Lake Erie Elite turned in an outstanding performance at the 2011 King James Classic in Akron, Ohio, over the weekend. Finishing with a 3-1 record and a Sweet Sixteen Appearance in the Gold Bracket. Lake Erie Elite began with a Friday night game against the Atlanta Knicks beating them 51-42. Saturday morning Lake Erie began their fantastic run to the sweet 16, first beating CTS (PA) 50-33, then beating CIA Bounce from Canada 62-42. The sweet 16 match-up was against AAU power Mid-America Elite and Lake Erie couldn't match their size losing 68-48. Full Tournament Brackets: Results
Lake Erie Elite were without both of their primary post players, 6'7 Luke Frankboner and 6'5 Bob Harwood. Rick Heck and Gabe Camella had to set up and guard the post players for the opposing teams and they did a great job even though they were under sized. A huge pick-up for the weekend was 5'6 Nick Ruthsatz from St. Anthony's High School (NJ). With him and the stellar play from Denarius Harris and Nic Williams Lake Erie Elite put together their best tournament performance of the year. Lake Erie Elite has a week off before the Bill Hensley Run-N-Slam in Fort Wayne, Indiana, May 6-8.
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