2nd Annual Relentless March Madfest
On Friday night I attended the second annual Relentless March Madfest at the Entertainment District in Glendale, AZ. It is a celebration of the HS season. There were three all-star games on the night. A girls game with some of…
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Continue ReadingOn Friday night I attended the second annual Relentless March Madfest at the Entertainment District in Glendale, AZ. It is a celebration of the HS season. There were three all-star games on the night. A girls game with some of the best the city has to offer, boys game and a Celebrity game.
The set up was incredible. They had a very good MC, entertainment, music from a DJ, the court was incredible and talent was outstanding.
Here is a view of the night before the sun went down.
This @RelentlessAZ thing is popping !! @PrepHoopsAZ pic.twitter.com/KWF4027Xgl
— Gregg Rosenberg (@GreggRosenberg1) March 23, 2019
The girls were very impressive with many from Championship type teams from Millennium and Shadow Mountain including Gatorade POY Dominique Phillips from Millennium.
Here was the winning team with some highlights of the game.
Winning girls team. @RelentlessAZ pic.twitter.com/oFc1p5kLDv
— Gregg Rosenberg (@GreggRosenberg1) March 23, 2019
Arizona Girls Basketball Is LOADED with talent!! The @RelentlessAZ Girls All-Star Game was LIT!
Full Game Highlights Link: https://t.co/vh71yHBmJM pic.twitter.com/iD4OVugGBg— EVision (@EVisionAZ) March 23, 2019
Then the boys came to play.
Boys Rosters:
No Surrender
Fallou Diagne 6’11” C/PF 2020 Tri-City
Shon Robinson 6’9″ PF 2020 Eduprize
DaRon Holmes 6’8″ F 2021 Millennium
Anthony Garza 6’7″ PF 2020 Shadow Ridge
Logan Phillips 6’7″ SF 2020 Valley Christian
Otis Frazier III 6’5″ SF 2019 Buckeye
Zach Hobbs 6’4″ SG 2019 Mesa
Kiimani Holt 6’4″ SG 2020 Rancho Solano Prep
Kiran Oliver SG/SF 6’3″ 2021 Shadow Ridge
Josh Baker CG 6’3″ 2019 McClintock
Justus Jackson PG 5’11” 2021 Millennium
BJ Burries 5’10” PG 2019 Globe
No Retreat
Matur Dhal 6’10” C 2021 Paradise Honors
Osa Ighodaro 6’9″ PF 2020 Desert Vista
Dre Henry 6’7″ PF 2020 Mountain Pointe
Majok Deng 6’5″ SF 2019 Salpointe Catholiic
Jackson Ruai 6’5″ CG 2019 Amphi
Jerry Iliya 6’5″ SF 2020 Paradise Honors
Jalen Williams 6’4″ SG 2019 Perry
Trent Brown 6’1″ 2019 Pinnacle
Khalid Price 5’9″ 2019 Mountain Pointe
The game went back and forth all game and the intensity picked up at the end of the game like always. Dre Henry was a man all night with huge rebounds inside and scoring around the hoop. Jerry Iliya made clutch dunks, steals and layups down the stretch to get the MVP award. Both had 14 points each.
Team No Retreat wins it 69-65. MVP was Jerry Iliya w 14 pts w a close second to Dre Henry w 14 pts. @PrepHoopsAZ @RelentlessAZ pic.twitter.com/Sbc5lqc2Oo
— Gregg Rosenberg (@GreggRosenberg1) March 23, 2019
Some other stats:
Other stats: Shon Robinson 12, D Holmes 11, J Williams E Nelson 10 each, Justus Jackson Kiimani Holt Majok Deng 8 each, Otis3 A Garza 6 each, J Ruai Trent Brown M Dhal K Oliver Fallou Diagne 4 pts each. @RelentlessAZ @PrepHoopsAZ
— Gregg Rosenberg (@GreggRosenberg1) March 23, 2019
Some highlights of the game:
The @RelentlessAZ Boys All-Star Game was CRAZY!
Full Game Highlights Link: https://t.co/mKpQBFBjfK pic.twitter.com/JIg49QoBSk— EVision (@EVisionAZ) March 23, 2019
Some other thoughts:
It was nice seeing Globe star BJ Burries (Pictured jumping vs Trent Brown)
He is obviously smaller then some of the Phoenix/Tucson guards but very good. He has good speed and quicks and plays a nice role of a PG. He scored one bucket but he looked like he belonged out there and fit right in.
After the boys impressed the crowd, which included a quick dunk contest, the Celebrity game was on.
The game had pros, a former NFL player, street ball legends and a famous rapper named Futuristic.
Celebrity All-Star game. Few pros, former NFL player, White Iverson, Bone Collector, Gary Smitn and Kenny Dobbs. @RelentlessAZ pic.twitter.com/Qf7TABP3xJ
— Gregg Rosenberg (@GreggRosenberg1) March 23, 2019
Overall it was an incredible display of talent from the valley and well organized by Relentless.