WPCNR PRESS BOX. From Westchester County Department of Parks and Recreation. December 27, 2005 UPDATED 12/29/05 11:15 A.M.: See some of the area’s best high school basketball match-ups and take a chance at the $1,000 Big Shot during the seventh annual Slam Dunk Challenge Basketball Tournament, wrapping up today at the Westchester County Center in White Plains. 

The White Plains Womens Basketball Team plays Ithaca at the WCC at 2:45 P.M., and the White Plains High Tigers Men's team, after a loss to  Wings Academy of The Bronx plays Holy Cross this  afternoon at 4:30 P.M.

            This year’s event is presented by Westchester County Parks and sponsored by The Journal News VarsityCentral.

            The Slam Dunk Challenge Basketball Tournament will showcase 16 of the best boys’ and girls’ high school basketball teams in the area, featuring some of the most exciting play of the upcoming high school basketball season. The following teams are participating:

BOYS’ TEAMS

Hastings High School, Hastings, NY

Holy Cross High School, Queens, NY

Mount Saint Michael, Bronx, NY

Peekskill High School, Peekskill, NY

Spring Valley High School, Spring Valley, NY

Scarsdale High School, Scarsdale, NY
Somers High School, Somers, NY

Uniondale High School, Long Island, NY

White Plains High School, White Plains, NY

WINGS Academy, Bronx, NY

GIRLS’ TEAMS
Archbishop Molloy, Queens, NY

Ithaca High School, Ithaca, NY

Our Lady of Lourdes High School, Poughkeepsie, NY

Saint John the Baptist, Long Island, NY

Ursuline High School, New Rochelle, NY

White Plains High School, White Plains, NY

Action starts at 11:15 A.M. each day. Once again this year, lucky winners in the free raffle will have the opportunity to win the $1,000 Big Shot contest. All students with a high school I.D. are eligible to enter a free raffle and win a chance to shoot a basket from half court during the championship game worth $1,000. The contest is sponsored by the Friends of Westchester County Parks, Inc.

As in past tournaments, the Slam Dunk Challenge will showcase some of the county’s finest up-and-coming players from the Westchester Hawks during halftime exhibition games throughout the tournament. Affiliated with the national Amateur Athletic Union, the Westchester Hawks is a non-profit program dedicated to providing basketball instruction for children ages 8 through 17 in Westchester County.

            Admission to the Westchester County Slam Dunk Challenge is $3 per day. Tickets can be purchased at the County Center box office Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tickets can also be purchased at all TicketMaster outlets, through TicketMaster.com, or by phone by calling TicketMaster at (845) 454-3388.

            Parking at the County Center is $4. The County Center is accessible to the disabled and infrared listening devices are available for the hearing impaired.

            The Westchester County Center is located in White Plains at the junction of Route 119 (Tarrytown Road), Central Park Avenue, and the Bronx River Parkway. The County Center is also accessible via the Westchester County BEE-LINE Bus system. For a bus schedule, call (914) 813-7777.

            For more information call the Westchester County Parks at (914) 864-PARK or the Westchester County Center at (914) 995-4050 or log onto www.westchestergov.com/parks.

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