TCI Basketball U-15 Team Outstanding Performance in Jamaica

By Dana Malcolm

Staff Writer

#Turksandcaicos, May 16, 2022 – ‘They left me in awe’ says Trevor Melvin Cooke Secretary-General of the Turks and Caicos Basketball Federation of the Under 15 boys team during their Jamaica tour

The historic trip saw the U15 team accompanied by The TCIBF President, Mr. Sydwell Glasgow, Head Coach Mr. Mervin Forbes, and Cooke and was the first time a sanctioned TCI team toured a regional country.

“The spectators who watched the games recognized that they were in the presence of greatness. I am NOT using the term loosely nor am I displaying any type of biasness.” Cooke said.

“ We watched these young men between the ages of 14 and 15 battle young men that were 16 to 19 years of age and held their own. The level of maturity they displayed on the court left me in awe and caused me to ask the question are these the same young men we had to manage on the bus and in the dorms?”

The team consisted of Dylan Morris, Ethan Taylor, Davaurii Daniel, Jhon Cesar, Roldjuson Lacossade, Adin Misick, Rashun Williams, Colnay Joseph, Malachi Missick, Jean-Naldo Joachim, Hakeem Handfield, Isaih Sejour.

The team beat Excelsior high school, Majesty Gardens Youth Basketball Team, and another unnamed school in their final match only losing to two schools including Campion College.

Dylan Morris, the team’s leading scorer now has two high school representatives and one college expressing interest in a written offer. The three interested parties represented schools in Canada, the Bahamas, and Jamaica.

The team will now go forward to compete in Puerto Rico officially representing the Turks and Caicos’ last time the basketball team did this was in 2004.

Cook says he is prepared to go to war with them any day of the week this team ‘shows up and shows out’