Blue Chips win Another Early Season Tourney

2022 DV45 2018 Gym Rats MLK Classic Champions

Although the 2018 travel basketball season is barely under way, Coach Paul Soroka’s 2024 North Coast Blue Chips squad is already in midseason form.  As evidence, this past weekend the Blue Chips returned to Spiece Fieldhouse in Fort Wayne, IN. and ran through the competition on their way to the 2018 Gym Rats MLK Classic championship.

In pool play, the Blue Chips took down Progeny 2024-Select (59-36) and Bates Fundamental 2024 (64-42).  During Sunday bracket play, the Chips got by Motor City Bad Boys (59-27), MWA Elite 2024 (49-9), MWA Elite National (52-48) and Progeny 2024-Select (54-39).

2024 North Coast Blue Chips

While we’re talking about the North Coast Blue Chips we should mention that the 3^rd and 4^th grade teams took home gold as well.  The 4^th graders got by Quest (39-11), The Family (49-31), C2K Elite (37-13), MWA Elite 2026 (51-45) and Team Teague (65-68), while the 3^rd grade team mowed down Gym Rats 2027 (40-3), GR Phoenix (38-8), Team Teague (47-16) and Sky’s The Limit (38-10) on their way to the gold.

We would also like to give a shout out to Coach Ted Docks’ 8^th grade DV45 team that finished 5-0 on their trek to the 8^th grade title at the same event.  Docks’ team cruised to the title with wins over Tipping Point/IE 2022 (42-22), Team Focus 2022 (54-31), MBA-Black (43-23), Michigan Roadrunners (48-23) and Indy Heat 2022-Black (64-55).  So far this year, DV45 is 2 for 2 in tournament championships.  Congrats to Coach Docks and his team for a great start to the 2018 season!