THE Bishops’ High School was imperious on Sunday last at the National Gymnasium to capture places in the final of U14, U18 and girls categories in the Georgetown Regional leg of the Youth Basketball Guyana championships, after cruising to semi-final wins in all three divisions.
The Bishops’ High squad overcame St Rose’s High 28-10 with Kemal Pickering leading with 13 points and 18 rebounds in their performance.
Bishops’ also had nine points from Amare Daniels in the win.
They will meet Queen’s College in the final after the latter hammered
President’s College 41-6, compliments of double-digit scores from Jared Boucher with 15 points and Darren Dublin with 12 points.
Girl’s semi-finals
The Bishops’ High ladies topped President’s College (B) team 11-8 with Rehaica Romain managing nearly all their points as she ended with 11 points and four steals in the win.
Ronaya Grant had six points for the losing (PC) team.
Bishops’ High will now meet President’s College (A) who comfortably got past
Queen’s College 31-3.
PC (A) got points from Akeelah Campbell 8, Junelly Paddy six and Sabina Ferreira five, as they strolled to the victory.
Boy’s Under- 18 semi-final
Next, The Bishops’ High senior boys side edged School of the Nations 30-19, despite a spirted effort form the “Nations” team.
Carmelo Man-Sun-Hing was the star for Bishops’ High with 12 points and four steals as they led from start to finish.
Man-Sun-Hing had support from Colwyn Stephens with eight points and 13 rebounds.
“Nations” multi-talented player Jabari Lovell put down his hockey stick for the day to drop 10 points and 6 rebounds in a losing cause.
They U18 Bishops’ High side will face off with Saint Stanislaus College who reached the final after their 34-24 axing of President’s College.
“Saints” had Daniel Chisholm 13 points and eight rebounds to thank for the win with Brandon McCoy also aiding with nine points and four assists.
The finals are set to be played on Friday, June 28th with the Under 14 clash
tipping off at 18:00hrs, followed by the girls final at 19:00hrs 15 and the Under -18 final at 20:00hrs 30.
The winners of all the regional tournament being played around the country will converge for the 17 th edition of the national schools basketball
festival which tips off on June 30 at 2pm at the National Gymnasium.
