The St. Cloud Spartans AAU team won the Youth Basketball Of America Florida state 8th-grade championship tournament at Ft. Myers. The team is playing at Tampa this weekend to qualify for the national tournament in Osceola County. Pictured from left are team manager Ed Huff, Gio Acevedo, Spencer Gomez, Corey Caraballo, Eddie Verdecia, Daniel Rincon, Jesse Huff, Blake Connell, Trevill Holcy, Lamar Carry, Andrew Weathers and Coach Nestor Gomez.

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