2009
GBOA Challenge of Champions
Wednesday July 22, 2009
@ Henderson International School (Henderson NV)
**NCAA certified event**

This NCAA certified event is a 22 team "shoot-out-type" affair that acts as a tip-off to the Las Vegas week (July 22-26) and will take place at Henderson International School (Henderson NV) (1 court) located 15 minutes from the Las Vegas Airport and the Strip. 

 
Henderson International School is located at 1165 Sandy Ridge Avenue, Henderson, NV 89052
 
The event schedule is as follows:
 
9:00am        Illinois Bobcats  vs.  Inland (CA)
10:15am      Playaz (NJ)  vs. Team Odom (CA)
11:30am      New York Panthers vs. Mac Irvin Fire (IL)
12:45pm      D1 Sports (NC) vs. I-5 Elite (OR)
2:00pm        Team Detroit (MI) vs. Dallas Mustangs (TX)
3:15pm        DC Assault  vs. Seattle Rotary (WA)
4:30pm        Texas Bluechip vs. New Heights (NY)
5:45pm        Compton Magic (CA) vs. SYF Players (IN)
7:00pm        Memphis Magic (TN) vs. California Supreme
8:15pm        Grassroots Canada  vs. Belmont Shore (CA)
9:30pm        Atlanta Celtics (GA) vs. Nike Team Florida  
 
Top players scheduled to participate include rising seniors 6'9" Tristan Thompson (Findlay Prep/Henderson NV/Texas verbal), 6'10" Josh Smith (Kentwood/Kent WA), 5'11" Joe Jackson (White Station/Memphis TN), 6'9" Terrence Jones (Jefferson/Portland OR), 6'8" Dominique Ferguson (Hargrave Military/Chatham VA), 6'2" Gary Franklin (Mater Dei/Santa Ana CA), 6'5" Jereme Richmond (Waukegan IL/Illinois verbal), 6'5" Trey Zeigler (Mt. Pleasant/MI),  6'5" Tyler Lamb (Mater Dei/Santa Ana CA/UCLA verbal), 6'8" Tarik Black (Ridgeway/Memphis TN), 6'4"JT Terrell (Cummings/Burlington NC/Wake Forest verbal), 6'5" Jordan McRae (Liberty County/Hinesville GA/Tennessee verbal), 5'11" Ryan Harrow (Walton/Marietta GA/North Carolina State verbal), 6'10" Meyers Leonard (Robinson IL), 6'7" Jayvaughn Pinkston (Bishop Loughlin/Brooklyn NY), 5'11" Ray McCallum (Detroit Country Day/Beverly Hills MI), 6'2" Trae Golden (McEachern/Powder Springs GA), 6'8" Josh Hairston (Courtland/Spotsylvania VA/Duke verbal), 6'9" Richard Solomon (Price/Los Angeles CA),  6'2" Corey Joseph (Findlay Prep/Henderson NV), 6'5" Keala King (Dominguez/Compton CA), 6'8" Rod Odom (Middlesex/Concord MA), 6'8" Okaro White (Clearwater FL), 6'2" Tyler Thornton (Gonzaga/Washington DC/Duke verbal), 6'5" Bryce Jones (Taft/Woodland Hills CA), 6'7" Dwayne Polee (Westchester/Los Angeles CA/USC verbal), 6'2" Isiah Epps (Plainfield NJ), 6'3" Cameron Ayers (Germantown Academy/Philadelphia PA), 6'5" Allen Crabbe (Price/Los Angeles CA/Cal verbal), 6'9" Godwin Okonji (Findlay Prep/Henderson NV), 6'5" JJ Moore (South Kent CT), 6'9" Dwight Powell (IMG/Bradenton FL), 6'2" LaBradford Franklin (Great Oak/Temecula CA), 6'3" Pe'Shon Howard (Oak Hill/Mouth of Wilson VA), 6'7" James Erger (Princeton TX), 6'6" Fuquan Edwin (Paterson Catholic/Paterson NJ/Seton Hall verbal), 5'9" Darryl Trayham (Wise/Upper Marlboro MD), 6'1" Eric Atkins (Mt. St. Joseph's/Baltimore/Notre Dame verbal), 6'8"  Ryan Rhoomes (Cardozo/Queens NY), 6'7" Josh Huestis (Findlay Prep/Henderson NV), 6'7" Ronald Roberts (St. Peter's Prep/Jersey City NJ), 6'5" Dominique Carr (JW North/Riverside CA), 6'2" Deonte Burton (Centennia/Compton CA), 6'7" Alex Tiffin (Thousand Oaks/CA), rising juniors 6'5" Tony Wroten (Garfield/Seattle WA), 6'8" Quincy Miller (Quality Education Academy (Winston-Salem NC), 6'1" Myck Kabongo (St. Benedicts/Newark NJ/Texas verbal), 6'8" DeAndre Daniels (Taft/Woodland Hills CA/Texas verbal), 6'7" Adonis Thomas (Melrose/Memphis TN), 6'8" Nick Jacobs (South Atlanta/Atlanta GA), 6'8" Michael Shaw (De La Salle/Chicago IL), 6'7" LeBryan Nash (Lincoln/Dallas TX), 6'4" Wayne Blackshear (Morgan Park/Chicago IL), 6'4" Quddus Bello (Westchester/High Point NC), 6'6" Keaton Miles (Lincoln/Dallas TX), 6'0" Cezar Guerrero (St. John Bosco/Bellflower CA), 6'4" Kevin Ware (Rockdale/Conyers GA), 6'9" Kevin Johnson (Serra/Gardena CA), 6'9" Norvell Pelle (Domnguez/Compton CA), 5'11" Jahii Carson (Mountain Pointe/Phoenix AZ), 6'2" DeLante "Bishop" Daniels (Word of God/Raleigh NC), 6'0" Sterling Gibbs (Seton Hall Prep/West Orange NJ), 6'7" Damien Cain (Harvard-Westlake/North Hollywood CA), 6'7" Ramon Eaton (Sheldon/Sacramento CA), 6'4" Sam Thompson (Whitney Young/Chicago IL), 6'5" Wesley Saunders (Windward/Los Angeles CA), 6'7" Thomas Gipson (Cedar Hill TX), 6'8" Devonte Abram (Seagoville TX), 6'4" Dominique Dunning (Centennial/Corona CA), rising sophs 6'8" Grant Jerrett (La Verne Lutheran/La Verne CA), 6'0" Deon Houston (Duncanville TX), 6'2" Gabe York (Orange Lutheran/Orange CA) and rising frosh 6'2" Eric Cooper (La Verne Lutheran/La Verne CA) and 6'4" Nick Colletta (La Verne Lutheran/La Verne CA).
 
This event will follow the inaugural GBOA Hall of Fame induction on the evening of July 21st at the Palms Hotel in Las Vegas NV.  Besides awarding our Grassroots Pioneer Award to Sonny Vaccaro we will also honor such great grassroots legends as Kobe Bryant, Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce, Stephon Marbury, Antoine Walker, Chauncey Billups, Sharief Abdul-Rahim, Rafer Alston, Felipe Lopez and Tim Thomas as well as raise money for Coaches Versus Cancer.
 
We invite you to join us that evening as we pay tribute to past grassroots legends as well as raise money for a worthy charity.  Individual tickets to the GBOA Hall of Fame reception and awards program will be $195.00 with tables for 8 available for $800.00.  Since GBOA is a non-profit organization (representing the nation's grassroots coaches), all individual tickets and tables purchased are tax-deductible.
 
Besides helping raise funds for Coaches versus Cancer, your contribution also includes the Coaches Packet (team rosters and players info) and admission to the following day's GBOA Challenge of Champions.  We hope that you can support our efforts to honor several grassroots basketball greats as well as support the important mission of Coaches versus Cancer.
 
If you have any questions, please call me at the number listed below or contact event chairman Dinos Trigonis at (562) 843-8245
 
Thanks,
Gary Charles
Gary Charles
GBOA President 
(917) 319-5195

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