Lenox Youth Basketball Team Wins Tournament on Cape
BOURNE, Mass. — The Lenox fifth- and sixth-grade girls travel basketball team won its age group last weekend at the Busnengo Tournament, sponsored by Bourne Youth Basketball.
The Lenox squad won its fourth game of the tournament on Sunday, beating West Warwick, R.I., 22-19, to take the title.
West Warwick had advanced to the title game with an upset win over East Greenwich, the top-rated team in Rhode Island, which came into the tournament with 50 straight wins.
"The championship game was a real battle," Lenox coach Len Miller said. " Our girls played great defense during tournament and played hard and as a team, team effort to win all the four games.
"Really fun way to end season going to Cape, all Lenox travel teams go."
The fifth-grade team includes: Dana Ackerman, Autumn Biernacki, Jocelyn Fairfield, Grace Julieano, Charlie Keator, Kelsey Kirchner, Claire O'Brien, Chloe Parsenios, Savannah Reber and Kylie Schmidt.
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