My name is Mark P. Sills, and Urban Youth, Incorporated has been running basketball tournaments in the tri-state area (PA/NJ/DE) since 1998. I have tournaments for girls and boys in all age groups.

Mission Statement: To provide recreational and educational activities for our youth, to help build their self-esteem and provide a safe haven to help them develop their basketball skills in a structured environment, and then to provide positive activities for our youth to keep them off the streets.

Mark P. Sills, Executive Director
Urban Youth, Inc.
1211 Canvasback Drive
New Castle, Delaware 19720 Tel. 302.328.2770

E-mail Mark P. Sills at urbanyouthinc@verizon.net
Please Make Payments Payable to: Urban Youth 2, Inc.

1996 Howard High School Championship Dinner
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1996 Howard High School Basketball Team
State Championship Game
Howard won the game 67 to 63, defeating Capehenlopen H.S. in overtime.
(In this clip, Decoursey Jamison (32) scores a basket for Howard.)

Howard High School basketball star Decoursey Jamison scored 31 points and grabbed 23 rebounds in leading Howard High School to the  March 11, 1996 Delaware State High School Basketball Championship victory. The game was played at the Carpenter Center on the campus of the University of Delaware.

They Were the First Overtime Champions by Jack Ireland
In the first eight games of the 1995-96 season, Howard High didn't look like a state championship-caliber basketball team. ..
(Read the Delaware News Journal Article.)

NEWS

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NEWSPAPER ARTICLES

Former Green Knight honored at Brown
by Jack Ireland
Former Mount Pleasant coach Tom DiStefano remembers just how good a basketball player Eric Blackiston was for the Green Knights in the early 1990s... (Read the Delaware Online article.)

Memphis’s Next Star Freshman Shows He Has Room to Grow
by Adam Himmelsbach
On the same day the Memphis men’s basketball team flew here to play Georgetown, the Chicago Bulls’ charter jet landed at Memphis International Airport.
(Read the New York Times article.)

Rutgers Will Rely on Five-Star Class of Freshmen by Dave Caldwell
The women who make up what Coach C. Vivian Stringer calls her most heralded class ever know that their accomplishments on the court will be measured as a group.
(Read the New York Times article.)

Honor Thy Father by Tom Friend
After her father was murdered at halftime of one of her games, a high school hoops star questioned her love of the sport.
(Read the ESPN Article.)

Sports of The Times:  Fiery Competitor Builds Up To a Flameout
by Harvey Araton
Who is Isiah Thomas, the man behind one of the most dazzling smiles in sports, capable of charming the venom from a snake?
(Read the New York Times article.)

At Pinnacle, Stepping Away From Basketball by Jeré Longman
After two days of classes last June, Elena Delle Donne acknowledged what few athletes of her visibility have ever acknowledged publicly — she was burned out.
(Read the New York Times article.)

Amaker's Move Creates a Clash of Harvard Ideals by Pete Thamel
Coach Tommy Amaker’s decision to cut five players recruited by his predecessor has raised eyebrows in the conference and has angered the players, their parents and coaches.
(Read the New York Times article.)

Big, Fat Greek Contract Makes Europe Irresistible by Pete Thamel
Josh Childress’s decision to leave the Atlanta Hawks may signify a change in how N.B.A. players look at Europe as a basketball destination.
(Read the New York Times article.)

At 19, Plotting New Path to N.B.A., via Europe by Pete Thamel
Brandon Jennings, a high school all-American, skipped college and is playing professional basketball in Italy.
(Read the New York Times article.)

The Day Innocence Died: Len Bias has been dead for as long as he was alive. So, how did that shocking day in 1986 affect the world he left behind. By Michael Weinreb, ESPN.com
(Read the ESPN.com article.)

Legendary Hill Always Willing To Make Assist
(Read the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Article.)

Sam Donnellon: Rutgers coach Stringer knows all about fairness - http://tinyurl.com/2wu48b

Howard Celebrates Legacy of Thomas: Coach of '73 champs to be honored at game. Read the article at the DE News Journal

Dover Gears Up for Basketball Tournament (Thurs, Dec. 20, 2007) About two months ago, Mark Sills was concerned he might not be able to hold his third annual holiday boys and girls junior varsity basketball tournament in late December...
Read the rest of the article at the DE News Journal

Charlie Smith was 'Mr. Clutch' at ODU - Read the News Journal Article

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URBAN YOUTH, INC is seeking tournament sponsors. Read the sponsorship letter and review the sponsorship levels. (Documents are PDF format.)

LINKS

Delaware Adidas Phenom Camp - www.dejrphenom.com

Check out the Ghost Players Program - www.ghostplayers.us/

The Ghost Players program is about:(SELF) We have basketball clinics every
Sunday for Girls at 1:30 pm Boys at 3:00 pm, our ages groups range from 8 to 14 years old.