BASKETBALL
Junior A Boys’ Basketball
The Junior A Boys’ Basketball team are the Division 3 champions for 2020. Although ably led from the front by our three scorers: Alron, TK and Kamau, our close games were a total team effort where every basket and rebound counted. We moved through the first round smoothly with only Taikura taking us close. In the final pool game, where we played off against the second team – again Taikura - the game went right to the final buzzer and we got through with a one-point win. Next, we played Wairoa, the winner of Pool A, to see who would go through to the final. Again we got a 1-point win after they almost ran us down in the final quarter. The finals were all played on Saturday 19 September at the Pettigrew Green Arena and we faced our old foe Taikura again. The game changed hands each quarter. Even scores at the first break, them ahead by 12 at the second, but we caught up and led by 3 at the third. It was anyone’s game and 45-45 as the clock ticked down to zero. In the last play of the game Alron sunk an amazing 3 pointer as the buzzer sounded to give us an incredible win and the Champions Cup. Thanks to all those who helped us this season but most of all to the boys who trained hard, always played for each other, and always played to the final buzzer.
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