FROM THE PLANETROUNDBALL "IT'S A NEW S.A.M.E" DEPT.

Oh my goodness! Can FOUR established travel clubs actually like each other enough and actually trust each other enough to actually get along well enough together enough to actually MERGE their travel operations into ONE and to actually look and act as ONE CLUB?
Well...S-pk, A-vac, M-onrovia, and E-dge will certainly now come together to give it a good try as they all do come together to form THE S.A.M.E COALITION!

All four will now have their tournament destinations planned from one source. The new G.M.s are Dan of SPK (310) 832-5904 and Rodel of EDGE (626) 209-9348 who are now in charge of creating a working travel schedule for all 16 youth teams and 8 high school teams from all four clubs that are at their disposal.
Gary Thomas of AVAC is the new Executive Director and Darren Averitt of the Mountaineers takes over the Director of Operations position.
Will it work? It'll be tough, but let's see how it goes!
This new, larger club is now ready, willing, and able to send teams to meet and mingle and PLAY in tournaments out of SoCal. Our first venture into NorCal will be to Salinas in April for the SALINAS SLAM presented by the Gil Basketball Academy. From there, who knows?
Any tournament director in NorCal, Oregon, Washington, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, or the Western States that are willing to work with our S.A.M.E. group, give Dan or Rodel a call!

Our main goal in doing this is to not only bring each of our resources together to benefit our entire group, but to be able to more easily support those clubs out there who have and who will support us both now and in the future.

Here are just some of THE S.A.M.E. COALITION tournaments (TSC) that will be coming up:

APRIL 28-29: S.A.M.E. PRESENTS THE AVAC KYREE BROWN MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT
Where: Palmdale/Lancaster
Kyree Brown was a vibrant, fun loving, basketball playing 8th grader with AVAC when the unthinkable happened at a Hoya practice. Kyree was suddenly taken from us all by congenital heart failure. This tournament commemorates his memory to all in the basketball travel community. Part of the proceeds from this tournament are donated to the American Heart Association.

JUNE 9-10: S.A.M.E. PRESENTS THE EDGE SUMMER SPECTACULAR
Where: Garden Grove, West Covina, San Gabriel Valley

JUNE 23-24: S.A.M.E. PRESENTS THE SPK BAD BOYZ AT THE BEACH
Where: Torrance, San Pedro, Palos Verdes

OCTOBER 27-28: S.A.M.E. PRESENTS THE MONROVIA MOUNTAINEERS HALLOWEEN HAUNT
Where: Monrovia, Azusa

The S.A.M.E. COALITION seeks to form relationships all throughout the Western States and throughout California.
Can we form one with your club?