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University of Florida commit, Austin Rivers of
Winter Park HS (Fla.),headed a 13-member
All-Tournament Team.












Here is the complete All-Tournament Team selections:
  • Austin Rivers (MVP) of 2nd-place Winter Park (Fla.)
  • Fuquan Edwin of Tourney Champion Paterson Catholic (N.J.)
  • Myles Mack of Tourney Champion Paterson Catholic (N.J.)
  • Brett Comer of Runner-up Winter Park (Fla.)
  • Myck Kabongo of 3rd place Newark Saint Benedict's (N.J.)
  • James Bell of 4th place Montverde Academy (Fla.)
  • Julian Royal of 5th place Alpharetta Milton (Ga.)
  • Cory Joseph of Henderson Findlay Prep (Nev.)
  • Tristan Thompson of Henderson Findlay Prep (Nev.)
  • Jordin Mayes of Los Angeles Westchester
  • Trevor Lacey of Huntsville Butler (Ala.)
  • PJ Hairston of Greensboro Dudley (N.C.)
  • Ronald "RJ" Williams of Baltimore St. Frances (Md.)

In other honors:
  • Greensboro Dudley's Brennan Wyatt captured the Hometown Hero Award for writing the best essay
  • De La Salle's Tom White was presented the Steve Bumm Memorial Coaching Award

Here are the 2009 City of Palms Competition Winners:

2009 City of Palms All-Tournament Team/Awards
Hans Loeser 3-point Shootout
  • Winner: Trevor Lacey, Butler HS (Ala.)
  • Recap: Lacey (6'3" WG, 2011) defeated Matt Yance (6'5", WG, 2011, Fort Myers HS) with a score of 16 in the final.  Yance finished second with a score of 11 in the final round.
  • Yance had 22 and Lacey had 17 in the qualifying round






Edison National Bank Slam Dunk Championship
  • Winner: Josue Celestin, Fort Myers HS (FL)
  • Recap: Fort Myers High School senior forward, 6-7 Josue Celestin, pulled off an upset he will be able to tell his kids about someday.  Celestin took down nationally ranked, and possibly the most vertically athletic prospect in the country, Westchester of Los Angeles' Dwayne Polee, who is a former Univ. of Southern California commit.  Celestin's winning dunk was a one-handed jam where he jumped from just inside the free throw line.  Polee answered with a one-handed authoritative windmill jam that the crowd thought would win the contest, but when the judges only gave him a score of 42, compared to that of 45 for Celestin, Polee would have one more shot.  On his final attempt Polee just missed a Michael Jordanesque "rock-the-cradle" with his head at rim level that would of certainly won the title, but on his next attempt he decided to use two hands and the judges didn't find it as impressive as the local representative's.  The win gives Fort Myers HS the 2009 Dunk Champion and the 2008 3-point Shootout Champion, won by 2009 graduate John-Michael Hodge.  Fort Myers junior Matt Yance also reached the final of this year's 3-point shootout and came up just short of making it a clean sweep for the Wave.

The 37th Annual City of Palms Classic
Schedule/Scores
Tournament Info
Day-by-Day Scores & Recaps
*Game-by-game schedule
*Home team (white uniforms) is team on left
*All games at Bishop Verot HS
*Local teams hightlighted in blue
*Special events hightlighted in green

FRIDAY, December 18 (5 games)
  • 3:00 p.m. (Game 1): Baltimore St. Frances (Md.) 48, Chicago De La Salle (Ill.) 45
  • 4:45 p.m. (Game 2-Sunshine Series): Pembroke Pines Flanagan (Fla.) 61, Fort Myers Bishop Verot (Fla.) 46
  • 6:30 p.m. (Game 3): Lansdowne Penn Wood (Pa.) 65, Huntsville Butler (Ala.) 54
  • 8:15 p.m. (Game 4): Paterson Catholic (N.J.) 75, Fort Myers (Fla.) 47
  • 10:00 p.m. (Game 5): Newark Saint Benedict’s (N.J.) 80, Weston Sagemont (Fla.) 66

SATURDAY, December 19 (7 games)
  • 11:15 a.m. (Game 6): Consolation: Fort Myers 63, Huntsville Butler (Ala.) 60
  • 1:00 p.m. (Game 7): Montverde Academy (Fla.) 82, Greensboro Dudley (N.C.) 65
  • 2:45 p.m. (Game 8): Alpharetta Milton (Ga.) 79, Fort Myers Dunbar (Fla.) 53
  • 4:30 p.m. (Game 9-Sunshine Series): Orlando Dr. Phillips (Fla.) 80, W. Palm Bch. Summit Christian (Fla.) 63
  • 6:15 p.m. (Game 10): Los Angeles Westchester (Calif.) 61, Bartow (Fla.) 47
  • 8:15 p.m. (Game 11-National Showcase): Henderson Findlay Prep (Nev.) 86, Winter Park (Fla.) 75
  • 10:00 p.m. (Game 12): Quarterfinal: Paterson Catholic 61, Penn Wood 60

MONDAY, December 21 (6 games)
  • 12 noon (Game 13): Consolation: Chicago De La Salle (Ill.) 57, Bartow (Fla.) 40
  • 1:45 p.m. (Game 14): Consolation: Weston Sagemont (Fla.) 56, Greensboro Dudley (N.C.) 44
  • 3:30 p.m. (Game 15): Consolation: Henderson Findlay Prep (Nev.) 87, Fort Myers Dunbar (Fla.) 50
  • 5:15 p.m. (Game 16): Quarterfinal: Newark Saint Benedict’s (NJ) 71, Baltimore St. Frances (Md.) 52
  • 6:25 p.m.: Hans Loeser 3 Point Shoot Out (Winner: Trevor Lacey, Huntsville Butler; Runner-Up: Matt Yance, Fort Myers)
  • 7:30 p.m. (Game 17): Quarterfinal: Winter Park (Fla.) 73, Alpharetta Milton (Ga.) 64
  • 9:15 p.m. (Game 18): Quarterfinal: Montverde Academy (Fla.) 62, Los Angeles Westchester (Calif.) 47

TUESDAY, December 22 (7 games)
  • 10:15 a.m. (Game 19): Challenge-round game: Bartow (Fla.) 54, Dunbar (Fla.) 37
  • 12 noon (Game 20): Consolation semifinal: Fort Myers (Fla.) 54, Sagemont (Fla.) 51
  • 1:45 p.m. (Game 21): Consolation semifinal: Findlay Prep (NV) 78, De La Salle (Ill.) 47
  • 3:30 p.m. (Game 22): Fifth-place semifinal: Milton (Ga.) 71, St Frances (Md.) 68
  • 5:15 p.m. (Game 23): Fifth-place semifinal: Westchester (Calif.) 64, Penn Wood (PA) 62
  • 7:00 p.m. (Game 24): Semifinal: Winter Park (Fla.) 75, Saint Benedict's (N.J.) 60
  • 8:25 p.m.: Edison National Bank Slam Dunk Championship (Winner: Josue Celestin, Fort Myers High School)
  • 9:30 p.m. (Game 25): Semifinal: Paterson Catholic (N.J.) 63, Montverde Academy (Fla.) 51 (OT)

WEDNESDAY, December 23 (8 games)
  • 8:20 a.m. (Game 26): Challenge-round: Sagemont 67, De La Salle 47
  • 10:00 a.m. (Game 27): Challenge-round: St. Frances 63, Penn Wood 61
  • 11:40 a.m. (Game 28): Challenge-round: Dudley 65, Butler 52
  • 1:20 p.m. (Game 29): Consolation championship: Henderson Findlay Prep (NV) 87, Fort Myers (FL) 41
  • 3:00 p.m. (Game 30): Fifth-place final: Alpharetta Milton (GA) 57, Los Angeles Westchester (CA) 54
  • 4:40 p.m. (Game 31-Sunshine Series): Jacksonville Providence Christian (Fla.) 63, Miami Dr. Krop (Fla.) 54
  • 7:30 p.m. (Game 32): THIRD PLACE FINAL!! Saint Benedict's (NJ) 64, Montverde Academy (FL) 45
  • 9:30 p.m.: CITY OF PALMS CHAMPIONSHIP!! Paterson Catholic (NJ) 62, Winter Park (FL) 54

For more info visit CityofPalmsClassic.com