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As the Mexican-American Basketball Association concluded their final week of regular season play, they are now getting prepared for two tournament weekends. This weekend, the 8 local Quad City teams will be taking on teams from Kansas City, Omaha, Chicago, and Holland, Michigan. The tournament starts Saturday (March 21st) at 9 am at Beyond the Baseline (former Marycrest College).

Another two weeks of accion in the MBA have passed. The best teams are starting to stand out from the others due to their consistency and their talent. The team to beat so far is the Blazers, who remain undefeated so far. Teams that follow with a 3-1 record are the Rebels and the Wolpack. Third place is also disputed by two teams VFW and the Hawks, both with a split record 2-2. Fourth place teams are the QC Mafia and Atlas with a 1-3 record. At the bottom of the table are the Warriors that have not won any of their games so far.

The MBA finally started with eight teams disputing this year’s title. The games take place at Marycrest University’s gym in Davenport, Iowa. Even though there is only 8 teams intensity is at its maximum le vel. 20 some teams started the season on the right track. The two teams that lead the league so far are the Blazers and the Rebels with 2 wins in the last two games. VFW, Atlas, Hawks and Wolfpack each split their two games and have a record of 1-1.

Men’s Health Magazine along with Dodge Ram hosted a unique event in downtown Chicago on Saturday, Oct.18, 2008.  The Men’s Health Urbanathlon and Festival is a 10.5 mile race that started at Lower Hutchinson, continuing on Lake Shore Drive, through Navy Pier, proceeding to Museum Campus, going through Soldier Field and back under Lake Shore Drive to the finish line.  Participants could either run alone or be on a 3 person relay team.  Hola America was lucky enough to be sponsored by Men’s Health Magazine.  Team Hola America’s racers were, Jose Martinez, Alexandra Jaimes and yours truly.  What separated this race from others was that along with the 10.4 miles there were obstacles placed throughout the course.  Crawling through culverts, crossing monkey bars, marine hurdles, and even climbing the Soldier Field stairs and getting over an 8 foot wall were some of the obstacles the race had in place.