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http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2017/aug/13/guy-perkins-coach-helps-team-usa-60s-gold-medal-it/


Guy-Perkins coach helps Team USA 60s to gold medal in Italy

It’s a long way from St. Charles, Arkansas, to the Leaning Tower of Pisa, but basketball has taken John Hutchcraft every step of the way.

Hutchcraft, 64, the basketball coach at Guy-Perkins for the past 41 years, recently capped off his 10th state championship with the Thunderbirds by helping Team USA 60s to the gold medal by playing in the 14th Federation of International Masters Basketball Association World Maxibasketball Championship in Montecatini-Tuscany, Italy.

The tournament included 367 men’s and women’s teams playing in divisions from 35-and-over to 75-and-over. Team USA entered seven teams. The 60s players were recruited from masters tournaments across the U.S.

“The international competition was as good as we’ve seen,” Hutchcraft said. “Like with the USA, it was the best out of each country. One thing that was exciting was all 367 teams were lined up by country with their flags, and we paraded probably two miles through the town of Montecatini to cheering locals on the way to the stadium where the opening-ceremony program took place.

“That was my first time in another country in something like that, but I thought the people from Italy and the other countries really liked the USA people. They were clapping and hollering really big for USA.”

Team USA beat Greece in the opening round, 102-42, after jumping to a 33-5 lead. In the second round, the Americans knocked off Puerto Rico “B,” 69-31, including a 26-4 run. In the quarterfinals, Team USA handled Russia, 70-46, before knocking off Puerto Rico “A” in the semifinals, 73-52; and Italy for gold, 80-53.


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