This year’s Reebok Summer Championships have been as exciting as ever,
filled with loads of excitement and stellar performances. With the majority
of the nation’s top teams in attendance and going at it, the competition has
been fierce and steady.
Friday afternoon saw the Arizona Metro Elite, coached by Kenny Mullins,
defeat last year’s RBK tournament champion, Belmont Shore (CA) in exciting
fashion, 76-71. The win propelled the Metro Elite into this year’s Sweet 16
of teams in the Open Division bracket.
Wearing uniforms that read Arizona Magic on them, in commemoration of the
former Magic organization, this group of unselfish and hardworking
performers united together in impressive fashion to take downj last year’s
tournament champion.
6-foot-3 senior Mike Topercer of New Hampton Prep (NH) continued his
terrific play in this year’s tournament, shooting the lights out once again
in route to a 25 point performance to lead the game in scoring. The Metro
Elite also got great support from Travis Payton who ran the team effectively
all game, and pumped in 20 points of his own.
Topercer’s 16 first half points pushed the team out to an early lead and
kept them there, leading to the win.
The Metro Elite will advance to tonight’s game against the California
Pharoahs at 6:45PM at Silverado HS in Las Vegas, NV, where they will face
another Arizona product, 6-foot-3 senior Nick Markovich of Basha High
School. Markovich plays for the California team and will look to lead his
group to an elite-8 appearance in this year’s tournament.
July 25, 2008
Anthony Ray
Arizona Preps
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