Scott King / Sunshine Tournament a Success Despite “Shitty” Weather
February 4, 2026: St. Petersburg, FLA: Despite some of the worst weather in at least 16 years in the Sunshine State (not counting the hurricanes), the Scott King/Sunshine City League tournament went off without a glitch this past weekend. Yes, it was cold, nasty, extremely windy and then the rain came Saturday afternoon to further dampen the endeavor. Early Sunday morning was greeted with snow flurries 6 hours before the tournament resumed with feel-like temperatures in the upper 20s.
Before a crowd of 64 over the 8-hour day Saturday and about 25 on Sunday, a total of 31 players participated in the 3rd annual Scott King/Sunshine City League event. Several players from Connecticut made the trip as well as several from the Miami area, mostly ex-pros familiar to many in the jai-alai world.
The doubles tournament turned out to be a St. Pete vs. Miami battle and was won by Rastock and RG3. They beat Armenta and Super Jules in overtime. The Miami boys won the first game, 10-5, the St. Pete guys won the second game 10-7, forcing a 5-point winner take all game 3. Rastock and RG3 took that game 5-2.
The singles tournament came down to two St. Pete regulars. That event was delayed a day to Sunday and was mostly players from the St. Pete roster that participated. One of the best exchanges of a point involved Rocco and Brodie in the finals. The video can be viewed compliments of tape sent to the Pelota Press by Armenta. Rocco took the contest 10-8 over Brodie.
The B League tournament was won by Seminole King and Alex.
Overall, the event was fun despite the weather. It was good to see the out of towners from Connecticut and Miami come dressed as jai-alai players as opposed to the regular St. Pete players who normally don’t get dressed up – including the guy writing this story who normally won’t even wear a shirt and wears $4 shorts bought at Walmart.
You can track all the players, the game-by-game results and view numerus photos below in this story. A special thanks to Scott King for putting on his 3rd annual event and we look forward to next years event. And a special thanks to all those the donated to the court for keeping it up to date despite thousands or games being played on it yearly.
Click Here for Rocco/Brody Point of the Year
Click Here for Point In Doubles Tourney
