Maine Summer Hoop Champions Again!
Portland ME,
For the 13th time in 28 years Class Acts has been crowned summer league champs. Add to that the impressive other hardware that adorns the teams "skydome" hangout and you have yourself a lot of metal. 49 different league and tournament first place trophies make it hard to find a place to lien. But lets not get ahead of ourselves.

Class Acts easily handled 3rd place Prompto in this summer's Maine Men's Basketball League held at the new (and giant) Howard Sports Facility in Saco, Maine. The final score, 65-42, did surprise some in attendance as the young Prompto squad defeated, in overtime the number one seated and highly experienced team from Augusta, Margaritas.

Class Acts advanced from the semi-finals with a hard fought battle over St. Joseph College 51-45.

"We Definitely had all the tools to go all the way." point guard Lance Meader said. "This was our biggest hurdle and we jumped just high enough to win. I wasn't worried about the finals 'cause I knew we would beat either team from the western bracket."

Leading by only 2 at the half, 30-28, it wasn't all that clear until the start of the second half that Class Acts would dominate. Bart Donovan, the teams leading three point shooter had not scored in the first half, but he started out by blistering the net with 3 deep tres' in the first two minutes. He scored 15 points in the second half coupled with Jay Brewer's 11 points, and before the 10 minute mark, Class Acts had a twenty point lead, 53-33. Prompto had been out scored 23 to 5 and all that was left to do was break out the cooler of Pabst Blue Ribbon.

Jamie Header added 11 points, Jim Cole 9, Mike Boisinneau 5, CJ Vose 4, and Lance Meader with 3. Bill Simpson DNP.

...and then
Newport RI,
It would have been nice to have had the last game of the year be another championship for the men of red and white, but it wasn't in the cards this time. Class Acts bowed out of the late summer classic after losing to Ferdanados Insurance of Manchester NH in the semi-final round 48-38.

"We stayed out way too late Saturday night." according to Mike Boisinneau. "This is always the last event of the year, and after winning the summer league we just wanted to unwind and have a good time together."

Too much fun apparently as the team looked exhausted after the first game (11 am) on Sunday where the Class Acts boys defeated Bonston's Basketball City winter champions, Shad Inc. (53-44).

"That was big game for us. They beat us this winter and we wanted redemption" said John Fitts. "After that it was hard to rally for the 2 pm game. Outdoors is just not our thing, especially with this wind! 38 points in a game for us is hardly, whadaya-callit, outstanding"

What was outstanding was the play of Carl Howell who tossed in 25 of Class Acts points in Sundays first game and another in 12 in game two. In spite of the stiff breeze off the Atlantic Ocean, Carl went 9 for 10 from the line and was named to the all tourney team.