Belize beats Costa Rica and heads to COCABA finals

Yesterday it was Panama, today in semifinal play Team Belize—Belizean Heritage—won comfortably over Costa Rica by twenty-four points on the way to proving that games should be settled on the court. Final score: Belize ninety-nine, Costa Rica seventy-five. So what’s next for our Dream Team? Team Mexico in the finals. Yesterday Mexico demolished Costa Rica by one score of a hundred and one to sixty-six. If you care to do some basketball analysis and do the math Mexico won by thirty-five points, while Belize won by only twenty-four points. What that means in the scheme of things as Belize draws one step closer to gold is anybody’s guess. Reports out of Cancun earlier today suggested that COCABA officials were agitating that Costa Rica face Panama instead of Team Belize. Fortunately for Belize, Panama took a stand and COCABA officials were forced to continue with the tournament as scheduled. Reports are that if Belize defeats Mexico tomorrow or not, our medal standing will hinge on the pending appeal. If Belize wins the appeal, we are guaranteed a spot in next year’s Centro Basket Tournament on the way to the 2012 London Olympics. We encourage you to tune once again to Channel Five’s Morning Show Open Your Eyes and News Five for continued coverage of the COCABA Championship for Men from Cancun.