Queen’s College, West Demerara, Saint Stanislaus College, JC Chandisingh and Lower Corentyne emerge victorious on Friday when the Youth Basketball Guyana(YBG) continued action in the regional tournament at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall for Georgetown teams and at the New Amsterdam Basketball Court for schools in Berbice.
At the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall in the Georgetown for the Boys Under-16 category West Demerara got things going as they defeated Brickdam Secondary 23-19.
West Demarara’s Brandon Nurse, was a one-man scoring machine to finish with 19 points in the win with Brickdam’s Lemon Simon and Antoine Salmon dropping 6 and 5 points respectively in a losing effort.
Next Saints Stanislaus brushed aside Tutorial High 39-16 to the victory, with vital support from teammates Josiah Lee and Hartley Price.
Keion Lynch led Tutorial with 7 buckets. Queen’s College then edged President’s College 34 – 25 in their encounter.
QC had good minutes from Daren Boucher 9 points and Deshawn Gurrick with 6 points.
Presidents College’s Mattaniah Fordyce was superb in a losing cause with 13 points and 6 rebounds.
St Rose’s High and defeated Marian Academy 37-21, Chaziah Bernard was at the forefront of Roses’ win with 14 points while Dequan Fraser chipped in with 10 points.
Marian Academy’s Ruel Rambiriche was the best of the losing side with 8 points.
Over at the New Amsterdam Basketball Court in Berbice, the Under 16 category saw host New Amsterdam Secondary getting the better of Berbice High 27-24.