Andover Lions Club Fourth Annual Basketball Tournament

Andover boys win

Press release
The championship came down to two teams from AE/MS. Everyone is a winner! Kneeling: Chase Davis and Matt Bent. Front: Elijah Wakeman, Nelson Makechnie, Damien Jenifer, Myles Powers, Chase Keyser. Second row: Cyrus King, Camden Donovan, Riley Keezer, Dillan Reed, DJ Rankins, Ezra Jenifer, Caleb Chevarie, Jack Newton, Zackary Cronin. Back: Keygan Sweeney
The championship came down to two teams from AE/MS. Everyone is a winner! Kneeling: Chase Davis and Matt Bent. Front: Elijah Wakeman, Nelson Makechnie, Damien Jenifer, Myles Powers, Chase Keyser. Second row: Cyrus King, Camden Donovan, Riley Keezer, Dillan Reed, DJ Rankins, Ezra Jenifer, Caleb Chevarie, Jack Newton, Zackary Cronin. Back: Keygan Sweeney

The Andover Lions Club held its fourth annual basketball tournament at Proctor Academy on December 26 and 27 with a large crowd in attendance.

The Andover boys middle school White team won the boys division, with wins over Kearsarge and the Andover Blue team.  Ezra Jenifer scored 24 points in the championship game and earned the trophy as the Most Valuable Player in the boys division.

Kearsarge Middle School won the girls division, with wins over Franklin and defeating Andover in the title game. Anya Jewell controlled the offense for Kearsarge and came away with the Most Valuable Player trophy in the girls division.

The following players won medals as the Most Valuable Team Players:

  • Andover boys: DJ Rankins and Camden Donovan
  • Kearsarge boys: Graham Weisberg
  • Franklin boys: RJ Overka
  • Andover girls: Julia Royal
  • Kearsarge girls: Jordan Busch
  • Franklin girls: Libbey Hicks

Special thanks to the referees who officiated all games in the tournament: Derrick Sylvester, a draft pick of the LA Dodgers, and Jeff West, a football coach at Franklin High School.