{"id":31944,"date":"2023-05-02T12:58:56","date_gmt":"2023-05-02T16:58:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=31944"},"modified":"2023-05-02T12:59:00","modified_gmt":"2023-05-02T16:59:00","slug":"lakeland-still-has-a-semi-pro-basketball-team-in-town-and-we-as-a-community-need-to-support-them-lakeland-royals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2023\/05\/02\/lakeland-still-has-a-semi-pro-basketball-team-in-town-and-we-as-a-community-need-to-support-them-lakeland-royals\/","title":{"rendered":"Lakeland still has a Semi-Pro Basketball team in town and we as a community need to support them &#8211; Lakeland Royals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the 2023 FBA Basketball season kicks off the Reigning champions the Lakeland Royals are off to a great start. The Royals hosted their annual Royals Invitational pre-season tournament bringing in the St. Petersburg Tide, The Clermont Crocs, and The Volusia Serpents. The Royals ended the tournament taking home yet another title.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"984\" height=\"1024\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 984px) 100vw, 984px\" data-id=\"31948\" src=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screenshot_20230323_203018_Instagram-984x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31948\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screenshot_20230323_203018_Instagram-984x1024.jpg 984w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screenshot_20230323_203018_Instagram-288x300.jpg 288w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screenshot_20230323_203018_Instagram-768x799.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screenshot_20230323_203018_Instagram.jpg 1080w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"756\" height=\"1024\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 756px) 100vw, 756px\" data-id=\"31946\" src=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230324_124913_530-756x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31946\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230324_124913_530-756x1024.jpg 756w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230324_124913_530-222x300.jpg 222w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230324_124913_530-768x1040.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230324_124913_530-1134x1536.jpg 1134w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230324_124913_530.jpg 1200w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"756\" height=\"1024\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 756px) 100vw, 756px\" data-id=\"31947\" src=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230324_125158_003-756x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31947\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230324_125158_003-756x1024.jpg 756w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230324_125158_003-222x300.jpg 222w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230324_125158_003-768x1040.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230324_125158_003-1134x1536.jpg 1134w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230324_125158_003.jpg 1200w\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In week 1 the Royals hosted their 1st home game of the season at their new home gym Simpson Park Community Center, against the Clermont Crocs. The final score of the evening was 110 to 115 Royals. With Tyler Williams was their top scorer that evening with a shocking 39pt game. The Royals are currently 3-0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230412_140020_229-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31945\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230412_140020_229-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230412_140020_229-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230412_140020_229-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230412_140020_229-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230412_140020_229-250x250.jpg 250w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_20230412_140020_229.jpg 1080w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Royals will be taking on the Volusia Serpents at home this weekend May 6th at 6 pm at Simpson Park. Tickets may be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lakelandroyals.org\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.lakelandroyals.org\/\">purchased online<\/a> or at the door for $10.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the 2023 FBA Basketball season kicks off the Reigning champions the Lakeland Royals are off to a great start. 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