ShoWare basketball tournament in Kent draws 160 teams

Basketball players of all ages filled up temporary courts at the ShoWare Center parking lot on Saturday and Sunday in Kent.

Dunkan Nguyen

Dunkan Nguyen

Basketball players of all ages filled up temporary courts at the ShoWare Center parking lot on Saturday and Sunday in Kent.

A total of 160 teams in 19 divisions competed in the third annual ShoWare Shootout 3-on-3 basketball tournament presented by Allied Waste. That’s up slightly from the 156 teams that competed in 2011.

The tournament featured divisions for men, women, boys, girls and offered a wheelchair division. Teams paid an entry fee of $75. The fee included a guarantee of four games, a T-­Shirt and extra T-­shirt if your team wins the championship game of the division.

2012 ShoWare Shootout Winners:

3rd Grade Boys – Young Cougs

4th Grade Boys – Lil Chocolate Wontons

5th Grade Boys – Sno Valley Dawgs

6th Grade Boys – Wolverines

7th Grade Boys – Team Swag

8th Grade Boys – Chop City

9th Grade Boys – YMCA Late Nite

High School Boys – AHS Trojans

Adult Men Rec #1 – PSB

Adult Men Rec #2 – Yak to Tac

5th Grade Girls    – Put It Up

6th Grade Girls    – Game Time Swag

7th Grade Girls    – Da’ Zags

8th Grade Girls    – Game Changers

High School Girls – Hoopaholics

Adult Co-ed – Torn Ligaments

Wheelchair – Strictly Business

Women’s Rec – Fury


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