THE week-long KFC National Schools Basketball Festival will get into high gear on Sunday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

The games tip off with the U-14 category. Queen’s College will tussle with St Stanislaus, then Mackenzie High will meet Aroama Secondary.

Skeldon Line Path are scheduled to battle D-UP Academy before School of the Nations takes on Marian Academy.

Over in the U-18 group, Kwakwani Secondary will clash with St Rose’s High and then Skeldon Line Path play St Stanislaus with the day’s games starting at 15 hours

The tournament is sponsored by Edward B. Beharry, KFC Guyana, G-boats Inc. and the National Sports Commission.

Meanwhile, senior basketball action is also set for Sunday evening at the Sports Hall with semifinal action continuing in the One Guyana Basketball League.

2024 finalist, Stabroek Eagles, will need to quickly regroup to avoid a clean sweep in the best of their series with Bounty Colts after Colts won the series opener

Defending champions, North Ruimveldt ravens, are also behind the 8^th ball after losing the first match of their semifinal series to Kobras.

That league is sponsored by the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport, and National Sports Commission.

The League’s regular season featured 22 teams evenly split in the Jaguars and Harpy Eagles conference drawn from all across the country battling for bragging rights, a million dollars and the coveted national club league trophy.