Salisbury Police officers were overrun by the youthful players fielded by the Salisbury Youth Association at a charity basketball game held March 24 at Salisbury High School. The event was a benefit to raise money for the National Night Out community gathering to be held Aug. 7 at Salisbury Middle School.

Youth won out at the final buzzer and the crowd was exuberant at the 58-48 win posted by the SYA team.

Hot dogs and pizza were on sale, with a 50-50 raffle and a gift basket raffle adding to the proceeds to help put the final benefit total at $527.

Organizer Detective Christopher Casey said the police, who traded uniforms and ballistic vests for sports attire, were pleased to see the good-natured enthusiasm displayed by those attending the benefit.

“We are all looking forward to the August community gathering for the second annual National Night Out,” Casey said.