Youth Basketball: Newport Lightning 13U grabs championship

The Newport Lightning Basketball Club 13U team continued its strong fall season with a tournament championship at the Mercadel Halloween Jam Fest last month.

The Lightning 13U (seventh graders) team beat two seventh-grade teams and two eighth-grade teams en route to the championship at the Next Level Complex in Garden Grove.

Sanjay Tewari, Nicholas Peloso and Braedyn Benhard were strong all weekend making the all-tournament team, while Jordan Stucki drained 11 three-pointers in the tournament.

Julian Daaboul and Jack Bolt hit timely shots and dished out several assists, while Jack Pluma, Sean Turner and David Somoya played stellar defense and helped the club to the championship.

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