Youth Scene: Newport Lightning Basketball teams continue success

The Newport Lightning Basketball Club’s 11U Black and 13U Black teams continued their strong winter showing winning the Bracketology Tournament Feb. 7 and 8 in Orange.

The 11U Black team beat Tar Heel Nation, Campus and RC Bulls, ranked No. 10 on the West Coast, en route to the championship.

The team was led by the stellar guard play of Sanjay Tewari, Jason Plumb and Calder Overfelt, while Jordan Stucki, Trent Liolios, Will Purcell, Ryder Brooks, AJ Plumb and Nic Peloso played tremendous defense and led the team to the championship.

The team is coached by Scott Stucki.

The 13U Black team also won the championship going undefeated against Rancho Hawks, Premier, TH Stampede and RC Bulls, ranked No. 5 on the West Coast.

The team was led by the inside-outside scoring of John Humphreys, Cade Overfelt, Ethan Garbers and Danny Hatch, while Charlie Levis, Shane Premer, Justin Lin and Kai Johnson played staunch defense and kept opponents to just 32 points per game scoring.

Scott Stucki is also the coach of the 13U team.

— Reader submission