The 4th annual
Petit MS Memorial Basketball Tournament hosted 45 teams on Saturday at
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By Leslie
Hutchison
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March
24, 2011
Tournament
Team Coordinator Justin Ivey said 45 teams played during the day-long tournament
at
The
tournament has now raised about $45,000 for the state’s MS Society since it
began in 2008, according to the event's website. The tournament is coordinated
by four classmates who were teenagers when it began: Megan Alexander, Ivey,
Wayne Lawrence and Steve Selnick.
The
organizers said they started the tournament as a tribute to the Petit family who began raising donations for MS research
after Jennifer Hawke-Petit was diagnosed with the disease.
Hawke-Petit
and her two daughters, Hayley and Michaela were killed in July, 2007. Dr.
William Petit, husband and father, was the only survivor. Jury selection began
on March 16 for the capital murder trial of Joshua Komisarjevsky. His
accomplice, Steven Hayes, was sentenced to death in 2010 for the Petit murders.
“(The
tournament) has grown over the years,” Ivey said. “We went gung-ho getting the
word out, and the Petits are back in the news now because of the trial," he
said.
Here are
the winning teams from the 2011 tournament:
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ABA League,
1st -
3rd grade: Red
Storm
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NIT League,
4th -
6th grade: The
Huskies
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NCAA League,
7th –
8th grade:
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EURO League,
9th –
12th grade: Flight
Brothers
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NBA League, over
18: We Pham
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Family League,
all ages: Tonka Timers
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NCAAW League,
women under the age of 18: The Wildcats
Did you watch
the tournament on Saturday? Who was your favorite team? Tell
us in the comments.
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