A great night of fun and basketball raised more than $1,000 for the UMCW Youth Mission trip to Maine this summer.

Players from age 11 to 70-something turned out at Roudenbush Gym in Westford on Friday night, March 28, playing in a 3-on-3 “March Madness” benefit tournament that raised more than $1,000 for the UMCW Youth Mission trip to Maine this summer.

The bracket-style tournament included teams comprised of middle school boys and girls, high schoolers, moms, dads and grandparents.

The championship game featured one of the pre-tournament favorites – WA students Brian Ganley, Lee Russo and Calvin Liu, squaring off against the “sleeper” team of the tournament – “old guys” Mark Beatty, Rob O’Neal, Brian Ryder, and “super sub” Todd Shepherd. The old guys represented the over the hill set proudly, but eventually fell to the superior play of the Ganley/Russo/Liu team.

“It was great to see everyone having a fun time,” said Tommy Grip, one of the event’s organizers along with Erich Mueller, Shane O’Neal and Michael Grip. “We’re going to try to make this an annual event.”

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