The Deerfield Young Warriors hosted their 10th annual Kick-off Feeder Tournament
Deerfield’s feeder program, the Young Warriors hosted a very successful beginning of the season tournament recently at the Libertyville Sports Complex. According to the Young Warriors founder and director, John Lyons, it was most likely the largest feeder tournament ever held with 76 teams taking part. The tournament went smoothly and the Young Warriors will host an all B team feeder tournament the end of February which looks to be even larger.
In the Kick-off Tournament, Deerfield’s 7th White team took 2nd place in its division and the 8th Red team finished 3rd in its. Also recently, the Young Warrior 8th Red team won a Hoops for the Game one day tournament in Waukegan and the 5th Red team also won a one day shootout (see below).
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The Young Warrior 6th, 7th & 8th grade Red teams traveled recently to Wauwatosa, WI to participate in the Trojan Basketball Club annual tournament. They, along with the 5th grade Red team, will also travel to Madison in mid-March for another tournament which is an annual event. The White teams will travel to Hartland, WI for a one day shootout also in mid-March.
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The Deerfield Young Warriors are the official feeder team representing Deerfield in the Northern Illinois Feeder Basketball Association. In this, its 22nd year, the program continues to offer a diversified schedule. In addition to playing all of Deerfield High School’s conference teams plus several other feeder programs in and around the northern suburbs, the Young Warriors play teams at Chicago Park Districts and Boys and Girls Clubs as well as participating in Wisconsin tournaments as indicated above. According to Lyons, this schedule as well as its coaching staff is what sets this program apart from most other feeder programs.
More about the Young Warriors including the current season’s schedule may be viewed at www.youngwarriors.info. To be placed on the email list for future information including next summer’s announcement regarding the 2015-16 season tryouts, send a request to deerfieldyoungwarriors@gmail.com
