Team Ham Bests Team Homere in First Juneteenth Charity Game

Team Ham won the first Juneteenth Charity game defeating Team Homere 142 to 137.

DULUTH, Minn.- The first ever Juneteenth Charity basketball game took place at Denfeld high school on Friday night.

The team captains for the event were Duluth Denfeld boys head coach Phill Homere and Minnesota Vikings Fullback CJ Ham.

Teams competing in the charity game were constructed from players that have made an impact of the community.

The event was an opportunity for the community to raise funds for AAU youth basketball and to celebrate Juneteenth.

“It gives everyone an opportunity to come together to watch us have fun, to have fun, but also remember what Juneteenth means. How important it is to so many people in our community, said Ham.” “To do this to raise money for Phill and his youth program. To get the kids on the team, to the kids to the tournaments, to the games. Again, I just really can’t say how much and how important that truly is. To see already, the game hasn’t even started yet, and to see the community already here supporting that cause, really just speaks for itself.”

Team Ham won the first Juneteenth Charity game defeating Team Homere 142 to 137.