{"id":352340,"date":"2023-12-08T08:15:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-08T13:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/knightlife.paceacademy.org\/knightlynews\/?p=352340"},"modified":"2023-12-07T13:51:31","modified_gmt":"2023-12-07T18:51:31","slug":"pace-prumc-basketball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/knightlife.paceacademy.org\/knightlynews\/2023\/12\/08\/pace-prumc-basketball\/","title":{"rendered":"Pace PRUMC Basketball"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Pace Juniors pose for a picture after winning their first game.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

During the winter, Peachtree Road United Methodist Church (PRUMC) hosts a basketball league in which Pace teams often participate. This year, there are multiple teams per grade and they enter themselves to compete against other school teams in the area. Varsity basketball players aren\u2019t allowed to participate in this league, so most of the players in the league aren\u2019t on school team rosters. Teams compete in eight regular season games, against other teams in their grade, and depending on their record, some teams will go to playoffs in which all grades are combined. Although the games don\u2019t count for anything, teams take the league very seriously and play to win. Sophomore coach Luca Venturi noted that \u201cIt\u2019s a fun way to spend time with friends.\u201d Many teams appoint coaches who often dress very professionally. The coach for one of the Junior teams, \u201cAir Jesus,\u201d is Drew Thompson and here\u2019s what he has to say about their season. \u201cOur PRUMC team is looking very good this year. We have hopes to win the championship this year after making it to the quarterfinals last season.\u201d This year, the Sophomore boys, the \u201c28th Infantry,\u201d have a fairly new roster and are looking to make the playoffs. \u201cPRUMC has a lot of tough competition, but it\u2019s nothing we can\u2019t handle. We\u2019ve gotten a lot of backlash from our season ending loss last year against the past seniors, but that doesn\u2019t faze us,\u201d said \u201c28th Infantry\u201d player Ethan Holmes. \u201cIt\u2019s an honor to be the coach of the infantry,\u201d said coach Luca Venturi. One of the Senior teams, the \u201cWhite Cheddah Gremlinz,\u201d started off their season with a strong win. Ross Bernath, named offensive MVP of game one, is one of the best in the league averaging 30 points a game and hopes to lead the \u201cGremlinz\u201d to the championship. \u201cIt\u2019s way too easy and the competition is not good at all,\u201d said Bernath. New to the high school division, the freshman team, the \u201cBuzz Ballerz\u201d, hope to shock the league and make it to the playoffs. The season will come to an end in March and the winners will have a banner hung up at the PRUMC gym with their team name on it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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