‘Batavia Dream Team’ to take on Harlem Ambassadors

BATAVIA – The "Batavia Dream Team" will take on the Harlem Ambassadors in a comedy basketball show that starts at 5:30 p.m. Oct. 11 at the Batavia High School gymnasium. The school is at 1201 Main St., Batavia.

Proceeds from the event benefit the Batavia Bulldog Boosters and the Batavia United Way and will be used for Batavia School District 101 student athletes and local families in need.

Tickets are on sale at www.BataviaBulldogBoosters.org. Advance tickets are $5 a student and $8 an adult. Children 4 and younger are free. The event is sponsored by Ronald A. Murphy Dental in Batavia and Comfort Inn & Suites in Geneva. For information, contact Lisa Farley at lisa@BataviaBulldogBoosters.org or Melinda Kintz at Melinda@BataviaUnitedWay.org.

The Harlem Ambassadors offer a unique brand of basketball, featuring slam dunks, ball-handling tricks, comedy routines, music, dancing and games for the kids.

“At our shows, we want the kids to know that they’re part of our team, too,” Harlem Ambassadors coach Ladè Majic stated in a news release. “We invite as many kids as we can to come sit on the bench, have a front-row seat during the show, and get involved in all of the fun stuff we do.”

The Batavia Dream Team includes:

• Phil Albrecht, physical education teacher, Grace McWayne School

• Randy Banker, Batavia deputy fire chief

• R.J. Banker, U.S. Army

• Greg Bauman, physical education teacher, H.C. Storm School

• Bob Bowman, physical education teacher, Rotolo Middle School

• Greg Fink, physical education teacher, Hoover-Wood School

• Amber Jirsa, English teacher, Batavia High School

• Eric Lightner, manager, Comfort Inn Geneva

• Nick Marsh, VP of All Star Sports (Dream Team captain)

• Chris Milka, assistant principal, Hoover-Wood and Louise White Schools

• Jeff Modaff, principal, Grace McWayne Elementary School

• Jim Nazos, business ed teacher, Batavia High School (Dream Team coach)

• Chris Ozarka, math and science teacher, Batavia High School

• Ramblin’ Ray Stevens, US 99.5 FM

• Tanner Seal, special education teacher, J.B. Nelson Elementary School

• Jason Stoops, Batavia School District 101 Board vice president

• Elissabeth Tesch (Fehlman), Batavia School District 101 physical therapist

“We scoured the area to put together a Dream Team to take on the Ambassadors,” Farley, a Batavia Bulldog Boosters board member, stated in the release. “Come and cheer on our enthusiastic local talent. It will be a night filled with laughter, comedy, and slam dunks – all to benefit the local community.”