A semi-final in progress in the 6th Emily Gosain Memorial Under-17 Inter-School Basketball Tournament in Panchkula on Friday.
by sportswire4u.blogspot.com (Balbir)
PANCHKULA, NOV 6Traditional rivals St Xavier’s School, Sector 44 and New Public School, Sector 18, both of Chandigarh stormed into the boys final of the 6th Emily Gosain Memorial Under-17 Inter-School Basketball Tournament being played at the St Xavier’s School courts in Sector 21 here today.
St Xavier’s defeated St Xavier’s of Panchkula by 33-23 and NPS snuffed out the challenge of Shishu Niketan, Sector 22, Chandigarh by 63-57 in the semi-final matches.
The match between New Public School and Shishu Niketan was a thrilling affairs. Both teams displayed their talent. For NPS Sunraj (19), Gurmeet (15) and Gurluvleen (15) combined well and were the main scorers. Ashok and Dinesh contributed 19 and 12 points, respepctively, for Shishu Niketan.
St Xavier’s School-44 prevailed over St Xavier’s of Panchkula by 33-23. Gurjot gave a fine performance for the Chandigarh school by contributing 12 runs. Sarfraj was the principal scorer for the hosts Xavier’s.
Spearheaded by Gul Walia Holy Child School of Panchkula defeated Saupin’s School by 22-4 in a classification match to decide third and fourth places. Gul topscored with 14 points.
Results:
Third place (girls): Holy Child (Gul Walia 14) bt Saupin’s (Shreya 4) by 22 – 4.
Boys (semi-finals): New Public School-18 ( Sunraj 19, Gurmeet 15, Gurluvleen 15) bt Shishu Niketan (Ashok 19, Dinesh 12 ) by 63 – 57.
St Xavier’s School-44, Chd (Gurjot Singh 12, Anmol 9) bt St Xavier’s, Pkl (Sarfraj 14, Shubham 6) by 33 – 23.
Quarter-finals: Shishu Niketan (Simran 10, Dinesh 23) bt DPS
(Karan 10, Achal 4) by 49 - 38.
N.P.S (Gurvleen 7 , Gurpinder 6) bt St. Xavier’s, Mohali (Parth 8) 29-10.
St. Xaviers, Chd (Mohabbat Pal 10, Stanzin 8) bt Holy Child, Pkl (Parth 12 , Shivam 7) by 38-22.