Buzz head to Reno for tournament play

Published on August 18, 2005 under American Basketball Association (ABA)
Maywood Buzz News Release


Orange County, CA. The ABA Orange County Buzz head up to Reno, Nevada this weekend to play the Jam On It Royal Flush Tournament. With teams featuring Long Beach Jam/Recording Artist Master P and Sacramento King's Mike Bibby, the team is looking forward to an excellent challenge.

Head Coach Burrel Lee III stated, "We are excited to head up to Reno to showcase our team and to play this exciting tournament. We didn't do as well as we hoped at the ABASPL, but we're taking those lessons learned and are building on them."

The Jam On It Basketball Academy is an excellent program in the Reno area helping youth and young adults enjoy the game of basketball. The program helps young people stay on a positive track of life. Not only working with youth, this program is open to all basketball lovers of all ages. Led by one of their Directors, Elon Randolph, the Jam On It Academy holds numerous tournaments throughout the year to allow young men and women showcase their basketball skills. For more information about the Jam On It Academy, please visit their website at http://www.jamonit.org or email them at elonrandolf@aol.com.

In other news, The Buzz first tryout went well with a second session in September. Details for the second round of tryouts will be announced shortly. On August 26th, you can catch members of the Buzz team, staff and of course, the Honeybees, at the South Coast YMCA Community Event, 29831 Crown Valley Parkway, Laguna Niguel, CA. The Buzz will be there in full force greeting fans. For more information on the Orange County Buzz, contact info@ocbuzz.net or visit http://www.ocbuzz.net or www.abalive.com.

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