Page 17 - Summer 2017 Final

Ballers Show Off Game, Heart

at Boston Strong Invitational

There was big hoops news around Boston Officer Sean Collier, who was fatally shot by the
recently. terrorists, and Boston Police Officer Dennis “DJ”
Simmonds, who died a year after the attack from
Yeah, sure, there was the Kyrie Irving trade, a head injury inflicted by an explosive that was
but that came in second place. The bigger buzz detonated by one of the terrorists during the
was the great job the MSP did in hosting the fourth Watertown shootout. Members of both the Collier
annual Boston Strong Invitational Basketball and Simmonds families were on hand for the
Tournament. event.

The Boston Strong Invitational, which
benefitted the Officer Sean A. Collier Memorial
Fund, featured numerous youth and adult teams,
including a State Police team, in competition on
the hardwood. Although the MSP team did not
win the tourney, the
eventual outcome was
a fitting one, as “Team
Simmonds,” comprised
of Officer Simmonds’
former Randolph High
School teammates, took
the honors.

The MSP hosted the Invitational over the Troopers and
first weekend in August at the Massachusetts local and college police
Institute of Technology’s Rockwell Gymnasium. officers also coached and
The two-day event honored the victims of the mentored youth players. Sergeant Anthony Dear of
Boston Marathon bombing, including MIT Police the Troop H Community Action Team coordinated
MSP’s host duties for this year’s tourney. The
Department thanks Tony Dear and the MSP team
for their participation in this great event. We look
forward to next year’s Invitational!

F r en c h·a n d·E le c t r ic·B l ue·S umm er·2017·p a g e·17