Pictured are the La Porte Thunder and La Porte Lightning 8th grade travel basketball teams. Both teams completed undefeated winter basketball seasons at the Courts of Northwest Indiana, in Valparaiso, and proceeded to meet in the league tournament championship game. As was expected, the hard fought game was decided in the last few seconds with the Thunder edging the Lightning by one point for the championship.
The Thunder (in white) are Blade Williams, Scott Cooper, Ben Dermody, Andy Samuelson, Peyton Riehle, Thomas Pope, Cameron Wells, and Mason Kosior. The Lightning (in orange) are Taylor Shank, Billy Mofield, Nick Ormsby, Ryan Downs, Owen Strieter, Jerry Fulton, Alex Moser, and Aldair Sanchez.