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Champions crowned at annual Korbey 3v3 Basketball Tournament, HBA skills

by | Mar 23, 2025 | Sports

Korbey 3v3

The winners of the Grade 5 boys division were the Footballers (from left): Jonah Guay, Max Grusse, coach Jackson Canales, Karan Gill and Nishanth Shiji (missing Zach Navin).

Sixty-four teams ranging from third grade to adults participated in Sunday’s seventh annual Mary Korbey 3v3 Basketball Tournament at Hopkinton High School and Hopkinton Middle School.

The event honors Mary Beth (Marquedant) Korbey, who passed away in July 2015 after a courageous battle with cancer. Korbey, who grew up in town, was a basketball standout who went on to play at UMass. She returned and raised her family here, while becoming a beloved youth sports coach.

Funds raised from the tournament fund the Mary Korbey Scholarship, presented annually to a Hopkinton student.

Champions were crowned in 13 divisions.

In Grade 3/4 boys, the Ballers (Malcolm Johnson, Wesley Howard and Leo Hall) emerged victorious.

In Grade 5 boys, Footballers (Karan Gill, Zach Navin, Jonah Guay, Nishanth Shiji and Max Grusse) took first.

The Grade 6 boys title went to Basketball Brawlers (Jack Pantera, Nate Pantera, Dylan Medeiros and Luca Yurewicz).

The winning team in Grade 7 boys was 3DB (Jack Couture, Jordan Severino and Cole Bonina).

The Grade 8 boys winners were the Benchwarmers Elite (Boden Mick, Jack Monopoli, Kevin Behrens, Liam MacLennan and Ben Brooks).

Taking the title in the high school boys division were the BB&N Knights (Ben Pantera, Gavin Cho, Patrice Petit-Frere, Myles Heavey and Lucas Aquino).

In the Grade 4/5 girls division, Northbridge Girls (Layla Schweitzer, Karsyn Melanson, Kamdyn Melanson, Gracie Baker and Avery Neyland) captured the championship.

In Grade 6 girls, Blue Girl Group (Gianna Santucci, Quinn Shepard, Brooke Elliott, Nysha Paluri) took the title.

In Grade 7/8 girls, the top spot went to Dunkin’ Divas (Ireland Resteghini, Brooke Merrill, Brynn Eagley, Phoebe Snyder and Ellery Deshaies).

The high school girls division was won by Court Queens (Teagan Resteghini, Meghan Grady, Ada Monopoli and Julia Chatten).

Winning the adult men title was Salem End Road (Dan DeCristofaro, Taylor Bajema, Corey Marcus and Randy Casey).

The senior men title was won by Dad Mode (Suren Padmalingam, Brendan St. Peter, Royce Mason and Gregg McNally).

The adult co-ed title went to Swish Kebabs (Marissa Prall, Shannon Kelley, Russ Raj and Zak Latifi).

HBA players show off skills

Following the Korbey 3v3, the Hopkinton Basketball Association held its annual season-ending skills competition. Events included free throws (FT), 3-pointers (3PT), a 30-second shootout (30S) and cone shuttle/layup drill (CS).

Winners in the Grade 4/5 girls division were Hayley Ballas (FT, 3PT), Dia Pungaliya (3PT) and Akshaya Beedanagari (30S, CS).

In Grade 6 girls, Brooke Elliott (FT, 30S, CS), Gianna Santucci (3PT) and Quinn Shepard (3PT) won events.

In Grade 7/8 girls, Brooklyn Bearfield (FT, 3PT, 30S) and Maya Feigen (CS) were winners.

In Grade 4 boys, Malcolm Johnson (FT), Drew Levine (FT, 30S), Sam Marchalonis (3PT, 30S) and Brody Feigen (CS) won events.

In Grade 5 boys, Kiaan Patel (FT, 3PT), Nishanth Shiji (30S) and Thee Wongchaisuwat (CS) were winners.

in Grade 6 boys, Rohan Shanbhag (FT, 3PT, 30S) and Ethan Sullivan (FT, CS) won events.

In Grade 7/8 boys, Veer Munjal (FT, CS) and Bob Liu (3PT, 30S) were champions.

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