“It’s a pretty exciting time,” Palmer said. Senior Adam Palmer of the Londonderry Empire team has been waiting patiently for the league to resume. Missing the final opportunity of playing basketball with longtime friends could have been devastating. (Via Andrew Soucy)įor seniors in the league, this season has somewhat of a different meaning.
The Wizahds is a team composed of juniors, and have been right in the thick of all final four conversations. “Teams are creating Instagram accounts, which make for a more fun environment that everybody wants to partake in, therefore creating more hype around the league,” Soucy said. The first account was created well before the season began, by junior Andrew Soucy, a member of the “Wizahds” team. Not only will you find scores and roster moves on these pages, but most importantly you will find the biggest key of the league: trash talk. The league is being publicized like never before, with teams now utilizing Instagram pages to keep everyone in the loop. This return has athletes and fans alike crazed for the addiction that is rec basketball. Now all these years later, an event with just as much or possibly an even greater impact on the sport of basketball has occurred: the Londonderry Recreational Basketball League has returned to play after a year long hiatus.
Nearly 27 years ago NBA legend, Michael Jordan, shocked the world with a press release announcing his return to the National Basketball Association after a short lived retirement. The Londonderry Empire are one of the few returning upperclassmen rec teams.
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