Hoops Sagrado: Hoops Sagrado 2104 Kids' Tournament

We'll let most of the photos speak for themselves, but it was another super successful tournament this year. Even though there was some disappointment, everyone had a great time and the children in the tournament really liked their gifts, so thank you so much to all of our generous donors.

In the end though, there were winners and losers. On the boys' side, Chirijiquiac defeated Chuisuic 9 to 1 for third place and Pachaj defeated Xejuyup 5 to 0 to win the championship.

The Xejuyup Boys, coached by Carlton, Daniel, Carlos and Bryan vs. the Pachaj boys coached by Malik and Sanu for the championship game.

On the girls' side Chuisuic defeated Xejuyup 6 to 1 for third place and the Red Devil's of Chirijiquiac were taken down by Pachaj 8 to 2.

The Chirijuquiac girls coached by Diggs and Max (along with Jionni, Demani and Ronny) vs. the Pachaj girls coached by Josh Phelps, Johanna and Miguel along with Sanu and an assist from Malik.

After the game, each Guatemalan student received a brand-new high-quality basketball, a Hoops Sagrado t-shirt and a bag full of school supplies, again thanks to our super generous friends, family and even a few random strangers.

The Hoops students were each given gifts as well as thank yous from the schools they have worked

with for the past few weeks.

There were definitely some tears and sadness as the children began leaving the basketball court for home, but the sadness was buoyed by so many of

our students promising their young charges that they would be back next year.


Third Place Girls Game pitted team Xejuyup with Carlos, Daniel, Carlton and Bryan coaching against Chuisuic with Alex and Alec at the helm.

The third place boys game was Chuisuic with Ronnie and Nigel (and an assist from Alex) at the helm vs. Chirijiquiac with Ronny, Demani and Johanna taking charge with back-up from Diggs and Stratton.