LAS VEGAS-- A team of West Seattle and Burien-area players captured first place at an AAU basketball tournament played in Las Vegas, Nev. this week.

The Seattle Pride age 16 and under squad swept all four games in the tournament by double digits -- over teams from Texas, Hawaii, Canada and California.

The final was Thursday.

Two Seattle Lutheran players (Josh Meyer and Roberto Duenaz) are on the team along with two from West Seattle (Nate Pryor and Tyler Lenzie), two from Shorewood Christian (JJ Young and Jovie Fevealaki), two from Kennedy (Matthew Sassanoff and Emilio Mancol) and one each from Chief Sealth (Evan Moe), O'Dea (Shea Carstens) and Seattle Prep (Jaxon Woodward).

Seattle is staying in Las Vegas through the weekend for another tournament -- the Big Foot Hoops Las Vegas Classic.

The Reign already opened pool play with an 86-56 victory over the Houston Lynx. The tournament includes 160 top 16 and under teams from around the nation and the world.

The team was coming off a loss in the finals at the Northwest Summer Showcase last week to the Maeko team from Oregon, which is ranked No. 23 in the nation and No. 5 on the West Coast. The Pride was the last Washington team standing, however.