3-Peat for the Celtics!!

On Saturday, Joshua and his Celtics team played in 2 games. The first game was a play-off game which they had to win in order to play in the final Championship game for 1st place.

Of course the Celtics won their play-off game and headed to the next game to hold on to their championship title and earn a 3-peat (3rd championship in a row!)

It was an interesting championship game to say the least. At one point, we were down by 10. We never gave up hope and we new if any one team could pull through and win it, the Celtics could. Never losing their composure or heart, they fought through. Joshua hit 2 major shots in a row in the final period, a 3 pointer and then a back to back 2 pointer...the crowd went wild!!! There was about 30+ seconds left in the game and the Celtic were up by one single point! They passed the ball around intentionally trying to use up the clock, but, at 4 seconds left, the opposing team stole the ball from Bryson and went down the court for a lay-up, the crowd was silent. We all knew that if he made his lay-up, the game would be over and the Celtics would lose. Fortunately for the Celtics, the opposing team missed and the game was over!

Every team was after the Celtics all season long. Knowing that the Celtics were undefeated for 2 season in a row, with 2 championship games under their belt, each team wanted to defeat the Celtics! "They" said it couldn't be done, "they" said it would be nearly impossible to go undefeated again during the most competitive session of the year. But, the Celtics prevailed! Not only did they have a 9-0 record, they are the only team in the league who earned a "3-Peat"!!!

Way to go Celtics! And of course, we have to give props to the best coach ever, who led his team to yet another championship....Coach Lance!!

In a couple of weeks, the Celtics will participate in their final tournament of champions and play against the top teams of the CYBL. Also, Joshua and Bryson will again represent the team in the All Star Sunday game.

After the T.O.C, the Celtics will be moving on and saying goodbye to the Hotshots league. They have come a long way. From this point on, it's all about AAU! Lance has every intention on building our YBA aau team up and challenging each team we go up against. What a great way to walk away from Hotshots and move forward to AAU.

Congratulations to Coach Lance, Joshua and the entire Celtics team!