Villa Park’s Julien Franklin named MVP of Godinez Grizzy Invitational basketball tournament

Julien Franklin of Villa Park accepts the MVP trophy after Saturday’s title game.

Senior Julien Franklin, who led Villa Park to the championship of the 24-team Grizzy Invitational, was named the MVP of the tournament Saturday night.

Greg Coombs, coach at Godinez and the tournament director, presented the awards after Villa Park defeated Yorba Linda 91-46 in the championship game.

Two of Franklin’s teammates, Cal Whitney and Maceo Reddick, were named to the all-tournament team.

The rest of the team:

Cory Knutson, Yorba Linda

Omair Memon, Yorba Linda

Sam Barela, Newport Harbor

Dayne Chalmers, Newport Harbor

Festus Ndumayna, Capo Valley Christian

John Bakke, El Dorado

Kaden Headington, Edison

Nick D’Amato, El Toro

Anthony Smetona, San Clemente

Max Horowitz, Also Niguel

PHOTOS FROM THIS WEEK’S GRIZZLY INVITATIONAL