{"id":19396,"date":"2026-05-14T18:37:43","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T18:37:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/?p=19396"},"modified":"2026-05-14T18:37:43","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T18:37:43","slug":"the-scott-high-school-alumni-legends-spring-basketball-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/14\/the-scott-high-school-alumni-legends-spring-basketball-league\/","title":{"rendered":"The Scott High School Alumni Legends Spring Basketball League"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Coach James Johnson and Principal Carnel Smith<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Truth Staff<\/p>\n

The eight-week Scott High School Alumni Legends Junior High School Spring Basketball League concluded on Saturday, May 2, with both a championship game and an All-Star game. Players from around the city received trophies, medals, t-shirts and framed certificates for their achievements during the spring season.
\nOrganized by Leroy Bates, a Scott graduate and former legendary Libbey High School basketball coach, the eight-week league consisted of pre-high school boys who formed eight teams. On May 2, the Vikings and Glenwood Elite played for the championship title.
\nPrior to the championship game, two teams of all star players, chosen by the league coaches, competed.
\n\u201cThe coaches selected their all-stars,\u201d said Bates. \u201cThey selected the kids that have potential or those who they just wanted to reward with an extra game.\u201d
\nA host of Scott alumni athletes attended the event, including Carnel Smith, EdD, former outstanding athlete for the Bulldogs and currently the Scott principal.
\nDuring the awards ceremony, Smith thanked those who had come out to support the players at the game sand those who have supported the league financially.
\nThe new Scott boys basketball coach was also on hand to lend his support.
\n\"\"James Johnson, himself an alumnus, will be taking the reins to the hoop program shortly.
\nTerry Roberts, whose youth program TLR Athletic Ministries, was a participant as a coach. The mission of TLR is to develop student athletes by giving them the tools they need to become successful in life.
\nAnd indeed the youngsters were not just athletes but student\/athletes as Coach Bates emphasized.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe wanted to stress they are student athletes,\u201d said Bates of the purpose of the Scott Alumni Legends Junior High School Spring Basketball League.
\nAnd the champions were \u2026 Glenwood Elite, who proved to indeed be elite. They finished the regular season undefeated at 7 \u2013 0 and handily defeated the Vikings in the championship game.
\nBut all the boys were winners. They spent eight weeks under the tutelage of some experienced dedicated coaches and mentors at an age when such guidance is invaluable.
\nNext up for the Scott High School Alumni Legends is a Group Basketball Camp in June. June 8-9 is for fourth through sixth graders and June 10- 11 is for sixth through eighth graders.<\/p>\n

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State Rep. Elgin Rogers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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