Junior Grand Final Day
Junior Grand Final Day
Basketball Junior Grand Final day once again held on a Sunday was full of some fantastic games in front of plenty of friends and family.
The day tipped off with the U14 Girls Blue and Gold divisions, the blue division Storm completed a dream finals run to overcome the Sparks in a tight contest, while the Flames, who called on interim Coach Sam Griffith to replace outgoing coach Amanda Frost for their finals run, cruised to a comfortable win over the top placed Fire in the gold division.
U12 Boys and U14 boys Gold were next, the U12 blue division Warriors managed a three-point win over the Phoenix Infront of packed stands on court 2, the high scoring Hunters were too much for the Braves in the U12 Boys Gold division. In one of the games of the day a Harry Wright put back on the buzzer gave his Kings a two-point victory over the Jets in the U14 Boys game.
The mighty Under Girls took the court next and it was the Diamonds proving too strong for the Spirit, the U16 boys and girls’ games was the first ‘club’ basketball action of the day. U16 Girls saw the Panthers facing off with the Cougars, the Panthers winning by 12 points, Alyssa Duncan of the Panthers (29 points) and Sarah Ritter of the Cougars (27 points) starred for their respective teams. The Panthers would also win the U16 boys Division 1, with a five-point victory over the Bulldogs. Jake Walker of the Panthers leading his team with 19 points.
The U16 D2 boys Panthers and Roos would play Infront of a packed and vocal court three, the Panthers were too much for the Roos with a comfortable thirteen-point win.
To finish the day the U18 Men Panther verse Bulldogs would provide the game of the day, an over time classic that the Panthers would take by six points. Oli Thomson of the Panthers led all scorers with 22 points.
Individual awards were also part of the day U16 girls MVP went to Sarah Ritter of the Cougars who is a promising junior that has recently represented SA Country, U16 boys MVP was Panther player Jake Walker another recent SA Country representative.
U18 dual MVP’s were Duncan Reid and Tobi de Wit, both are starting to develop into stars of the MG Plasterers SECBL competition.
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Junior Grand Final Day Results
U12 Girls - Diamonds 45 def Spirit 29
U12 Boys Blue - Warriors 22 def Phoenix 19
U12 Boys Gold - Hunter 64 def Braves 52
U14 Girls Blue - Storm 30 def Sparks 26
U14 Girls Gold - Flames 58 def Fire 26
U14 Boys Gold - Kings 51 def Jets 49
U16 Girls - Panthers 54 def Cougars 42
U16 Boys D2 - Panthers 56 def Roos 43
U16 Boys D1 - Panthers 54 def Bulldogs 49
U18 Men - Panthers 59 def Bulldogs 53 (OT)
Awards:
U16 Girls MVP - Sarah Ritter
U16 Boys MVP - Jake Walker
U18 Men dual MVP's - Toby de Wit and Duncan Reid
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