Patrick’s PALS 23rd Annual Basketball Tournament Raises $140,000 for Fragile X Research
Ethan Wright, Geoff Gray, Eric Demers, Jarred Houston Patrick's PALS 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament officially turned 23 on Saturday June 1, 2019! Established in 1997, PALS has grown from a twelve-team tournament to a 36-team extravaganza! PALS 23 once again brought familiar entries to the tournament (26 teams captained by previous participants) as well as ten new teams to the mix. And, thanks to the continued generosity of Buckingham Browne & Nichols School, who donated the use of the Jack Etter Gymnasium inside the Nicholas Athletic Center, PALS participants were treated to a first-class facility. On four half-courts, 18 first-round games set teams on a path to the winners or losers bracket. After that, it was all about staying alive and avoiding elimination by not losing two games. In the end, two veteran teams faced off for the rights to ensure their names would be engraved on the PALS Trophy: theRead more
