ShoWare basketball tournament in Kent draws 160 teams

Published 1:42 pm Tuesday, July 31, 2012

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