BV duo takes ride 
on Cyclones’ NAYS 
national qualifier

A local 14U freshman boys’ basketball team won the Oswego Midwest Regional Qualifier over the weekend, giving them a berth to the national tournament.

The Sauk Valley/Illinois Valley Cyclones is a basketball team made up of freshman boys from Amboy, Bureau Valley and Mendota high schools.

The team is a National Alliance for Youth Sports (NAYS) traveling basketball team playing tournaments in Madison, Wis., Crystal Lake, Aurora, Joliet, Hoffman Estates and Elmhurst.

The Cyclones experience gained during the season playing teams older and more experienced, served them well at Oswego because they played the tournament against teams of their own age bracket.

Team members include Josh Whiteside and Frankie Gebeck of Bureau Valley, Drew Fordham and Tyson Powers of Amboy and Drake O’Connell, Evan Carroll, Ryan Dornink, John Gehm and Austin O’Sadnick of Mendota.

The start of National NAYS tournament will be held in Bolingbrook from July 29 to Aug. 2.

Lady Bruins Camp

Award winners for girls entering 4-6 grades at the Lady Bruins Hoop Skills Summer Basketball camp at St. Bede were:

Competition winners — “Slurpin’s Purple Turtles” include Tiana Kilanowski, Thea Mauck, Rachel Sickley, Alyssa Stuart and Michele Williams.

Chicken Dribble — Rachel Sickle.
Hot Shot winners — Brianna Lau, Thea Mauck, Zoe Postula, and Rachel Sickley.

In Session Two, for girls entering 7-9 grades, winners were:

3 on 3 Champions — “UConn,” including Lydia Stariha, Whitely Funfsinn, Grace Kinsella and Jena Argubright. Second place was “University of North Carolina,” including Christine Daley, Morgan Dean, Jasmine Gillan and Morgan Bosnich.

Hot Shot winners — Brianna Argubright, Christine Daley, Jena Argubright, Whitley Funfsinn, Raley Mauck, Lainie Schweickert and Lydia Stariha.

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