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HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL: Dishing up summer hoops

By ERIC VICCARO
sports@bowienewsonline.com
The Texas Basketball Championships is a growing event. Just look at the sheer number of schools involved this year.
So, why has the TBC become so successful?
“I think a major factor is that it’s a high school kid playing with his high school team,” said Amarillo Palo Duro head boys’ basketball coach Jeff Evans.
Evans serves as one of six people on the TBC board along with Jamie Boswell from San Angelo Central, Rodney Gee of Lorena, Courtney Christenson of Coppell, Aldine Davis’ Cornelius Mitchell and Kevin Starnes from Grapevine.
Nocona summer league coach Brad Breeze, whose son Cade plays on the team, agrees with Evans’ sentiment.
“It’s not AAU (Amateur Athletic Union) select ball,” said Breeze. “The kids get to play with each other.”
Breeze said not too many parents can afford for their children to play AAU basketball because of the sheer cost of it.
While some parents might have stayed in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex this weekend, many just simply made two trips on Saturday and Sunday.
“They are good, quality games,” said Breeze. “You get three or four games in a day. The competitive balance is good.”
On Sunday morning alone, Nocona played both Wall and Peaster – two of the more highly regarded programs in Conference 3A. Read more in the June 29 Bowie News.
Nocona’s Cade Breeze (35) plays defense against a Peaster player during a bracket quarterfinal on Sunday at Colleyville Middle School. The Indians finished in the upper quarter of the tournament, which continues to grow by leaps and bounds. (News photo by Eric Viccaro)
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