TEAM Basketball takes national title in Fort Wayne, Ind.

Members of TEAM Basketball won the American Youth Basketball Tour national championship in July. Pictured in the back row from left to right are: Coach John Weyer, Jessica Altene (Clarkston), Alana Weyer (Huron Valley Lakeland), Vanessa Bolling (Waterford Mott) and Sydney Hartman (Waterford Mott). Pictured in the front row from left to right are: Lena Tiedeman (Huron Valley Lakeland), Cherilyn Banas (Oxford), Riley Peterson (Waterford Kettering), Jordan Lewis (Walled Lake Central) and Katie Bowden (Lake Orion). (Photo submitted by Coach John Weyer/TEAM Basketball)

A girls basketball team comprising mostly of players from the lakes area was victorious at the American Youth Basketball Tour (ATBT) National Championship on July 21 in Fort Wayne, Ind.

The group is known as TEAM Basketball, standing for Together Everyone Achieves More, and it won the tournament title with a 39-34 victory in the championship game.

“We communicated well, and that is most important,” said TEAM Head Coach John Weyer. “We came together that Wednesday night after we lost two brutal games, and talked about communicating and working together, on and off of the court. After that meeting, the girls never looked back. We also played solid defense, and boxed out on every shot.

“Most of these girls have been playing together since they were 10-years-old, although there have been a few additions and subtractions over the years,” Weyer added. “Tryouts are held in the spring, just after the school season ends.”

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