The Chico Junior High eighth-grade blue boys basketball team won the AAA (large school) division in the Crescent City Jaycees 41st annual tournament and finished the season 31-4.

They beat North Bend, Ore., 71-52. Jesse Holmes had 36 points and Nico Taresh added 12. They beat Sequoia 56-44. Holmes had 26 points and Tanner Binsfield scored 16. They beat Marsh 49-43 as Holmes scored 26 points and Michael Sanderson added 10. Holmes was named tournament MVP, and Binsfield and Sanderson made the all-tournament team.

The last time Chico Junior won this invitation only tournament was in 1999 when Coach John Carter played for Chico Junior.  Congratulations to the entire team on a spectacular year.