Guntersville Parks and Recreation would like to congratulate our 11-12 Boys for winning the ARPA District 2 Basketball Tournament in Huntsville this past weekend. They went undefeated through the Tournament (4-0) and defeated a strong Huntsville Lakewood Team in the championship game. The team is comprised of participants in our Recreation plus Program that we implemented this year. I would also like to congratulate our 9-10 Boys for placing 2nd in the ARPA District 2 Basketball Tournament this past weekend in Boaz. They went 3-1 in the tournament, only losing to our county foe Arab in the finals. These boys also participated in the Recreation plus program this year as well. It has been 20 years since our program has had a boys’ team win ARPA District Tournament. Our 9-10 girls program went as far as finishing 3rd in the State in 2008 under the direction of Head coach David Wood.

Both of these teams have qualified and are going to the ARPA State Tournament in Gadsden, Alabama March 11th-13th. We look forward supporting them as they represent our community in Gadsden and we feel confident that our boys are up for the challenge. I would like to list the players and coach for each team below:

11-12 Boys Team – District 2 Champions

Head Coach – Jeff Jones, Players - Jeffrey Brickey, John Ben Burden, Peyton Centers, Ross Chandler, Cavin Collie, Harrison Driskill, Chrishon Hampton, Will Giles, Connor Jones, Bryson Massey, Josh Vanzandt, John William Whitlow

9-10 Boys Team – District 2 Runner Up

Head Coach – Kevin Hawk, Players - Spencer Arnold, Brodie Canterberry, Archer Charles, Clay Cornelius, Evan Davis, Ryan Gann, Davis Hawk, Will Hotalen, Kase Langley, Jackson Long, Chruun Williamson, Jake Wisener

GPARD also held our end of Season Regular Recreation Tournament this past week in our gyms here at the recreation center for the 7-8 boys and 9-10 boys divisions. The final games concluded Saturday for each division. Guntersville #2 under the leadership of Head Coach Jeremy Patterson and Guntersville #3 under the leadership of Head Coach Chruun Williamson battled it out for the championship game. Guntersville #2 won the game and was crowned champion of the 7-8 year old boys division. Guntersville #2 went undefeated throughout the tournament. Guntersville #1 under the leadership of Head Coach Larry Teall and Guntersville #3 under the leadership of Head Coach Phillip Havis battled it out for the championship game. Guntersville #1 won the game and was crowned champion of the 9-10 year old boys division. Guntersville #1 went undefeated throughout the tournament and regular season here at the recreation center. The Champion and the runner-up of each age division are listed below:

7-8 Year old Division

Champions- Guntersville #2 – Head Coach Jeremy Patterson, Players – Kaden Breaseale, Kaleb Daniel, Cooper Davidson, Malichi Jordan, Brayden Leonard, Joseph Moore, Hayden Patterson, Quentin Stone, and Christopher Weaver.

Runner-Up– Guntersville #3 – Head Coach Chruun Williamson, Players – Alexander East, Mackenly Hampton, Malichi Hampton, Colton Holt, Mark Payne, Elijah Tucker, Jerrell Williamson, Samuel Moultrie, and Richard Mitchell.

9-10 Year old Division

Champions- Guntersville #1 – Head Coach Larry Teall, Players – Brady Adcock, Kobe Hampton, Kase Langley, Landon Martin, Mason Mayo, Hunter Shook, Jared Teal, and Logan Teall.

Runner-Up– Guntersville #3 – Head Coach Phillip Havis, Players – Garrett Chastain, Elijah Fennell, Kyle Keck, Preston Martenson, Javier Moore, Kolton Payne, Jake VanZandt, and Dylan Williams.

The 11-12 Year old age division Tournament is going on this week Feb 28th – March 4th at the recreation center front gym. If you have time, come out and support our youth in this End of Season Tournament.

GPARD would like to say great job to all coaches that volunteered their time with the youth of our community this year. We could not do our job without the help of our volunteers.