Awards Banquet

The Champions:

Period 3: The Ballers (DJ Langston, Gary Barker, Kyra Kemp, Antonio H0lloway, Thomas Foster, Chawna Langworthy, Leslie Garrett, and Winter Sandavol).

MVP: Latrell Atwood

Female MVP: Kalekey Love EL

Defensive Player of the Year: Antonio H0lloway

6th Man/Woman of the Year: Brianna Eubanks

Coach of the Year: DJ Langston

Comeback Player of the Year: Thomas Foster

General Manager of the Year: Quentis Owney

Male All-Star Team:

PG - Latrell Atwood

SG - Gary Barker

SF- Steven Dean

PF- Thomas Foster

C- Darell Irons

Female All-Star Team:

PG - Kacy Hinton

SG- Kalekey Love El

F- Briana Eubanks

F- Kyra Kemp

F- Chloe Watts

Period 4: Team Polo (Santario Mitchell, Jovan Brooks, Marcus Giles, Julian Gregory, Roldy Michel, Jiara Love, Deyonna Flowers)

MVP: Santario Mitchell

Female MVP: Bahati Kimondo

Defensive Player of the Year: Marcus Giles

6th Woman of the Year: Imari Craft

Coach of the Year: Tariq Muhammed

Comeback Player of the Year: Taylor Fowler

General Managers of the Year: Kolajo Okanlawan

Pulitizer PErize Winner: Tyesha Diggins

Male All-Star Team:

PG: Tariq Muhammed

SG: Santario Mitchell

SF: Rafeal Hinjosa

PF: Jovan Brooks

C: Kolajo Okanlawan

Female All-Star Team:

G: Bahati Kimondo

G: Taylor Fowler

G: Imari Craft

F: Jiara Love

F: Cayla Frederick

Period 5: Ra and Friends (Khensura Love-El, Sam Nicholson, Tayshawn Richmond, Lionel Uziho, Shalissa Patterson, Lorenzo Johnson, Shatara Williams)

MVP: Khensura Love-EL

Female MVP: Noelle McCollum

Defensive Player of the Year: Khalid Gates

6th Man of the Year: Tayshawn Richmond

Coach of the Year: Khensura Love-EL

Comeback Player of the Year: Requan Powell

General Manager of the Year: Myricc Owens

Pullitzer PErize: Kierra Reed

Male All-Star Team:

PG- Requan Powell

SG- Sam Nicholson

SF- Khensura Love-El

PF- Khalid Gates

C- Willie Brown

Female All-Star Team:

G- Shalissa Patterson

G- Aisha Turay

G- Cianna Mai

F- Noelle McCollum

F- Toni Scott

Period 7: 5-Star Kings (Greg Stepney, Willie Jiles, Demetrius Thomas, Wes Govis, Marcus Garrett, Briana Lewis)

MVP: Ben Moore

Female MVP: Brittney French

Defensive Player of the Year: Eboni Wilson

6th Man of the Year: Dante Jones

Comeback Player of the Year: Wes Govis

Coach of the Year: Darien Hollins

General Manager of the Year: Darien Hollins

Pullitzer PErize: Chavelle Blackburn

Male All-Star Team:

PG: Jermarri Boddi

SG: Ben Moore

SF: Willie Jiles

PF: Greg Stepney

C: Demetrius Thomas

Female All-Star Team

G: Eboni Wilson

G: Yashae Bonds

G: Janece Reed-Brown

F: Kayla Smith

F: Brittney French

League Award Winners:

MVP: Khensura Love-EL

Female MVP: Brittney French

Defensive Player of the Year: Khalid Gates

6th Woman of the Year: Imari Craft

6th Man of the Year: Dante Jones

Comeback Player of the Year: Requean Powell

Coach of the Year: Khensura Love-El

General Manager of the Year: Darien Hollins

Nobel Peace Prize winner for Journalism: Chavelle Blackburn

1st Team All-KPL

G: Latrell Atwood

G: Requean Powell

F: Khensura Love-EL

F: Steven Dean

F: Santario Mitchell

2nd Team All-KPL

G: Gary Barker

G: Ben Moore

F: Sam Nicholson

F: Kolajo Okanlawon

F: Thomas Foster

3rd Team All-KPL

G: Jermarri Bodi

G: Tariq Muhammed

F: Jovan Brooks

F: Greg Stepney

F: Willie Jiles

All Defensive Team:

G: Tariq Muhammed

G: Marcus Jiles

F: Antonio Holloway

F: Khalid Gates

F: Santario Mitchell

THE PLAYOFFS (Thursday, March 31)

Period 4

Crowd, Maley, and Warriors Disappointed by Polo's Championship Victory

For the championship title and the final game of the season, Polo (12-6) and Warriors (12-6) put on a show!!!!!!!! Everyone was on the edge of their seats. It was a very intense game for Saintario and Jovan. Saintario's jumping ability, as well as his height, allowed him to continuously black shots and steal errant passes. Elijah and Kolajo's good communication and spirits on the court, is what got them into The Warriors to the championships today! Saintario and Jovan would often times penetrate nicely into the lane, but the ball continued to bounce off the backboard and miss. However, Saintario's speed benefited him tremendously, and in the end, allowed him to tie the game, just when we thought it was all over! By the end of the day, all were rooting for the Warriors to break the tie, for their past resentments for Polo's poor attitudes toward them. In the end, Polo broke the tie, courtesy of a Mitchell three-pointer and won the championship!!!!!! Congrats Polo. See you guys next season =].

Period 7

Improvement the Key for Shut it Downs

Today was the last day of the basketball season. Shut it Down (4-12) went up against Team Unnamed (11-5) in a semi-final match-up. They were kind of tired at first like they didn’t have their rhythm, but by the end of the game they were glowing with energy. Unfortunately Shut it Down lost and subsequently shut it down for the season. That’s okay because they had a great season and improved a lot over the last four weeks.

The championship game was interesting but there were no girls in it! However the game was full of suspense and went down to the wire. Congrats to the new world champs, the 5 Star Kings!

by Maliah Terry

Regular Season Champs Can't Get it Done in Playoffs

What time is it? GAMETIME! That's right, the Championship is finally here. The number one seed UNNAMEDs (11-5) looked to add a World Championship to their resume. To start, they took down the Shut it Downs (4-12). The Shut it downs, as always, were ever so violent, but one of their players Chen, established himself as a star player who didn’t need to engage in the bullying tactics. Chen showed amazing perseverance for his team and almost helped lead them to an evening more amazing upset.

Question for his team though: who said travels were shut down? That's right; they tried to claim their team didn't call "travels". Sorry team, no orange, round cigar. The UNNAMEDs won anyways, and did their own version of traveling. They took a trip to the championship game.

In the championship of the world, the 5-Star Kings took on the UNNAMEDs in a battle to the death...or something like that. Let me tell you, this was the game of the year. Greg, as always, made some wonderful saves to give his team extra possessions. He was on fire, though his team's defense was not so hot. His team decided to make a b-ball and Ben sandwich halfway into the game. Meanwhile, Greg and Willie came through and the UNNAMEDs championship and chances of being in the KBA hall of fame faded into the abyss of nothingness...congratulations 5 Star Kings (8-7).

by Chavelle Blackburn

The Cream Always Rises to the Top

Today was a very special day for all of the teams in seventh period. Today, was the last day of the season and the culmination of all their hard work. All of these teams were great. They all wanted to be called #1 but, there could only be one winner. The 5 Star Kings (9-7) took on the All- Stars for the last time. Both teams were great but 5-Star Kings won with the help from Demetrius Thomas, who drained a 3 pointer for the win. They were able to move on to the championship in style, as Demetrius strutted to half court, while getting mobbed by teammates.

In the championship, the 5 Star Kings (9-7) took on the regular season champs, The Unnamed (11-5). This was by far the most interested game that we have seen in the history of KPL basketball. The 5 Star Kings won by a score of 4-3. Demetrius Thomas, Wes Govis, Greg Stepney, and Willie Jiles really stepped up when it mattered most. CONGRATULATIONS 5 Star Kings!!!!!!! You deserve to call yourself #1.

by Tiambris Johnson