3v3 Tournament in Jarabacoa

Dave Adams, (roommates of one one of my best friends Mike McKevitt at Taylor)
playing some D. Small world.

I have loved getting involved in sports here in the DR. Playing in a basketball league and a softball league have been not only a great way to get some of my competitiveness out, but also a nice way to get to know people and be a good social thing for me.

Gotta love the baseball players on the trophies! The
pro player that I guarded in the Semi's is in the background too

Me and 2 other Americans, living in 3 different cities, decided to put a team together and enter into a 3v3 tournament for semana santa. We had never played together and didn't know each other very well, but it was great to play with them and get to know them. We were the face of the tournament from the very beginning, with the announcer telling the crowd that we were the first ever "international team" to play in the tournament, that we had been practicing for weeks in the mountains and that the international police were on call for the weekend. They also built us up as a great team (which was annoying, since none of us played in college and we were just there to play) so every team was very fired up to play against us.

Getting some much needed rest during free throw's

We played well in the first game, and the crowd loved us because of how physical we played. We made it to the Semi-finals where we met a team from La Vega (probably the best "basketball" town in the country) that had 3 professional players. As soon as they showed up in the morning they stole the show, including playing 2 on 3 in their first game and still dominating. They had some big guys, the guy I guarded was probably 6'5 230 and one of the best post players in the league in La Vega. It was an extremely intense and physical game and we played about as well as we could and still lost 16-14.



It was definitely a great experience and a fun time to hang out with a bunch of other Americans in the country that I didn't know very well. I also realized how much I need to play in the next 2 months to get ready for the big tournament in Constanza in July!