10TH LINDEN SECONDARY SCHOOLS U-19 BASKETBALL

Semifinals on today at MSC hard court … Mackenzie face New Silvercity, ‘Multi’ oppose Linden Foundation

DEFENDING CHAMPIONS Christianburg/Wismar Secondary known as ‘Multi’ and last year’s losing finalists Mackenzie High will face separate opponents this afternoon, when the semi-finals of the 10th Linden Secondary Schools Under-19 basketball championship bounce off at the Mackenzie Sports Club hard court.

Set to begin at 14.30hrs will be the first semi-final where Mackenzie High take on New Silvercity, whom they defeated 33-25 in the round-robin format of the preliminary round of the championship, while from 16:30hrs, ‘Multi’ will be up against Linden Foundation, whom they disposed of 42-19 in the earlier rounds.
This time around, the teams who lost are confident of changing their fortunes, with Mackenzie High, who ended the round-robin stage with an unblemished record – winning all five of their games – placing such on the line today.
One of those victories, however, came at the overturning of a win by Linden Technical Institute who lost three games by forfeiture, after being found guilty of playing overage players.
This year’s tournament has seen local sponsors come on board and among them are Banks DIH who has been supporting the tournament from its inaugural year, while joining the list of sponsors this year are Nigel Hinds Financial Services, Mackenzie Sports Club and 104.3 Power FM Radio of Linden.
The tournament’s United States-based sponsors, including the founder of the tournament Linden Alphonso, are expected this week in the country and should be on hand to witness the final which is set for next Monday at the MSC court.

(By Joe Chapman)

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