Washington Parish Hoosiers capture tournament
Published 12:43 pm Tuesday, June 21, 2022
- COURTESY PHOTO/Ellen Burford Pictured are the Washington Parish Hoosiers, which captured the Kings of the Coast, The Shakedown over the weekend. Pictured from left in the first row are Pine Junior High School’s Braylon Lott, Pine High School’s Ahvon Johnson and Pine Junior High School’s Nathan Martin; second row: coach Clay Thomas, Pine High School’s Luke Spears, Franklinton High School’s Jaiden Garrett, Oak Forest Academy’s Garrett Shoemaker, Bowling Green School’s Zeke Burford, Pine High School’s Zachary Thomas, Pine High School’s DJ Garrett Jr. and coach Nathan Burford.
The Washington Parish Hoosiers captured the King of the Coast, the Shakedown in Gulfport, Miss. over the weekend.
The team went 4-0 for the weekend, as they posted a 2-0 record in both pool play and bracket play.
The Hoosiers won the semifinal game, 49-26, to reach the title game.
They won the title game, 52-45.
“It felt good just to see the boys have fun and win and to see their hard work pay off,” Hoosiers coach Clay Thomas said. “They’ve been playing hard all summer and it felt good to watch them enjoy it and win first.”
This was the Hoosiers second tournament win this year. They have also taken runner up three times and made it to semifinals two other times.
