division: Needles; third and fourth grade boys: Needles; fifth and sixth grade girls: Redondo Beach; fifth and sixth grade boys: Redondo Beach Red; seventh grade boys: Parker, Arizona Ballers; seventh and eighth grade girls: Beaumont; seventh and eighth grade boys: Redondo Beach Red.
The 59th Annual Youth Basketball Tournament Results:
3rd and 4th Grade Girls Division
1st Place: Needles
2nd Place: Redondo Beach
3rd Place: Beaumont
3rd and 4th Grade Boys Division
1st Place: Needles
2nd Place: Redondo Beach Red
3rd Place: Beaumont
5th and 6th Grade Girls Division
1st Place: Redondo Beach
2nd Place: Twentynine Palms
3rd Place: Beaumont
5th and 6th Grade Boys Division
1st Place: Redondo Beach Red
2nd Place: Twentynine Palms
3rd Place: Redondo Beach Blue
7th Grade Boys Division
1st Place: Parker AZ Ballers
2nd Place: Beaumont
3rd Place: Needles
7th and 8th Grade Girls Division
1st Place: Beaumont
2nd Place: Twentynine Palms
3rd Place: Redondo Beach
7th and 8th Grade Boys Division
1st Place: Redondo Beach Red
2nd Place: Redondo Beach Blue
3rd Place: Needles
All-Tournament Selections
3rd and 4th Grade Girls Division
MVP: Giselle Burns, Needles
Gia Collier, Needles
Kaila Natividad, Redondo Beach
Sally Diethesm, Redondo Beach
Kiari Williams, Beaumont
3rd and 4th Grade Boys Division
MVP: Paxton Murch. Needles
Xavier Russell, Needles
Cameron Johnson, Redondo Beach
Kole Tannaka-Lee, Redondo Beach
Tim Pilao, Beaumont
5th and 6th Grade Girls Division
MVP: Ria Lopresto, Redondo Beach
Malian Natividad, Redondo Beach
Breonya Bell, Twentynine Palms
Jenica Silvas, Twentynine Palms
MJ Jacques, Beaumont
5th and 6th Grade Boys Division
MVP: Garrett Flanders, Redondo Beach Red
Enasei Piuleini, Redondo Beach Red
Trent Turner, Redondo Beach Red
James Horn, Twentynine Palms
Ayden Tremblay, Twentynine Palms
7th Grade Boys Division
MVP: Leo Scott, Parker Ballers
Genaro Lopez, Parker Ballers
Anthony Sosa, Beaumont
Kosten Wheeler, Beaumont
Ira Stone, Needles
7th and 8th Grade Girls Division
MVP: Alyssa Nunez, Beaumont
Rachel Peters, Beaumont
Faith Burdett, Twentynine Palms
Kate Bobadilla, Twentynine Palms
Shayna Stock, Redondo Beach
7th and 8th Grade Boys Division
MVP: Daiki Narimoto, Redondo Beach Red
Derek Noguchi, Redondo Beach Red
Aiden Mejia, Redondo Beach Red
Ben Price, Redondo Beach Blue
Damien Rosas, Redondo Beach Blue
John Bass Award: Mitch Capizzi, Redondo Beach Blue, 5/6 Grade Boys
Dana Casey Award: Mary Carbiner, Twentynine Palms, 7/8 Grade Girls
Hugh “Chief” Jones Award: Isreal Goldsmith, Twentynine Palms, 7/8 Grade Boys
