THE Under-16 teams took centre stage on Day Five of the Youth Basketball Guyana (YBG) ninth annual National Schools Basketball Festival (NSBF) at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall with wins for Mackenzie High School (MHS), St Joseph High School and Marian Academy. 

A game-high 20 points from Kevlon Cadogan saw Mackenzie High School dish out a sound thrashing on St Stanislaus College 52-13.
Apart from tearing open the nets, Cadogan also had seven rebounds and five steals. He was supported by Daniel Anthony with 15 points and 10 rebounds and Kadeem Bowen’s eight points. The only thing Saints had to cheer about was three rebounds.
Behind their star player and point guard Nathan Saul’s crafty 16 points St Rose’s High School took care of New Amsterdam Multilateral (NAM) 43–39.
The NAM were carried by Ramone Fogenay and his monster game of 23 points, 15 rebounds, but basketball is a team sport and his ‘one-man’ army-style of playing could not get the victory.
A collective effort from Marian Academy saw them overpower Bishops’ High School 47-41 despite a heroic effort from Timothy Thompson.
Thompson posted 27 points and collected 13 rebounds and got six steals yet his team (Bishops’ High) fell to Marian Academy. For the victors, Dwayne Obermuller and Narryan Ramdhani each scored 13 points.
The tournament will conclude this weekend.