St. John's Basketball: City Title Champions

The best thing about photographing championship games is the emotion of the players right after. I often plot to figure out the best place to be to capture that emotion well before the game is over. It all happens very quickly and is usually over before you know it. I must say...I totally missed it this time.

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DeMatha Basketball: City Title Champions

DeMatha returned to the City Title game for the third straight year and eventually took their third consecutive championship after beating Theodore Roosevelt 52-50 at the Verizon Center in Washington DC. People inquired about the downfall of DeMatha basketball after their 50 point loss to St. Anthony's earlier this season on ESPN. Yet, here they are again winning games and collecting trophies.

I don't have much analysis to contribute about the game, but I do like that each team came out with their solid color away uniforms. Vibrant.

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Hyattsville, MD vs. SE DC II (DeMatha vs. Ballou)

Last year DeMatha met Ballou in the City Title Game. This year was the rematch with similar results. About 7500 people showed up to see the DC metro area's top two teams battle it out in what was supposed to be a pretty good game. The contest started fast and proved to be an athletic showcase with people getting dunked on left and right. But in the end, Ballou ran out of steam having only played 6 players the entire game. Read about it here. Shout out to DC area basketball, there are a lot of good players around here.

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Hyattsville, MD vs. SE DC

More than a few people could have guessed that DeMatha Catholic High School would be in the City Title game this year. But no one could have predicted the presence of Ballou High School. Ballou, more known for its world travelled marching band than basketball, stunned the DCIAA and made its way to and through the championship game. They also gave DeMatha a run for its money, but in the end, DeMatha continued their winning ways.


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Warriors Win

Nope, not the Lady Warriors, just plain old Warriors. HD Woodson's girls basketball team perennially finds itself in the DCIAA Championship game if not the City Title game. Year in and year out, they come equipped with loads of Division I talent (who all seem to be going straight to NC State). This year was no different. Led by 6'6" Jeniece Johnson, the HD Woodson Warriors beat the Good Counsel Lady Falcons to be called the best high school girls basketball team in the area. Shout out to the Warriors who were rockin' the Penny's...in black and red, nice.



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