Kwakwani Secondary secured the U19 and the women’s championship while Mackenzie High clinched the U14 and U16 accolade when the National School Basketball Festival (NSBF) concluded yesterday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.
Kwakwani Secondary clinched their sixth U19 championship, squeaking past Government Technical Institute (GTI) 52-50 in the Youth Basketball Guyana (YBG) coordinated tournament.
Rising star Stanton Rose recorded a double-double of 11 points, 13 rebounds and nine assists. He was supported by Domair Gladstone and Troy David who scored 16 points and 10 points respectively.
For the losing team, Sebastian Luke top scored with 15 points while Nathan Saul registered 13 points and five rebounds and Keon Marks scored eight points. Meanwhile, in the girls’ final, Kwakwani squeaked past Marian Academy 14-11.
Kenesha Leacock top scored for the winner with six points while Jada Mohan led the scoring for the losing team with nine points while Mackenzie High humbled Marian Academy 36-17 to lay claim to the U16 title.
Shemar Anderson scored 10 points and fashioned five steals in the rout while Yannick Tappin contributed eight points. For the losers, Jahleel Young scored nine points and seven rebounds.
In the U14 section, the Lindeners edged Kwakwani Secondary 37-35. Stephon Duncan shot his way to 14 points in the win while Kobe Tappin recorded nine points and seven steals alongside a nine point effort from Shemar Savory.
On the other side, Kadeem Dover and David Conway scored nine and eight points correspondingly.
