BELIZE CITY, Mon. Apr. 25, 2022 — The Ahmadiyya Basketball League (ABL) held its 2022 All Star event on Sunday, April 24, at the Mexico Center, where players in the different categories matched their abilities in various individual competitions – Skills Competition, 3- Point Shootout and Slam Dunk – after which there were the All Star games played in each category – U15, U18, U22 and Open. Here are the results:
Skills Competition Champions
U15 – Amari Rhys (Los Lagos Defenders)
U18 – Demetri Augustin (Vipers)
U22 – Ulrick Humes (One Shot) Open – Ashawn Castro (Caye Caulker Stingrayz)
3-Point Shoot-out Champions
U15 – Keron Burgess (Young Ballers)
U18 – Eliel Landero (Cayo Dream Chasers)
U22 – Lyndon Gentle (501 Gators) Open – Gregory Rudon (Truckers Posse)
Slam Dunk Champion
Ryan Duran of Cayo Black Rose
Dunk Off Champion*
Ryan Duran of Cayo Black Rose received $1,000.00 courtesy Hon. Anthony Mahler and Hon. Rodwell Ferguson
U15 All Star Game
Team White over Team Black, 31 – 30. Team White – Shakur Gordon 8pts; Wilburn Forbes 7pts. Team Black – Thomas Garcia 13pts; Michael Pipersburgh 6pts.
Winning Coach – Mr. Linbert Moody
U15 MVP – Shakur Gordon
U18 All Star Game
Team Black over Team White, 48 – 38. Team Black – Shane Pratt 17pts; Michael Caseras 8pts. Team White – Devin Moody 10pts; Delheart Dominguez 9pts. Winning Coach – Mr. Clinton “Pulu” Lightburn
U18 MVP – Shane Pratt
U22 All Star Game
Team White over Team Black, 48 – 44. Team White – Jahiem Martinez 11pts; Jahiem Ciego 9pts. Team Black – Greg Fisher 13pts; Kevin Jones 12pts. Winning Coach – Mr. Denrick Walton U22 MVP – Jahiem Martinez
Open All Star Game
Team White over Team Black, 46 – 44. Team White – Glency Lopez 14pts; Ryan Michael and Raheem Zuniga 6pts each. Team Black – Brandon Flowers 10pts; Kyle Young 8pts.
Winning Coach – Fenton Ross
Open MVP – Glency Lopez
*ADDITIONAL NOTE: The Slam Dunk contest was over, and the Minister of Tourism, being a judge, wanted more of it . . . so he decided with the Minister of Sports to put up $1,000.00 for 2 more rounds of dunking between the top 2 finalists, namely Lindsay Young and Ryan Duran. Duran won that also by a couple points when Young, being the fan favorite, had an unwanted/ incomplete dunk drop into the basket.