Sponsors:
- AEP Swepco
- Barksdale Federal Credit Union
- Creative Counseling
- Dominos Pizza-Bert Kouns
- Fast Tax-Paid
- House of Trophies
- Jason’s Deli-Inkind
- Pizza Hut
- Office Depot
- Raising Cane’s-Mansfield Rd
- Joshua K. Williams Attorney at Law
- Gregorio, Chafin, Johnson, Tabor & Fenasci LLC
Partners:
- Caddo Parish Public Schools
- Alpha Media
There were over 80 plus Teams to register, from Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi and Arkansas; 6 different divisions; played in 8 SPAR Community Center Gymnasiums and 4 Caddo Parish School Gymnasiums. To facilitate the 2020 Tournament we used over 100 plus Athletics & Recreation staff members. Games kicked off at 9:00A.M. Saturday morning and ran until 10:00P.M. Saturday night. We look forward to hosting our 33rd Annual Dr. MLK, Jr. Basketball Tournament next year, seeing that this tournament is designed to unite men woman and youth of all ethnic backgrounds for three days of fun, fitness and community unity while remembering the dream.
For those that missed this year’s tournament, you missed a treat; it included Local Celebrity Wheelchair Exhibition Game between SPD/ SPAR, 3 Point Shootout Contest, Youth Skills/Drills Basketball Challenge and some of the most exciting basketball games one could watch. We had over 25,000 spectators to enter the sites over the weekend. We had 10 plus contestants to enter into the 3 point shootout and over 120 plus students to participate in the annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. black history essay contest.
Congratulations to the 2020 Winners!!!!!!!!!
10U————Shreveport Bombers Elite (Shreveport, LA)
12U————Goon Fam Elite (Shreveport, LA)
14U————Xpress (Shreveport, LA)
17U————LA-And-1 Ballers (Shreveport, LA)
Open Men—-Dream Chasers (Winnfield, LA)
Wheelchair—Arkansas Rollin’ Razorbacks (Scott, AR)
Dr. MLK Jr., Basketball Tournament Spirit Award Recipients: (Awards were given to Athletics & Recreation Team Members for their dedication, time and hard work.)
- Brown, Joyce (Athletics)
- Frazier, Alberta (Athletics)
- Harris, Ruby (Recreation)
- Hawkins, Gregory (Athletics)
- Jeter, Anthony (Recreation)
- Metoyer, Sarah E. (Athletics)
- Vance, Janet (Recreation)
- Walker, Cody (Recreation)
- Williams, Marvin (Recreation)
Three Point Contest Winner:
- (1st) Woodard, Anthony
Dr. MLK Jr., Basketball Skills/Drills Basketball Challenge Winners:
- A. Brewer
- J. Metoyer
- A. Shannon Jr
Essay Winners:
- J. Bigelow (Middle School)
- J. Bonnette (High School)
- K. Bush (Elementary)
- J. Coleman (High School)
- Z. Dorsey (Middle School)
- T. Fisher (Middle School)
- J. Jones (Elementary)
Canned Good Drive:
- Over 150 pounds were donated to the Food Bank of Northwest Louisiana on behave of SPAR/Dr. MLK Jr Basketball Tournament.
