Delaware Takes The Cake In Governor’s Challenge Basketball Tournament

Salisbury, MD – For years, the Wicomico Youth & Civic Center in Salisbury, MD has brought high school basketball players together in competition over the holiday break. In 2010 Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley placed a unique spin on this tradition by issuing a challenge to Delaware’s Governor Jack Markell. The wager: a Maryland Smith Island Cake to a Delaware Peach Pie. The inaugural Governor’s Challenge Basketball Tournament was born.

The tradition continued this past December as teams from Delaware and Maryland engaged in intense competition over four days. In the end, Delaware captured its second straight Governor’s Challenge Cup, winning 13 games against 10 losses. Maryland held up their end of the bargain this week by presenting Governor Markell with a Peanut Butter Smith Island Cake courtesy of Cakes by David. “The taste of victory is sweet!” exclaimed Markell as the cake and 40-lb. trophy were unveiled to him.

Delaware will look to three-peat as Governor’s Challenge Champions next December while Maryland will try to capture its first title and deliver a Delaware Peach Pie to Annapolis. Team registrations are still being accepted for the 2012 event, which is scheduled for December 26-29. For more information visit www.SalisburyChampionships.org.