Atlanta Select Fantasy Football 2010

Atlanta Select Basketball Plays Fantasy Football. Fourteen teams will be playing in the Atlanta Select League. ESPN will host the league. Draft time will be Tuesday, September 7 at 8:30 PM.

To join the Atlanta Select league, go to ESPN.com, Click on Fantasy Football, Look for Atlanta Select, Follow the instructions to sign up.

It's going to be fun. The public is invited to join the league.

Thanks Atlanta Select Seniors - Work Hard in the Classroom and the Court.

Thanks Atlanta Select 17u RED, BLACK, SILVER and WHITE Teams for a very successful season. You are seniors now. Demonstrate the leadership at your school and prepare to do battle in the classroom and on the court. Go Select.

Our Ladies - A Great Season - The Lady Selects.

Thank you Atlanta Lady Selects. What a great season.

Skills Development Training Begins in Three Weeks.

Atlanta Select Fall Skills Development Training begins on September 12. Please visit our web site's home page for details.

We Must Save Our Boys.

Do more than half of Black males graduate from high school in your American city?

If not, what are you going to do? Do you know that low high school graduation rates fuel violence, high incarceration rates, unemployment, family-breakdown and chaos in your communities? Does anyone really care? We thank the Schott Foundation for Public Education for this report. This national catastrophe is not being properly addressed!!!

10u, 11u, 12u & 13u Boy's Teams SILVER Banquet.

The Atlanta Select 10u, 11u, 12u and 13u SILVER Teams held their End of Year Banquet on Sunday, August 15, 2010. The theme was "Harnessing The Power of SYNERGY". The coaches presented power point presentations of the highlights of the season, provided a final financial report, recognized the the Platinum, Gold and Silver sponsors and outlined Kick-off activities for the 2011 season. A scrumptious meal of fresh vegetables, mac & cheese, fried chicken and fruit punch was served. Pictured is the mouth watering celebration cake.

These four teams (10u - Coaches Christopher & Hughes, 11u - Coaches Baskerville, Lottie & Warfield, 12u - Coach Carpenter and 13u - Coaches Powell and Salley) earned more than 20 trophies this season, had 6 straight "A" student athletes, 16 A/B Honor students, One with a perfect Math Score on the CRCT, 3 student athletes that exceeded in each area of the CRCT, A second place finish in the 5th grade Science Fair and one student athlete recognized for high academic achievement and elected to the Beta Club and Young Men of Distinction.

Pictured above is Coach Christopher and the mighty 10u team decked out in their shirts and ties and looking good. Additional pictures will be posted in the "facebook" album. The banquet was a first classed affair.

The Mentor Leader - Coach Tony Dungy

Super Bowl-winning coach and New York Times bestselling author Tony Dungy was in Lithonia this week signing copies of his new book at Borders bookstore. His new book "The Mentor Leader" describes secrets to building people and teams that win consistently. Atlanta Select will select this book as required reading for its coaches this coming youth basketball season. It is believe that Coach Dungy's advice is something that all should listen to and implement. We wish Coach Dungy continued success.

Playing for a Worthy Cause.

Four Atlanta Select teams participated in the Fairfield Summer Classic Tournament held July 29-31 in Lithonia, GA. This was a benefit tournament to support the planned Kidney transplant for Mrs. Tiffinee McGilberry, the wife of Coach Terrell McGilberry, head coach for the 13u Boys Team RED.

The Atlanta Select teams were the 13u Boys Team RED and 13u Boys Team SILVER (pictured together in the top picture), 14u Boys Team WHITE East and 14u BOYS Team WHITE North. The teams added three more trophies to the Trophy Count. More important than the outstanding play of the teams was the untiring support of these teams for a worthy cause. Our prayers go out to the McGilberry's and we ask for God's Blessings.