The Xplosion, a Mercer Island AAU boys basketball team, recently won a holiday tournament.

The team competed in the Impact Spots Academy Holiday Classic tournament. Xplosion participated in the seventh and eighth grade division, winning the championship game with a 47-46 final score after coming from behind to win.

The team includes: Brendan Johnson, Matt Padgett, Peter Ernst, Sami El-Rafy, Sam Rosenstein, Kyle Stolzman, Ryan Liang and Ivan Roussanov. The team is coached by Joe Phillips.