Schweinfurt youth basketball team wins championship

By Michael Griffin, U.S. Army Garrison Schweinfurt CYSS Sports & Fitness DirectorMarch 13, 2013

Schweinfurt CYSS junior basketball team wins IMCOM-E East Division Championship
Schweinfurt's CYSS junior basketball team defeats Vicenza 37-34, to win the 2013 Installation Management Command-Europe East Division Championship. (Left to right) Front Row: Kalei Watson, Kobe Babauta. Second Row: Antonio Taylor, Abigail Sekutera, D... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

SCHWEINFURT, Germany -- Child, Youth and School Services Installation Management Command-Europe East Division Junior Basketball Championship took place March 9-10, at the Ledward Activity Center, Finney and Kesssler Fitness Centers in Schweinfurt, Germany.

Six teams representing Ansbach, Bamberg, Hohenfels, Grafenweohr, Schweinfurt and Vicenza competed in the two-day pool play tournament.

At the end of day one, the top two teams from each pool advanced to the semifinals. Schweinfurt emerged as the top seed and Bamberg the second seed in Pool A. Vicenza emerged as top seed in Pool B and Grafenweohr captured the second seed.

Day two was full of action, in the first semifinal game Schweinfurt defeated Grafenweohr 37-32. In the second semifinal Vicenza defeated Bamberg in a very close game 28-25. In the consolation game Bamberg defeated Grafenweohr 35-34 by dropping two clutch free throws with zero time remaining on the clock to take third place.

The championship game was evenly matched in the end, but Schweinfurt was too much for Vicenza defeating them 37-34 to win the 2013 IMCOM-Europe East Division Junior Basketball Championship.

"The team did everything I and Coach Ron asked of them and more," said Schweinfurt Coach Curtis Taylor. "This was an awesome group of kids."