PHOTO GALLERY: Barbershops' basketball tournament in Douglass Park
June 17, 2012 | 7:42 p.m. CDT
Six barbershops fielded teams in the Battle of the Barbershops Basketball Tournament. The Father's Day event was held Sunday in Douglass Park in Columbia.
Alvin Harris, foreground, watches as his son Lyle Harris makes a three-point shot for his team, A Cut Above the Rest, a barbershop owned by Alvin Harris, during the Battle of the Barbershops Basketball Tournament on Sunday at Douglass Park. "This is a special day for me," Alvin Harris said. "Usually all my kids are scattered, but today they're all here."
| Caitlin Jones
Chris Tyler barbecues for friends and family of the A Cut Above the Rest barbershop team at the Battle of the Barbershops Basketball Tournament on Sunday at Douglass Park. "If older folks utilize the park, then kids won't get in as much trouble if we are around."
| Caitlin Jones
Lyle Harris, left, and his brother Logan Harris prepare for their first game during the Battle of the Barbershops Basketball Tournament on Sunday at Douglass Park. The brothers were playing for the team A Cut Above the Rest, a barbershop owned by their father.
| Caitlin Jones
Ryanne Harris, left, holds her son Brayden Harris, as his father, Lance Harris, bends to give him a kiss before his first game during the Battle of the Barbershops Basketball Tournament on Father's Day on Sunday at Douglas Park. Lance Harris, a professional basketball player for a team in the Ukraine, was playing for his father's barbershop, A Cut Above the Rest.
| Caitlin Jones
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