Categories: Editorials

District Attorney Conley’s Basketball Tournament a Great Event

We were so proud to take part in Suffolk County District Daniel F. Conley 7th Annual Basketball For Peace Tournament at the UMass Boston Clark Athletic Center.

DA Conley and his staff once again accomplished the mission of this wonderful event: to bring Boston’s young people together for a day of safe, healthy, team-oriented fun and give youth, parents, and community leaders an opportunity to meet the prosecutors, victim advocates, community outreach staff, and other professionals in the DA’s office.

From the moment the youths entered the gymnasium at UMass, they knew they were part of a truly special and well-organized event. The basketball games were played competitively and with sportsmanship and were officiated by professional referees. There was a real sense of camaraderie among the players and coaches on the teams who hailed from all parts of Suffolk County. The Revere Police Athletic League basketball team, led by head coach Adam Rizzo, represented our city well in this tournament.

DA Conley and his staff made a great event even greater by inviting Leon Powe, the former Boston Celtics star, to serve as guest speaker. Powe certainly enlightened the audience with his story of growing up in Oakland and not taking his studies seriously enough as a youth to his becoming a serious-minded student and one of the best high school basketball players in the country before matriculating at the highly regarded  University of California-Berkeley. Powe’s success at Cal led to the realization of his dream of playing in the NBA.

UMass Vice Chancellor Charlie Titus, one of the most prominent and respected names in all of college athletics, was a deserving recipient of a lifetime achievement award and you could tell how much this recognition by DA Conley meant to the legendary basketball coach and college administrator. The other honorees on this day were also grateful to DA Conley and his staff for being recognized as role models.

DA Conley oversees the busiest district attorney’s office in the Commonwealth. He is a credit to Stonehill College and Suffolk University Law School. For the district attorney to continue the great tradition that this basketball tournament has become speaks well of his noble declaration that “the most important part of my job is serving the people of Suffolk County.”

Keep up the great work, Suffolk County DA Daniel Conley.

Cary Shuman

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