BERBICE High, Mackenzie High and Queens College were the latest winners on Monday when the Youth Basketball Guyana National School Basketball Festival continued inside the National Gymnasium.
In the Under 14 Boys category, President’s College made light work of Skeldon Line Path 19-5 with PC’s Romarion Wolfe leading the way with 8 Points, 5 Rebounds and 5 steals.
Queens College next downed Berbice High 29 – 19 points, thanks to Darren Dublin (11 Points) and Jared Boucher (8 Points and 10 rebounds).
Berbice’s Avion Kesney had 17 Points and 5 rebounds in a losing cause.

St Rose’s High also defeated the YBF academy team 26-8 through a good showing from Brad Cush (10 Points) and Malachi Atwell (5 Points and 13 rebounds).
The Under 18 boy’s category saw Berbice High overcoming Chase’s Academic foundation 42-33.
Berbice played well to dominate the city side by 9 points with Cayden Pydana dropping 17 points with 11 points and 7 rebounds from Stefan Carter.
Aberone Collins also contributed with 10 points and 4 rebounds.

Chase’s best player was Anthony Vasconcellos with 10 points and 4 rebounds.
Diamond Secondary went down to Mackenzie High 30-20 points.
Mackenzie High led from the front with Reyhan Bakkar scoring 8 points and 10 rebounds while Diamond had a game high 20 points from Benkhai King.
Vryman’s Ervin also stopped Christ church 31-22.

YBG Academy picked up their lone win for the day, a 39-23 points victory over St John’s College.
YBG’s Khalfani McCallister and Stephan Duke each scored 12 Points apiece for the victory with Jaden Yarde also dropping 10 points.
North Georgetown was also victorious over Queens College by 1 point 30-29.

At the forefront of the win was North Georgetown’s Sean Duncan with 12 Points and 12 rebounds.
Meanwhile on Sunday opening day, the Bishop’s High School hammered Skeldon Line Path Secondary 51-7.
Bishop’s Kemol Pickering hit his stride with 18 Points and 8 Rebounds in the U14 category.
Saint Stanislaus College also edged School of the Nation’s 17-15 points.

In the Girls’ division Queens College beat Marian Academy 12-10 points While in the U-18 Boys division, Skeldon Line Path took their 33 – 27 win over St Roses High.
Marian Academy also stopped West Demerara 34-23 points with Marion Fiedtkou at the helm with 21 Points.
This year’s tournament sees 45 teams competing in three divisions for national titles of Boys U-14, Girls U-18, and boys U-18.
The 17th edition of the National School Basketball Festival concludes on July 7th and is sponsored by Edward B. Beharry Ltd and G-Boats.
The festival opens daily from 14:00 hours at the National Gymnasium