Local teams win Cypress Recreation basketball titles

The city of Cypress Recreation and Community Services held the annual Summer Youth Basketball League Championships on Thursday, July 26 at Lexington Junior High School.

For the C Division, ages 7-9, the Kings were declared the champions for the season. The team was coached by Karissa and Troy Degener
Players for the Kings included Kylie Degener, Tanner Degener, Tyler Degener, Jason Ho, Eugene Kim, Caleb Kwon, Tyler Matthews, Luke Jacob Ortiz, Aarnav Verma and Eric Wen.

The city of Cypress Recreation and Community Services held the annual Summer Youth Basketball League Championships on Thursday, July 26 at Lexington Junior High School.

For the C Division, ages 7-9, the Kings were declared the champions for the season. The team was coached by Karissa and Troy Degener
Players for the Kings included Kylie Degener, Tanner Degener, Tyler Degener, Jason Ho, Eugene Kim, Caleb Kwon, Tyler Matthews, Luke Jacob Ortiz, Aarnav Verma and Eric Wen.

Luis Aguilar and Jose Hernandez coached the B Division Regime, which captured the championship for ages 10-11. Players for the Regime included Nevyn Aguilar, Aaron Brok, Steven Hernandez, Alex Le, Joshua Liu, Paul Lo, Justin Nam, Josiah Nelson, Brian Sample and Timothy Suk.

In the A Division, ages 12-13, the Heat won the title. The team was coached by Frank Aparicio and Fidel Lopez. Players for the Heat included Miles Aparicio, Anthony Cardoza, Bradley Hilbert, Aaron Jaojoco, Kyle Kawakami, Anthony Lopez, Raymond Lopez, Ryan Pham, Brandon To and Brian Yoon.

The sportsmanship team winners for the season included the C Division Kings, B Division T-Wolves and A Division Legit.

Though the season has now ended, Winter Youth Basketball registration will begin Oct. 8 for residents and Oct. 15 for non-residents.