TCES mini and elementary girls teams win 2017 annual basketball classic

The Temple Christian Suns mini and elementary girls teams were victorious in the Temple Christian School Annual Basketball Tournament held at the elementary campus from October 23-27, 2017. 

MEMBERS OF THE TOURNAMENT WINNING TEMPLE CHRISTIAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MINI BASKETBALL TEAM. Standing front row (left-right) are Broc Glinton, Micha Moxey, Aadyen Rahming, Teyshaun Taylor, Roman Rolle, Jerome Smith, Justiz Butler, Azarria Marshall. Standing back row (left-right) are Kaechan Munroe, Alejandra Coste-Rojas, Tyler Frazier, Elroy Miller, Terrell McCoy, Damian Brice, Tavion Farrington, Tori Gaitor, and Coach Nekeno Demeritte. (Photo by Sharine Johnson)
 

Mr. Nekeno Demeritte, coach of all 3 elementary teams, reported on the results of the tournament.  “In the mini division, Temple Christian defeated St. Francis 8-4.  Brock Glinton was the MVP.  As a team, all around, the whole team itself did an exceptional job.  In terms of the girls that were actually on the mini team, they did most of the defensive work with Terrell McKoy - she was big in the paint, getting rebounds, put backs, she did an excellent job along with Azaria Marshall who was like a defensive stopper.”  Coach Demeritte noted that the mini division is a developmental division for Under - 9s.  “This was the first year that we hosted a mini division, and we were the first team to win the mini division.”

MEMBERS OF THE TOURNAMENT WINNNING TEMPLE CHRISTIAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM. Standiing (left-right) are Makayla Deveaux, Danielle McCoy, Claire Ferguson, Vienna-Maria Facey, Anaya Bootle, Gabrielle Pinder, and Jewel Moxey and Coach Nekeno Demeritte, (Photo by Sharine Johnson)

“In the primary girls championship, our girls played Freedom Academy, and won 18-3.  Looking at the way our girls played, I think they are the most dominant team in the primary division this year.  At our tournament, the 3 points scored by Freedom were the first points scored on our girls this season.  The first game they played they won 20-0 over Xavier’s College, and the second game played was 10-0 over St. Francis Joseph, and then they ended up playing the championship where they won 18-3, which was really an exceptional job.  Claire Ferguson was the MVP, she scored 12 of the 18 points.  We have a team of 7 girls, and any line up that we put on the court could have done the job.  The girls look really good this year.

MEMBERS OF THE TEMPLE CHRISTIAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM. Standing front row (left-right) are Nicholas Chriswell, Rohan Culmer, Markai Pinder, Santangelo Strachan,Seth Taylor, Courtney Neymour, Alexander Thompson, Xion Johnson, Isaiah Paul, Kody Carey,. Standing back row (left-right) are Zion Evans, Mario Forbes, Darren Knowles, Aaron Moss, Taj Stubbs, Amari Hutchinson, and Coach Nekeno Demeritte. (Photo by Sharine Johnson)

The winners of the primary boys division was Teleos Christian Academy.  They played St. Francis Joseph boys.  Temple Christian boys placed third.  That championship game was also a good game from start to finish.  The final score was 18-14.”

TEMPLE CHRISTIAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ANNUAL BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT MOST VALUABLE PLAYERS. Pictured from left to right are Temple Christian’s Claire Ferguson and Broc Glinton. (Photo by Sharine Johnson)
This year’s tournament I think was a real success with us introducing the mini division.  This year we saw about 10 boys teams, 5 girls teams that were in the tournament.  I just want to thank the teams that supported the school and supported the tournament.  It was a really good tournament this year.”
We salute everyone who helped to make this tournament a success, and wish to especially thank the players, parents, Coach Demeritte and the administration of the elementary school for organizing and hosting such a successful event.  Go Suns!