March Madness Outlet Style 2008

Wednesday night at Christ's Church, I had the pleasure of participating in the Youth Ministry's version of March Madness. It began with a slam dunk contest for the kids on an 8 foot rim and then a shooting challenge where they could shoot from varied locations with a chance at winning pre-determined prizes. Amazingly enough, 2o kids had the opportunity to shoot and the first 19 missed! The night's last event was a slam dunk contest for the participants of our adult basketball league. Six players gave of their time and gave us an exibition that many of the youngsters have never and may never see again in person. What was so cool was the level of enjoyment the dunkers had and the variety of dunkers who joined us. We had some dunkers who have long been labeled as some of the best dunkers in the league (Jae Breeze, Sean Cowely, Micah Ross). We also had one who has only played in 3 games ever at Christ's Church (Greg Johnson) and another who is in his 3 season but has never been thought of as much of a dunker (Marion Allums). The old school part of me LOVED the first dunk Allums tried which was a statue of liberty 360 ala Terrence Stansbury. Our 6th and final participant was the season'stop dunker so far through 6 games and that is Ernest Johnson. Our top 3 dunkers made it to the Finals and they didn't dissapoint as Cowely and Breeze tied for 2nd while Ernest Johnson grabbed the top honors in the 1st round. In the finals Johnson kept ahold of the top spot while Breeze finished a close second by a mere 1 point.