15 players secure ‘future roster’ spots with YBG

Guyana’s premier youth basketball organization, YBG, brought the curtains down on its year of activities last weekend with a two-day developmental tournament for under-14 and under-16 teams.
In this tournament, six under-16 teams, namely: the YBG Academy, Marian Academy, Queen’s College, The Bishops’ High School, Covent Garden Secondary, and North Georgetown Secondary, competed against each other, and four under-14 teams competed in an adjusted format of the game, with each team playing up to four games.
Following two days of tough competition, Bishops’ High and Queen’s College qualified to oppose each other in the finals of both categories of competition.
In the under-14 finals, Bishops’ edged Queen’s by 16 points to 14 points in an evenly contested game. Quasie Newtown was awarded MVP for his all-round play throughout the tournament.

In the under-16 finals, Bishops’ dominated Queen’s by 21 points to 1 point to take home the trophy. Kyrell Butters was awarded the MVP for his play throughout the tournament, which included a memorable half-court game-winner to take out Covent Garden in the semifinals.
With their phenomenal basketball skills, and based on their recently displayed talents, fifteen players have made the ‘future stars’ roster: namely, Kyrell Butters, Quasie Newtown, Jared Boucher, Abeva Jones, Nathan Morrison, Mekhi Ritchie, Sean Duncan, Khafani McAllister, Malik Williams, Amol Pickering, Chazaiah Bernard, Emmanuel Odonatan Yusuff, Gladwin Brandi’s, Alan Patterson.