Basketball tourney to aid Decatur Boosters
Posted on Friday, September 5, 2008
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DECATUR — A three-onthree basketball tournament to benefit the Decatur Booster Club will be held Sept. 20.
The club hopes to raise $ 1, 500, according to Becky Arnold, who is organizing the tournament with Tammy Meeks and new head basketball coach Donny Smith.
Smith said at a parents’ meeting Aug. 25 that he has experience organizing threeon-three basketball tournaments. He said the tournament will be organized in a round-robin format, so each team will be guaranteed to play four to five games.
There will be a junior-high division for seventh- and eighth-graders, a senior-high division for those in ninth through 12 th grades, and an adult division for those who are over 18 and have graduated from high school.
Adult teams will be awarded cash prizes, and junior- and senior-high teams will be awarded gift cards.
There is a limit of four players per team. The entry fee is $ 45. The registration deadline is Sept. 15. Payment can be made on the day of the tournament with a late-payment fee of $ 10.
Registration and payment may be mailed to the Decatur Booster Club, in care of Becky Arnold, 13790 LC Hickman Road, Gravette AR 72736.
Additional fundraisers for the school district are in the works in order to add to the $ 163, 000 raised for the district over the summer. For more information on the basketball tournament or to contribute to future events, call Arnold at 644-0769 or Meek at 531-0949.