Local team wins USBA national title

  • The EMPACT basketball team and coaches display their trophy and championship rings after the national title game. CONTRIBUTED
    The EMPACT basketball team and coaches display their trophy and championship rings after the national title game. CONTRIBUTED

    Putnam County High School students Jaylin Harper and Bryce Brahbam were among a group of eight young men who made up the Central Georgia Wolves 10th-grade AAU EMPACT (Educate, Motivate, Prepare, Advocate For, Coach and Teach) team that won state and national United States Basketball Association (USBA) championships this year.

    The team, which also included Jalen Butts, Bud Veal and Kendarius Whipple…