Saturday, August 6, 2011

Old Timers celebrate Plymouth basketball

PLYMOUTH - Representatives from the past and from around the country came back to Plymouth on Thursday night to celebrate a common thread, basketball.

Brothers Jason and Jeremy Renz, Chad Clinton joined teammates from the recent past Ricky Davis, Houston Hodges, Sam Faulstich, Korey Bucher Houston Hodges and Sam Faulstich  in taking on some "old timers" led by Jody Birk, Brian Trump, Andy Huff, Jim Klingerman, Mike Large Seth Gilmer and Clinton's brother Ryan (not that much of an old timer). The younger players ran away with the contest but other than shooting skills the older guys hadn't lost a whole lot.

Sean Smith won a preliminary three point shoot out but had some hard time holding off another old timer - Greg Renz who hit nine three pointers in his preliminary shooting round.

Gilmer came from South Carolina for the week and on Sunday also competed as part of the Old Timers Baseball game at Bill Nixon Field.

The game was held at Lincoln Jr. High as part of a celebration of Alumni Week by the Plymouth Alumni Association.

The PAA is a non-profit organization that works to connect and inform Plymouth graduates. All funds collected by the organization go to support extra and co-curricular programs at the Plymouth schools such as art, music, theatre and sports.

Reunions for the classes of 1976 at The Office and 1986 at the Brass Rail will be on the agenda for Saturday night.

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