Local youth basketball team to be honored for championship season

The Middle Township Recreation grades 5-6 basketball team finished the 2017-18 season by winning two tournament championships and going undefeated and winning the South Shore Basketball League championship. Pictured are (from left): back row – coach Joey Trombetta, coach Joe Trombetta, Robert McHale, Ryan Day, Ayden Howell, Danny Brown, Wyatt Hand, coach Jeff Murray, coach Tyrone Howell; front row – Jamir McNeil, Jermaine McNeil, Anthony Trombetta, Tyree Moore, Michael Zarfati.

The Middle Township Recreation grades 5-6 boys traveling basketball team is set to be honored by Middle Township Committee at its regular meeting on Monday, April 16.

The team two of the three tournaments in which it entered, going 3-0 and winning the Scoop Taylor Tip-Off Classic in Wildwood Crest; going 4-1 and finishing second in the Tom Beheler Greater Cape May Elks Youth Tournament at Lower Cape May Regional High School; and going 7-0 and winning the Absecon Marsh Madness Tournament.

In addition, Middle went 10-0 in the South Shore Basketball League and won the championship game by a point at the buzzer on a shot by Jermaine McNeil Jr.

Other players on the team included Danny Brown, Ryan Day, Wyatt Hand, Aydan Howell, Robert McHale, Jamir McNeal, Tyree Moore, James Papanikolaou, Noah Stokes, Anthony Trombetta and Michael Zarfati.

The team was coached by Joe Trombetta, Jeff Murray and Tyrone Howell.

The team’s major sponsor was Model Cleaners in Cape May Court House.