Roosevelt Island Operating Corp (RIOC) Sportspark Director Joe Natale reports:

On Saturday January 20th, Roosevelt Island’s Public Safety Department (PSD), in conjunction with the NYPD 114th Precinct , hosted its second 3 on 3 co-ed teen basketball tournament at Sportspark. With 8 teams

all vying for the gold medal, the games were competitive, hard fought, and
most importantly, fun!


In the preliminary rounds, team No Hablo Ingles ran the gambit winning all 7
of their games and securing the #1 seed. The round robin tournament was a much
closer battle, where No Hablo Ingles met the well-coached #3 seed Sweet
Yams in the gold medal game. In a tightly contested, highly defensive game,
No Hablo Ingles squeaked out the win by a mere 2 points to secure the gold
championship medals.

We congratulate Matthew Matias, Noel Perez, and Carmelo Valentine on a job well done and look forward to hosting more teen tournaments in the future!

We also would like to give a special thank you to all of the RIOC departments that made this tournament come to life, including Public Safety, Communications, Operations, Youth Center, and Sportspark.

All photos by RIOC Director of Communications & Community Affairs Bryant Daniels and PSD.

Mr Daniels adds:

We hope to host more starting in the Spring, open to both island and
off-island teens. These events are designed to bolster community policing
efforts on the island and help build bonds between island residents and the
corporation, particularly our dedicated PSD Officers.

Watch the action from the Roosevelt Island 3 on 3 Co-ed Teen Basketball tournament.

And the Gold Medal finals game.

Thanks to Yitza Martinez for the videos.

Take a tour of the renovated Roosevelt Island Sportspark facility reopened last May.