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Overland Park police crown champs in this year’s ‘All nets. No drugs’ 3-on-3 basketball tourney

3-on-3 teams played on a make shift court in the city hall parking lot as well as the court along Antioch.

Most Saturdays, the parking lot outside Overland Park City Hall is a pretty staid spot. This past weekend, it was hopping.

With temporary courts set up in the city hall parking lot and games on the permanent court fronting Antioch Road, the Overland Park Police Department hosted its third annual “All Nets. No Drugs” 3-on-3 basketball tournament.

The department started the event as a way to build relationships with youth in the community. In addition to the tournament — with brackets for teams made up of middle school players and for high school players — the event featured food trucks, a DJ, free hair cuts and representatives of the armed forces.

This year’s winners were as follows:

Boys High School: Christ Preparatory Academy Patriots

Boys Middle School: Metro Academy Mavericks

Sportsmanship Award: Lakewood Middle Rockets

(Photos above courtesy Overland Park Police Department).

Congrats to this year’s winning teams!

About the author

Jay Senter
Jay Senter

Jay Senter is the founder and publisher of the Johnson County Post.

He earned his bachelor’s degree in business at the University of Wisconsin – Madison, where he worked as a reporter and editor at The Badger Herald.

He went on to receive a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Kansas. While he was in graduate school, he also worked as a reporter for the Lawrence Journal-World.

His reporting has appeared in the Kansas City Star, The Pitch and The New York Times, among other publications.

Senter was the recipient of the Johnson County Community College Headliner Award in 2023.

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