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Slam Dunk tournament 2014 begins Dec. 27

Three days with six games each day
Cape cheerleaders are on hand at the Rehoboth Bandstand at the Slam Dunk press conference in 2013. BY DAVE FREDERICK
Dave Frederick
December 25, 2014
A rarity of Delaware politics - muliple assists. BY DAVE FREDERICK
Yancy Gates, a 6-foot-9, 260-pound sophomore from Hughes High School throws down at the Bay Ball Classic inside the Little Big House. Gates went on to led the Cincinnati Bearcats in rebounding during his four years in college. BY DAVE FREDERICK
Cape basketball players and cheerleaders attended the unveiling ceremony for the new Slam Dunk to the Beach event. Shown are in back (l-r) Solomon Cox, Jon Warren, Tyreik Burton, Austin Brooks, Toney Floyd and Andrew Grau. In middle are Mozella Matthews, Elizabeth Sparks, Aleeya Wynder, Molly Smith, Cheyenne Clarke, Brittney Harris, Shanna Farlow and Mari Horsey. In front are Jessica Melson, Paige Fleegle, Havanna Nunez, Sara Lingo and Bryndan Tompkins. BY NICK ROTH

The 2014 Slam Dunk to the Beach schedule is posted in detail at www.slamdunktothebeach.com. Tickets can also be purchased online.

The tournament is three days, Dec. 27, 28 and 29, with six games each day. The afternoon sessions begin at noon and end at 4:30 p.m. The evening sessions begin at 6 p.m and are scheduled to end at 9:30 p.m.

Delaware teams participating include Caesar Rodney, Cape Henlopen, Salesianum, Sanford and St. Georges Tech.

Power teams from outside Delaware include Christ the King (N.Y.), Gill St. Bernards School (N.J.), Gonzaga College High School (Washington, D.C.), The Haverford School (Pa.), Lake Clifton (Md.), Mount Saint Joseph (Md.), Our Savior New American School (N.Y.), Roselle Catholic (N.J.), Saints Neuman-Goretti (Philadelphia), St. Vincent-St. Mary’s (Ohio), and Sunrise Christmas Academy (Kan.).

Cape plays St. Georges at 3 p.m., Dec. 27 and closes the tournament Monday, Dec. 29 versus Mount St Joseph’s.

The original Slam Dunk tournament at Cape ran from 1990 to 2003 and lasted five days. Bobby Jacobs was T.D. - Tasmanian Devil of Tournament Directors. Great games, live entertainment and a hospitality room kept fans fat and happy.

The Bay Ball Classic moved into Cape for three years beginning in 2007 and was also a five-day tournament with the entertainment scaled way back from the original Slam Dunk Tournament. The basketball was great and featured many future NBA players including Kemba Walker, Xavier Henry, Lance Stephenson and Blake Griffin.

But cutting to the quick, the bills weren’t paid and the tournament went away.

The Slam Dunk to the Beach 2014 tournament is a high-tech, digital version under the supervision of the Delaware Sports Commission.

“The Delaware Sports Commission Inc. is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit corporation. The Delaware Sports Commission is governed by 30 Board of Directors, with expertise in the sports, business, hospitality, government and media sectors. It is the presence of this expertise that helps the Delaware Sports Commission accomplish all of the goals it sets forth for the state of Delaware.”

Ticket prices are $20 for a day pass and slightly discounted for a three-day pass.

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