Up Country Elite, Macleem Sports Wear and Boogie 7 will be holding basketball showcases for the area of Maui, Hawaii, Dec. 18-22.

There will also be a youth clinic for 8-17-year-olds and a slam dunk competition. The showcase features Former AND 1 star Grayson Boucher aka The Professor, former UNLV Running Rebel Jay “Boogie” Brantley, who has also been featured on the AND 1 mixtape in the past, and some of Maui’s best players.

The slam dunk competition will be held Dec. 18 and 19 at 8 p.m. at the Seabury hall.The basketball clinic will be held Dec. 18-22 from 8 a.m-3 p.m at the Eddie Tam Gym Dec. 18 and 19 and at the Seabury Hall Gym Dec. 20-22 for all kids 8-17.

The showcase will be held from Dec. 18-20, with two games during those days. The first game will be at 6 p.m., and the other will be at 9 p.m. at the Seabury Hall Gym.

Make sure you check it out if you’re in the greater Hawaii area.

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40 Cal recently made the claim that ’09 was the worst Summer for playground ball yet. Hyperbole? Perhaps. But it definitely drew several responses.

For more opinions, check out this piece that ran on the Macleem Web site.

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For more information about the tournament and Aukai, contact:

Haneef Saleem at hsaleem@macleem.com

Aukai at Konasunsetbasketball@yahoo.com

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Jay Boogie is set to play with his team, the Hooptainers.

Just recently, Macleem Sports Wear and the World Youth Basketball Tournament in Hawaii teamed together to create a men’s division for ballplayers 19 and older and 35 and older. The league is being called the Jay Boogie Mens/Streetball Division.

For more information, log onto http://www.WYBT.com.

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