Eighteen teams of Filipino Canadians gathered at FH Collins Gymnasium to kick off the biggest basketball tournament of the year in Whitehorse.

The event was organized by the Canadian Association of Filipinos Yukon (CFAY), the Philippine Canadian Basketball League Yukon (FCBLY) and the Canadian Filipino Sports Association Yukon (CFAY). This is the first time that three Canadian Filipino groups have joined forces to stage the tournament.

“With this unity game, we expect more basketball fans to join us,” FCBLY Vice President Dominic Pelayo said. “We come to take a look at these beautiful talents of these athletes and we can go so far as to bring them to the territory and even all of Canada as we go and move forward seeing the Canadian Association of Philippine basketball.”

Northwestel and Triniti Dental-JPR Cleaning faced off in the opening match, with the latter winning.

The teams received tremendous support from Whitehorse businesses whose sponsorships played a big part in the success of the event.

Representatives of the Yukon government were also present. They include the Hon. Ranj Pillai, Member of the Legislative Assembly for Porter Creek South, and Jocelyn Curteanu, Alderman of Whitehorse.

“It’s the most excited I’ve been and it’s just because now everyone is in the same room, competing, working towards the same goal and just bringing our community together,” Curteanu said.

Along with promoting Filipino camaraderie and unity, organizers also hope to inspire young people to play basketball through events like this.

“We want to develop more skills not only for adults but especially for children,” said CFAY Sports Committee Chairman Romeo Gayangos.

Meanwhile, FCBLY President Luke Mahilum said, “If they want to play basketball, focus, work hard and the most important thing in basketball is respect.”

The basketball tournament is just the start of the 2022 Winter League in Whitehorse. Events for volleyball, badminton and other sports will also be launched this month.

Nov. 12 — HIGH POINT — When alumni discuss the greatest NBA players of all time, they never mention George Nostrand.

Wilt “The Stilt” Chamberlain? Sure.

Bill Russell? Absolutely.

Oscar Robertson? Without a doubt.

But George Nostrand? Seriously? He looks more like an AARP member than the NBA.

And, to be honest, Nostrand wasn’t such a great player.

He only lasted four seasons, averaging just over 8 points per game. He barely made half of his free throws and he shot a measly 30% from the floor. If AARP had a team, they probably would have traded him.

But Nostrand, who played basketball at High Point College in the early 1940s, has a unique claim to fame: More than 75 years ago, he played the very first game in NBA history and was the second top scorer of the match.

Not too shabby for a former Purple Panther, huh?

Nostrand came to High Point College from his native Uniondale, New York. At least one newspaper article suggested he never even played organized basketball before coming to High Point, but we can’t verify that.

Anyway, he played on High Point’s freshman team in 1941-42—freshmen couldn’t play varsity ball at that time—and was raised in college to his sophomore and third grade years, during which he was a solid starter and contributor. He played his senior season at the University of Wyoming, a national power in the early 1940s.

In 1946, after graduating from Wyoming, Nostrand found himself on the roster of the Toronto Huskies, one of the original teams in the new Basketball Association of America (which would be renamed the NBA three years later).

So how did Nostrand – a good but not a great player – make it onto the roster of a professional basketball team? Well, let’s just say it probably didn’t hurt that he was 6-foot-8, which practically looked like a giraffe at the time.

In fact, the new league used Nostrand’s unusual height to promote its first game, scheduled for Nov. 1, 1946, at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto — yes, right in the middle of hockey country. The Toronto newspaper ran a photo of Nostrand – the team’s tallest player – in a series of three-column newspaper ads that asked, “Can you do better?”

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According to the ads, any fan taller than Nostrand would get free entry to the season opener. Otherwise, they would have to purchase a ticket, the cost of which ranged from 75 cents to $2.50. About 7,100 spectators attended the game, which featured the Huskies against the visiting New York Knickerbockers.

For his part, Nostrand played admirably, finishing with 16 points and – given his size – probably a bevy of rebounds (but rebound stats weren’t kept at the time). Unfortunately, the Nostrand Huskies lost 68-66.

Nostrand would only last four seasons in the new league, moving from the Huskies to the Cleveland Rebels, Providence Steamrollers, Boston Celtics, Tri-Cities Blackhawks and Chicago Stags.

After that, Nostrand moved to the North East, where he became a teacher, coach and insurance salesman. He married and was the father of nine children. He died in 1981 at the age of 57.

No, the elders never talk about George Nostrand. But here at High Point, where the lanky youngster honed his basketball skills before claiming NBA fame, he can still stand his ground.

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Brunei Darussalam has always prioritized the development of physical infrastructure in sport to help provide a platform for national athletes in their pursuit of success.

It is therefore paramount that adequate facilities and equipment encompassing all aspects contributing to the sport in question are in place to meet the needs of the athletes, in addition to the common requirements to exploit their finesse, technique and technical ability.

These may include the provision of a dedicated recovery room where athletes can obtain the best possible medical treatment and expertise, particularly in injury prevention or a gym where weight training sessions will be easily accessible under one roof.

In an ideal scenario, an athlete could be engaged in conversation with the manager at one point and then walk straight to the gym the next day or meet with a team physiotherapist without leaving the building.

The country has highlighted its interest in renovating existing facilities, as evidenced in particular by the gradual renovation of the Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium project.

The surroundings of the Hassanal Bolkiah National Sports Complex, which can be considered a local sports center, include a number of easily accessible courts and arenas for recreational and competitive athletes.

The tennis center’s main court has the capacity to bring good turnouts and its panoramic views from a high level provide an enhanced spectator experience.

The National Aquatics Center also houses a standard swimming pool and diving boards capable of hosting national tournaments, although international fixtures are still absent.

Located between the multipurpose room and the petanque court, the lawn bowling center has a quality outdoor surface where emerging athletes can train and perform during competitions.

Although extreme sports are still at a minimum in the local competitive scene, a conveniently constructed skateboard park opposite the main staircase of the Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium serves as a platform for enthusiasts to show off their skills and abilities.

Skateboarding and BMX riding were particularly popular in the 1990s, inspired by the likes of Tony Hawk and Bob Burnquist.

Meanwhile, the indoor stadium at the Hassanal Bolkiah National Sports Complex can host a wide variety of sports, including basketball, netball, futsal, badminton, and wushu.

The indoor complex, one of the largest facilities in terms of total area and size, has the potential to draw huge crowds if a world-class match is in town.

The Empire Brunei Country Club golf course, designed by Jack Nicklaus, will not only rival the best courses in the region, but will also present global appeal with panoramic views of the South China Sea.

It hosted the ButraHeidelbergCement (BHC) Brunei Championships – an Asian Development Tour event – ​​in April 2019, attracting the likes of Thai superstar Kiradech Aphibarnrat.

The internationally renowned venue also hosted international talent at the Brunei Ladies Open, tri-sanctioned by the China LPGA Tour, the Brunei Darussalam Golf Association and the LPGA of Korea Tour, in 2018.

To improve the progress of football in the Sultanate, the Football Association of Brunei Darussalam (FABD) recently hailed the establishment of a new Technical Center and Mini Stand funded by the FIFA Forward project.

The main office a stone’s throw away has also been revamped with upgraded amenities like a gymnasium.

In addition, the walls of the Menglait Sports Complex have been adorned with specific color themes intended to facilitate the coordination of players using these facilities.

The running track and a purpose-built area for show jumping events were also replaced as part of efforts to modernize the country’s national stadium.

In 2016, the Brunei Basketball Association ground in Batu Bersurat underwent a huge overhaul, specifically with a playing surface that meets International Basketball Federation (FIBA) specifications.

It was hoped that the move would improve the quality of basketball in the country as well as fuel and rekindle the interest of young people and the younger generation.

November 07, 2022 | 07:14 IST

DBO Fatorda and Sharada Mandir Win Youth Basketball Championship

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PANJIM: Don Bosco Oratory, Fatorda, thanks to the outstanding performances of Kayden D’Silva (19 points) and Bradley Barreto (10 points) recorded a 37-22 landslide victory over Don Bosco High School, Panjim, to win the young boys team title, at the State Youth Basketball Championships, held at the Miramar Youth Hostel on Saturday.

Tanay Saldanha and Joshua Pinheiro were the best players in the finalist team.

In the girls section, Sharada Mandir High School, Miramar won the title in a dominating 28-4 win over Sonics. Sarah Hussain (15 points) after her good performance in the semi-finals was again chosen by the players of the winning team.

The two-day championship organized by the Panjim Basketeers Club under the aegis/in conjunction with the Goa Basketball Association and Miramar Youth Hostel, was a selection tournament to shortlist the probables of the Goa team for the upcoming championships Youth Nationals to be held in Indore, MP in December.

Sarah Hussain (girls) and Kayden D’Silva emerged as Most Valuable Players (MVPs) of the Finals as well as the Championships. Tanay Saldanha was named Joint Finals MVP for her consistent performance for Don Bosco Panjim, while Norah Martins (Sharada Mandir) was named MVP for her good play for the girls winners.

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If you haven’t used Spotlight Search on your iPhone, we have ten reasons for you to start. Apple has made significant improvements to the search interface available on the Home screen and Lock screen, and it’s more useful than ever.

New Spotlight Search features and updates appear on iOS16 and later and include useful tools such as advanced image search, live activities and quick actions. New settings are even available to show or hide certain elements of Spotlight’s interface. Many of these upgrades are also available on iPadOS 16.1 and macOS 13 Ventura and later.

1. There is a new search button on the home screen

Apple added a new search button on the home screen to access Spotlight Search, which is probably one of the first things you noticed after the iOS 16 update.

Having a search button on the home screen might seem unnecessary when it’s just as quick to swipe down on the home screen to open Spotlight search as you always could. However, many iPhone users didn’t take advantage of Spotlight or didn’t even know it was there, and a button brings it to the fore.

The Search button replaces page dots for navigating your home screen, but the dots will appear for a second each time you swipe between pages. Plus, you can always scroll the Search button to get to pages faster, so you just get extra features from that area. However, if you prefer the page points as they were before, you can easily remove the search button.

2. The search bar moved just above the keyboard

When you open Spotlight from the Home or Lock screen, you’ll now find the search bar just above your keyboard instead of at the top of the screen. This makes it easier to edit your search when using one hand, so you don’t have to stretch your fingers too far to reach the top of the screen or slide your iPhone into your palm.

3. Search photos in more apps

On iOS 15, you can already use Spotlight on your Home or Lock screen to search the Photos app for images by location, people, scenes, and even things in photos like text, dogs, cats, books, etc. Apple relies on iOS 16 to include results from other apps, such as Messages, Notes, and Files.

You must have an iPhone model with an A12 Bionic chip and later to search for text in photos, which is exactly the requirement like on iOS 15, and it only works with local files. Apple added three more languages ​​that work with Live Text on iOS 16, so you can search for images with Japanese, Korean, and Ukrainian text.

• English
• Chinese
• French
• Italian
• German
• Japanese (newly supported on iOS 16)
• Korean (newly supported on iOS 16)
• Portuguese
• Spanish
• Ukrainian (newly supported on iOS 16)

4. Get more detailed sports information

Previously, you could search artists, artists, musicians, actors, TV shows and movies in Spotlight and get detailed information about them. This still applies, but iOS 16 now also supports richer details about sports leagues and teams.

While selecting a league or sports team on iOS 15 would give you a list of recent games and a Siri Knowledge result with some details and links, iOS 16 gives you a complete one-page view that provides the scores, rankings, schedules, rosters, news, highlights, social media, web images, links, etc.

5. Show Recent Searches Before Searching

When you search Spotlight on iOS 16, it will remember your last searches, listing them under Siri Suggestions. That way, you can jump straight to one of them if you weren’t done watching the last time you used Spotlight. If you don’t like seeing your recent search history, you can turn it off via Settings -> Siri & Search -> Show Recent Searches.

6. Hide Siri Suggestions Before Searching

If you’ve never been a fan of the apps and actions suggested by Siri at the top of Spotlight search before you start typing anything, you can now hide suggestions via Settings -> Siri & Search -> Show Suggestions .

7. More Advanced Siri Suggestions

Speaking of Siri Suggestions in Spotlight, one argument for not hiding them is that they’re even smarter now, so you’ll likely find them more useful. This power of intelligence is due to its new capacity to take account of the context. So you can open Spotlight and immediately see your next meeting, get directions to an upcoming appointment, check the status of an upcoming flight, remind yourself to call someone on their birthday, open a app you usually use at that time of day, and more.

8. Perform Actions Quickly

One of the best new enhancements to Spotlight Search on iOS 16 is that you can take quick action from the search interface. For example, you can activate a Focus mode, create a new alarm, start a timer, Shazam a song, start a shortcut for an appregistration a voice memo, and much more. Entering keywords like “timer”, “focus” or “shortcut” will give you all the options you need.

9. App Clips have been improved

On iOS 15, you can see an App Clip — a small part of an app that lets you perform tasks for the time being without installing the entire app — in Spotlight Search. For example, if you’re at a gas station, you might get an App Clip suggestion in Spotlight to pay for your gas with Apple Pay. Or, Spotlight might suggest you use the Restaurant App Clip to pay for your restaurant meal.

You’ll still see them, but you’ll get even more accurate results on iOS 16 with Precise Location Suggestions, which means you should actually see nearby App Clip suggestions in Spotlight instead of hoping for them. are displayed.

10. Start Live Activities

Live Activities are new real-time widgets you can see on your lock screen or in the Live Island on iPhone 14 Pro models when you want to track a delivery order, check a game’s score, or see the current location of your Uber ride. .

Although they failed to release iOS 16.0, they became available on iOS 16.1. One of the features of Live Activities is that you can start them from a Spotlight search, as shown below. However, it’s not online yet, but it’s coming out very soon with iOS 16.2.

Apple will allow you to start following Spotlight sports matches for the National Basketball Association and the English Premier League (US and Canada only), as well as Major League Baseball (US, Canada, Australia, UK , Brazil, Mexico, Japan and South Korea).

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Lorenz Bäumer’s latest creation was a challenge both in its conception and in its execution. The celebrated French fine jewelry artist has teamed up with luxury cognac brand Hennessy and historic crystal maker Baccarat to design a decanter for the 75^e anniversary of the National Basketball Association (NBA), America’s premier basketball league.

He created the Paradis x NBA decanter by Lorenz Bäumer. The 1.75 liter spherical crystal carafe, blown and handcrafted in the Baccarat workshop, looks like an authentic basketball. Its faceted surface pattern amplifies the coppery reflections of the cognac within. Limited to 75 pieces, the decanters are now available for purchase.

The decanter is part of Hennessy’s “Rare Editions” collection. It contains the brand’s rare and exclusive Paradis cognac blend. Hennessy, in a statement, claims it is “one of the most original and technically challenging decanters ever made” for the cognac brand.

Bäumer says he envisioned a dynamic, sculptural decanter that would merge the excitement of basketball with the poetry of Paradis and the fire of a diamond.

Like a gemstone, each crystal globe is faceted by hand to allow the surface as well as the cognac within to reflect and refract light. The craftsmanship ensures that each of the 75 carafes is unique. For the finish, the “threads” of the basketball are gilded by hand, and its opening provided with a “golden” key.

The Paradis x NBA carafe comes in a cubic case made of orange leather also designed by Bäumer. The design is embellished with gold markings tracing the lines of the sneaker. When opened, it doubles as a trophy case, bearing a gold-finished signed and numbered plaque. Custom-designed ritual elements include two balloon glasses, an arched “gun” (a pipette used to draw Paradise spirits) and a special golden key that opens both the carafe and its case.

Bäumer’s connection to Hennessy runs quite deep. The jeweler, with his business in the historic Place Vendôme in Paris, was once creative director of fine jewelry at Louis Vuitton. Both Hennessy and Louis Vuitton are owned by French luxury holding company LVMH.

Below is an interview with Bäumer where he discusses the design of carafes.

Anthony DeMarco: How did you get involved in the project?

Lorenz Baumer: I like to help shed light on the rich history of special brands and help them express something new about themselves. Hennessy saw my designs for Guerlain, Louis Vuitton and Chanel and wanted something so unique and special for Hennessy.

AD: Why did you choose to get involved in the project?

KG: I’ve always been a huge Hennessy and basketball fan, so it just felt natural to be part of such a special project. Hennessy, Baccarat and I share the same values: beauty, excellence and authenticity. We turn nature’s gifts into something special with our skill and time.

AD: Was a sphere always going to be the design? It seems obvious, but were there other options?

KG: The sphere is a symbol of perfection and the color of Paradis somehow matches that of a basketball. The iconic ball shape is a sculptural and dynamic design that reflects the excitement of the sport.

AD: Did you know that you would work with Baccarat?

KG: Baccarat is the master of crystal cutters, and I like the way they highlight shapes through the play of light. It’s like when I carve stones. Baccarat and I have been working closely together for 30 years on various projects.

AD: What were the challenges in creating this piece?

KG: There were many technical challenges to create this sculpture of light. A neckless bottle that opens with a key, a large mass of crystal to be blown and cut by hand, the making of a box that opens with the same key, glasses in the shape of a basketball, to to name just a few.

AD: What have you done before with Baccarat?

KG: Two perfume bottles for Guerlain, a jewelry line entitled “star of my heart,” and some clipboards.

AD: What was it like working with Hennessy?

KG: Hennessy has helped me a lot to make my wildest dreams come true. It was really special to be able to work with such a dedicated and inspiring team.

AD: How long did it take to design?

KG: It takes 600 years of know-how to carry out such a project: 250 years of Hennessy, 250 years of Baccarat, 75 years of NBA and 30 years of Lorenz Bäumer.

AD: How long does it take to make a sphere?

KG: A globe takes hundreds of hours of expert craftsmanship to produce. Many skills are needed, starting with the expertise of Renaud Filloux de Gironde as master blender of Hennessy cognac. Then there’s the crystal blowing and cutting, the making of the wood for the boxes, the specially dyed leather – so many hours.

AD: Does it sparkle, sparkle and sparkle like a diamond? Was that one of the goals?

KG: I have used all the knowledge I have acquired over the past 30 years to maximize the play of light in crystal. Each decanter is individually cut with different facets each time.

AD: How does the design of the carafe complement the Paradis cognac inside?

KG: Hennessy Paradis is a sensual and elegant cognac that delights on many levels. On the surface, its harmony and roundness are accessible to neophytes with an aromatic complexity expected by true connoisseurs. The carafe reinforces these qualities.

AD: What was the inspiration for the packaging? Who did you partner with to create it?

KG: The box is like a jewelry container but more than anything, it is inspired by the world of basketball. The wood on the ground, the golden markings which represent a basketball, and a ball or a basketball court. Again, we have worked with many skilled artisans.

AD: Were there any unusual complexities?

KG: It was difficult to find a way to use the key to open the box and carafe at the same time, which makes it simple and efficient.

AD: Are you satisfied with the final product?

KG: I am very proud of this collaboration and I installed one in our salons at 19 place Vendôme which I use at very special times.

AD: Are you a basketball fan?

KG: I am a huge basketball fan and have had the pleasure of attending many games. One of my favorite memories is going to a San Francisco Warriors game and sitting in the front row.

LOS ANGELES — It’s not hard to pinpoint the National Basketball Association’s worst team so far this season. It comes down to the two teams yet to win a game – the Sacramento Kings and the Los Angeles Lakers – and the Lakers have lost one more than their struggling comrades.

Friday in Minneapolis, Rudy Gobert had 22 points and 21 rebounds for the Minnesota Timberwolves, who beat Los Angeles 111-102. The winless franchise had its worst start to the season since also losing five in a row in 2014-15.

There wasn’t much Lakers star forward LeBron James could say after the loss except that his team needed to keep fighting.

“I think our offense is hurting us right now,” he said on ESPN. “Defensively, again, we had a great game plan. We went out and competed, gave ourselves a chance.

“Couple possessions here, couple possessions there haven’t gone our way, but keep hammering.”

Anthony Edwards scored 29 points and Karl-Anthony Towns had 21 points, eight rebounds and seven assists for Minnesota, which has won three of its last four games. James had 28 points, seven rebounds, five assists and four steals, while Russell Westbrook had 18 points and eight rebounds off the Lakers bench.

The 2020 NBA champions, who failed in the play-offs last season, are also on track to match their worst start since 1957-58, when they dropped their first seven games.

Lakers coach Darvin Ham, who was without Anthony Davis with a lower back strain, said his team’s 22 turnovers, leading Minnesota to 25 points, were unacceptable.

“When you give them 22 turnovers, 25 points, it’s very difficult to win in this league,” he said.

Towns, meanwhile, said the belief in playing as a team was key to the Timberwolves victory.

“Keep the game simple…keep trusting each other in attack and do whatever the game tells us to do,” he added.

Elsewhere, Donovan Mitchell and Caris LeVert became the first Cleveland teammates to score 40+ points in the same game since 2016.

Their combined 82 points propelled the visiting Cavaliers to a 132-123 overtime win over the Boston Celtics.

Mitchell shot 15 of 26 from the floor, including five of nine from three-point range, on his way to his season-high 41 points. LeVert went 12 of 21 from the floor, six of eight from beyond the arc and 11 of 12 from the free throw line to tie Mitchell’s 41.

Giannis Antetokounmpo had 30 points, 14 rebounds and nine assists as the Milwaukee Bucks led most of the way, withstood a tough finish and remained the only undefeated team with a 119-108 home win over New York Knicks. Reuters

Once Tim Muhammad takes off his helmet after football season, he’ll put on his basketball sneakers and head straight for the rec center.

For the past three years, Garland’s senior defensive end and his football teammates, defensive end Kyrian Newton and defensive back Chauncey Carter, have jumped straight off the grid and onto the court for basketball season. Football is their main sport, so during the summer and fall that is what consumes their energy.

The end of the regular football season and the football playoffs extend into the basketball season. UIL training can officially begin on Wednesday and competitive matches start as early as November 11, five days after the end of the regular football season.

This means that dozens of multisport athletes who play soccer and hoop often miss the first month or so of basketball season. In addition to the holes it creates on the basketball roster, the overlapping of the two seasons forces athletes to work overtime to transition smoothly from one sport to another.

Texas is known for high school football, but the state also has a strong high school basketball scene. Last year, 61,682 athletes from 1,560 high schools in Texas participated in men’s basketball, according to data from the National Federation of State High School Association’s 2021-2022 survey on sports participation in high school. It was the most of any state. The D-FW area in particular has produced some of the best basketball rookies in the nation.

Some players say that playing basketball right after football is over creates obstacles and leaves little time to rest. As seniors, Garland’s multi-sport athletes will be key parts of the basketball team this year, although they won’t officially try out. For them, starting the hoops season late is harder physically than mentally. They know the games, but neither the start-and-stop nature of football nor their weightlifting regimen helps them on the hardwood.

Just ask Muhammad how he felt three minutes before the first quarter of his first basketball game last season.

“I couldn’t breathe. My chest hurt,” said 6-2 Muhammad, who started playing basketball in seventh grade after a growth spurt.

The power forward and center was not alone in his exhaustion.

“Trust me, you get tired fast,” said point guard and shooter Carter.

“Football and basketball form are two different things,” added center Newton.

The sport requires a high degree of aerobic capacity, especially for beginners who spend most of their time in the field. In a 48-minute game, basketball players can cover up to five miles, depending a study published by the National Library of Medicine. Basketball players who can stretch the court without getting tired tend to perform better and recover faster.

With so much racing, the trio said it was easy to run out of steam. Sometimes it takes them about a month to acclimate, so they expect their teammates to step up the first two games.

Garland’s basketball program, which went 22-1 in the regular season to win the district 9-6A and Advance to 6A Region II Championship last year, will be down three players at the start of its season.

Anna’s basketball team, which finished 17-13 and third in District 7-4A’s Division I, will be down double that number. And maybe longer – Anna’s soccer team is undefeated, ranked #1 in the region, and aspires to a state championship.

If Erik Bowen, a sophomore who would have been raised from junior college this year, hadn’t been injured, it would have been seven. As a sophomore last year, Jadun Mason, Jonathan Brown, Jabari Finnie, Grayson Stewart and Sean Steens qualified for the Regional Round of the 4A I Division Playoffs.

With so many basketball players busy with football until December, Anna’s head basketball coach, Timothy Phifer, came up with a plan.

“We treated June as our November,” Phifer said.

June was important for them in developing team chemistry, so in December the players, who spend much of the year playing other sports together, mingle. District play begins in January.

Phifer uses the UIL-sanctioned 30-minute skill period to assess players, and coaches from all sports coordinate strength and conditioning training, so once the football is over, it’s “plug and play” .

He said they will start with 12 players in college, some of whom he believes can compete with some of the football guys for spots after posting impressive offseasons.

A new addition to Anna’s basketball team this season is junior wide receiver Jacob Emmers, who played guard for Drive Nation in the Nike Elite Youth Basketball League.

Embers ranks second in the region for 4A receiving with 830 yards and 11 touchdowns on 37 receptions. The junior, who has been practicing both sports for about 4 or 5 years, does not necessarily prefer one sport to the other.

“My main sport is the sport I was playing back then, really,” Emmers said.

Defensive back Mason, a fellow footballer and club basketball player, also participates in the track along with other multi-sport athletes from Anna and Garland’s Carter. Being a triple threat is a huge commitment.

“There’s a difference between doing something just to do it and doing something to be successful,” Phifer said. “It takes a long time to be successful in more than one thing now.”

Maybe that’s why Mason doesn’t have a lot of free time in his schedule. It’s her first year playing football in high school, so it takes effort to contribute to Anna’s scoring defense ranked sixth among teams in the region.

It takes energy to clear 6-6 in the high jump in sophomore year. It takes time to travel for AAU basketball, a sport Mason has been playing since fifth grade. He plays point guard for Dallas Showtyme Elite and practices on weekends.

“I try to get treatment as much as possible and I like to rest a lot. I don’t go out and party and stuff,” Mason said. “It’s very limited spending time with friends because I have all that, so it’s really about who is going to walk with you, to spend time with you.”

He had to think for a second about what he likes to do for fun outside of sports (i.e. go out to eat), but Mason said the beauty of being a multi-sport athlete is being versatile and known.

It’s a big reason Garland players shoot hoops despite being self-proclaimed footballers. The Friday night lights are second to none and he loves all the pageantry that comes with it.

But for Muhammad, this basketball atmosphere is something else.

“You have the crowded gymnasium. I like being able to play in front of people,” he said. “And then we talk about it the next day at school.”

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ORLANDO — Boston forward Jayson Tatum had 40 points as the Celtics beat the Orlando Magic 126-120 on Saturday to improve to 3-0 in the all-new National Basketball Association (NBA) season while the Philadelphia 76ers fell to 0-3.

The San Antonio Spurs’ rebuild stunned the Sixers 114-105 in Philadelphia, where frustrated 76ers coach Doc Rivers said after the game his team was “not ready” to win yet.

In Orlando, Tatum’s heroics and a 27-point contribution from guard Derrick White helped the Celtics earn another win in a game that featured 21 lead changes with neither team able to create a two-man advantage. figures.

Orlando big man Wendell Carter tied the score at 111-111 with a handed dunk with 4min 23sec left.

Carter then fouled Tatum and Tatum’s two free throws sparked a 10-2 run that put Boston down for good.

Terrence Ross led the Magic with 29 points and first draft pick Paolo Banchero added 23, but Orlando fell to 0-3.

It’s also where the 76ers found themselves after the inexperienced Spurs – whose championship chances were downplayed by none other than coach Gregg Popovich before the season – drained 16 three-pointers on the way to their second win. consecutive.

Devin Vassell scored 22 points, Keldon Johnson added 21 and Tre Jones added 17 for San Antonio while Doug McDermott made four three-pointers on the way to 14 points.

San Antonio’s trio of top scorers all have less than three years of league experience, and Popovich said he was impressed with the young team’s performance on the second night of a straight road.

“What it showed me is that they really want to improve and know what the league is like,” Popovich said.

The Spurs held off a 40-point performance from Philadelphia star big man Joel Embiid but held James Harden to 12.

“We’re not ready yet,” Rivers said. “Honestly, we just aren’t. We are not ready to win yet. You can feel it and so we have a lot of work to do.

“It’s almost like we played hard those first two games, competed, and then we felt like ‘OK, now we can win a few games’ – you always have to go out and win the game.”

In Dallas, Luka Doncic scored 21 of 32 points in the first quarter and the Mavericks hammered the Memphis Grizzlies 137-96 in their home opener.