Recent graduate of Portland Adventist Academy, Dane Petersen, and incoming junior at Mile High Academy, Addy Dodds, join the show to talk about their experience at the first-ever AdventistHoops All-American Weekend. The group discusses their overall experience at the July 31-August 2 weekend, the specifics of the schedule on Thursday and Friday, and analyze the all-star festivities on Saturday night. The athletes share what it was like staying at La Sierra University, learning from our Adventist college coaches, uncovering strategies from sports psychologists, and playing with other high-level Adventist athletes. The two also talked about how important the event was to them personally and how supported they felt from the Adventist community during these historic national Adventist high school all-star games.

If you didn’t get a chance to watch the All-American Saturday night, you can watch on the AdventistHoops YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/live/GDHO86CEs40?feature=share

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After seeing how his Sabbath observance was honored in high school in Canada, and the potential he saw in Adventist youth around him as an adult, Aldin and his wife started the Basketball Factory in Calgary, Alberta. Their club teams play in high level tournaments across the country, maintain an Adventist code of conduct, and don’t play on the Sabbath.

Aldin talks about the logistics of running traveling teams, the openness of tournament organizers to schedule games around the Sabbath, and the opportunities he’s seen to witness. He explains the club’s annual schedule, and many Adventist families’ concern that playing basketball will eventually lead to compromising on the Sabbath. Aldin opens up about his university career, explaining why he ended up playing on the Sabbath, and why he quit basketball because of it after his second season. Now he encourages Adventist youth to give God the chance to honor their Sabbath decision.

The guys speculate on what it would be like for an Adventist to play in the NBA and how an Adventist Division 1 college would manage playing around the Sabbath. Aldin leaves listeners with advice on how more people could start their own Adventist clubs.

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Pastor Willis shares how he was inspired to create the Northeast Stingers basketball club through his church in North Carolina, and how it’s grown to include multiple age groups and out-of-state tournaments. Head Coach Reggie Todd shares how they fill their schedule, some of the challegnges of coaching a club, and how the experience has benefitted the kids as athletes and young men. They share their 2025 experience at the Newmyer Classic at Andrews University, how they’ve secured funding for their travels, and advice for others out there who see a need to give Adventist kids more experience.

Reggie also shares his experience as a top prospect in South Carolina as a Sabbath-observing Adventist. He went on to play Division 1 basketball for East Tennessee State University, in a program that was supportive of his beliefs.

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