On Fri., March 14, Hancock Recreation Center celebrated its 2014 Sixers Neighborhood Basketball League season with an awards ceremony. The ceremony honored the members of the 12-and-under co-ed basketball league as each participating player was recognized for their accomplishments on the basketball court.

League Director Larry Vaughan honored his coaches, commissioners, Moffet Elementary School, Rec Leader Jonathan Rocks and all of the participants’ parents before presenting each player with a trophy and a certificate from the Sixers. The league teaches sportsmanship, discipline, teamwork and Vaughan’s message of “silencing the violence and increasing the peace” in the neighborhood.

“In the Hancock Rec S.N.B.L., there are no winners or losers. Everybody works together, has good grades and a good attitude,” Vaughan said. After the awards were handed out, the children, coaches and family members shared in a pizza party.