The Fall River YouthBuild program hosted a day-long basketball tournament among YouthBuild programs from across Massachusetts and Rhode Island at their headquarters in the Veterans' Memorial on Bank Street on March 3, 2010. This is the third time that Fall River has hosted teams from YouthBuild programs in Boston, Brockton, Cambridge, Lowell, Providence, Quincy and Springfield. Despite training every day for the past three months, the Fall River team lost a close game to the first place Providence team by a score of 32 to 31. "The tournament is a great way to build team spirit among our students as well as motivating them to get some very healthy exercise," stated Fall River YouthBuild director Terry Moran. The program, a ten-month construction skills training curriculum for men and women ages 17-24 who have not completed high school run by the Old Colony YMCA, has been in operation in Fall River since August of 2006. Click here for photos of a recent training that Fall River also hosted for Massachusetts Youth Build participants. For more information, contact Director Terry Moran at 508-678-1975.
 

(Top row, left) Team members James Smith, Sonny Neal and Sam Chevere meet with Americorps staff member Brian Horton who is coaching them for the game. (Top row, center) Luke Berube gives the thumbs up sign after one of the preliminary rounds. (Top row, right) Sam Chevere, Paul Santos, Shawn Correia and Sonny Neal listen closely to Coach Horton. (Middle row, left and right) Christian Berrios leads the team in a group cheer at the start of the game with Providence. (Middle row, center) Paul Santos and James Smith knock fists for good luck. (Bottom row, left and center) James Smith tips off the ball against Providence and scores an early point. (Bottom row, right) Evelio Torres moves past a Providence team member.