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City of Smyrna 
A Max Bacon 
City Hall 
2800 King Street 
Smyrna, GA 30080 
Issue Sheet 
File Number: 25-7193 
Agenda Date: 5/19/2025 
In Control: City Council File Type: Presentation 
Agenda Section: 
Mayoral Report 
Department: Mayor and Council 
Agenda Title: 
Recognition of Smyrna Basketball Association's U8 State Girls Champions 
ISSUE AND BACKGROUND: 
S
myrna Basketball Association’s U8 Girls league recently competed in the State of Georgia Park and 
Recreation Association Basketball tourney and captured the state title for the U8 Girls division after 
beating College Park, Whitefield County and City of Rome. This tournament included teams from 
Roswell Parks and Rec, Savannah, Henry County and Spalding County. In  this tourney they outscored 
their opponents for a total of 84-57 across 3 bracket play games. 
Prior to advancing to State they won three games in the District 5 tourney with teams from North 
Georgia including Cartersville, Rome, Whitefield County, Paulding County and Dalton. In this tourney 
they outscored their opponents 114-36 to capture the district title. 
This was an All-star team made up of nine girls from the community who competed across three 
teams out of SBA throughout the regular season: 
The players on the team were: 
Quinn Jordan 
Lively Winters 
Hayden Nelson 
Payton Hightower 
Leilani Russell 
Kyree Collins 
Skylar Morse 
Desola Akinnagbe 
Kamryn Millsap 
They were coached by: 
Coach Marin (Head Coach) 
Coach Jay (Asst Coach) 
Coach Malik (Asst Coach) 
SBA League Director: Vans Nelson