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(KB
- 04/05/06) The Comets are splitting up this
weekend. Three Comets teams will compete at the AAU super
regional at the Champions Sportsplex. The Comets Red team
will attend the Nike Roundball Classic in Gainesville.
What'd
you think I was talking about?
The
Nike Roundball Classic is yet another gathering of the top Nike teams in the
Southeast. The Tallahassee Essence will be
there. Also, Brittany Carter and the Georgia Nikes are
scheduled to attend. The
Red team, recently ranked as the #1 Nike team in the nation, are fulfilling a
Nike obligation by attending.
The
Roundball Classic is not a tournament. According to tournament
director Kim Davis, it is a series of workouts with professional trainers
followed by scrimmages between the attendees. The purpose of the
event is to show the girls what skills are expected at the next
level. The girls will be given a chance to practice and
hone their skills against teams of similar calibre.
The
absence of the Red team and the Essence from the Champions super regional gives
the other 16U Florida teams a solid chance of qualifying for 2006 AAU 16U
Nationals. AAU regularly schedules super regionals for
just
such a purpose.
The
Comets Blue team and the Miami
Premier Jags will attend and should
be considered the favorites.
This super regional also has the SF Lady Jags, the Clearwater Greenwave, South
Florida Riptide, Team Florida, Suncoast Wolfpack, Tampa Bay Inferno and Bay Area
Ballers scheduled to attend. (Holiday Hoops are scheduled to
attend but may not play because of an ugly incident at a USSSA tourney in Port St.
Lucie last weekend)
This
tournament also has a new team: the Comets Black.
The
Black team would be a third 16U Comets team. Coached by Nik Nikic,
the Black team showed up in Tallahassee two weeks ago as the RDV
All-Stars. The Black team consists of Jacky Nikic,
Brianna Smith, Chelsea Pennick, Brittany Carranante, Lauren Lee, Ebony Walker,
Trinity Robinson, Chandler McCabe, Christina Silva, Kristi Hopper, Amanda Allen, Simone Lowman and Joanna Bussa. Essentially, the Black team is the
convergence of Bishop Moore's high school team with the Clearwater Heatwave and
some of the younger GGG 16U players.
The
Black team had been under consideration as a Comets team for some time.
After much discussion, the Black team was recently added to the Comets
organization. This will be Jacky Nikic's third go round
in a Comets uniform.
The
Comets 15U and 14U teams will also be competing at this super
regional. The 15U Fusion will square off against the Bay Area
Ballers and the Tampa Extreme in Pool B. Also in the 15U
division will be Chelsea Regins and the Lady Roadrunners, the Jacksonville Lady
Sparks, and the Premier Jaguars 15U.
The
Comets 14U Red will square off against the Jacksonville Lady Sparks and the
South Florida Lady Jaguars in Pool C.
The
schedule for the Champions super regional
is
HERE.
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