Dover-Foxcroft travel basketball team wins state title
The Dover-Foxcroft Eagles seventh- and eighth-grade boys basketball travel team captured the state title in its division of last weekend’s Maine Hoops Zero Gravity-Maine Amateur Basketball Championships held at the XL Sports World in Saco.
The Eagles won three games to win the crown, which secured the team a fully paid entry into the Zero Gravity National Championships to be held June 11-13 in Boston.
Team members are Aidan Bryant, Brady Gaw, Finn Holmes, Lennon McAfee, Landon Smith, Silas Topolski and Karson Vigue. The Eagles are coached by Jared Holmes.
The Dover-Foxcroft Eagles seventh- and eighth-grade travel basketball team recently captured a state championship at the Maine Hoops Zero Gravity-Maine Amateur Basketball Championships held in Saco. Team members, from left to right, are Aidan Bryant, Landon Smith, Silas Topolski, Brady Gaw, Finn Holmes, Lennon McAfee, and Karson Vigue. At rear is coach Jared Holmes.
Support from local businesses such as Rowell’s Garage, Will’s Shop ‘n Save, Herring Brothers Meats and Charlie’s Restaurant has enabled the team to compete in several other Maine Hoops and Zero Gravity tournaments around the state.
“Without the generous support from our local community businesses, this team may not have happened,” coach Holmes said. “These boys live and breathe basketball and keeping them playing is imperative to their mental and physical well-being. I am honored to coach them and could not be prouder of how hard they all work together as a team.”