Jay Bee Auto Basketball Team went undefeated for 10 consecutive years while playing teams from the Wisconsin Prison System. Jay-Bee Auto also went 180-0 in city league play at one point from 1995-2003. Jay Bee re-entered the city league play in 2005 season after a three-year absence to reclaim the league championship with a record of 20 wins 0 loses. Jay-Bee Auto has only lost six regular season city league games in the first 15 years, of play for a record of 210-6. Jay-Bee went 20-1 in the 2008 Waukegan Summer League which is one of the toughest leagues around the Kenosha, Milwaukee, Waukegan, and Racine area.
In 2010 Jay-Bee had seven first place wins. Jay-Bee Auto was also asked to step down from the Kenosha County City basketball League, because of their high level of play. Other teams stated that they would forfeit their games and not play in the Kenosha County City League basketball games against the Jay-Bee Auto team. Humbly the team steps down to seek other opportunity to play basketball at a higher level.
In 2011 Jay-Bee had Ten (10) first place wins as the team to their game on the road to play at higher levels. The team played some it best basketball as it dealt with the aging of some of it star players. The
At the age of 35, Tony Moore had a decision to make: continue doing what he was doing or make a clean break and become a new man. Moore chose the latter. “Basketball gave me my life,” Tony Moore says.
"Basketball gave me my life."
Moore’s decision to turn away from a life of drugs and crime and to pivot towards basketball has impacted more lives than just his own. His daughter now has a father. His community now has a voice that speaks with the experience of a life redeemed.
Now, Moore’s journey in redemption through basketball takes him on a quest to qualify for (and succeed in) The Basketball Tournament.
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Now, Moore’s journey in redemption through basketball takes him on a quest to qualify for (and succeed in) The Basketball Tournament.
Read the full story on TBT here!