National Schools’ Basketball Festival: PC, QC, St. Roses reap success on Day Two

Youth Basketball Guyana (YBG) continued its much-anticipated 17th National Schools Basketball Festival on Monday, July 1st, at the National Gymnasium with President’s College, Queen’s College and St. Roses High School reaping success on Day Two.
In the first encounter of the day, the President’s College Male Under-14 team smashed the defenses of Skeldon Lime Path with a scoreline of 19-5. Romarion Wolf led the way for PC with 8 points.
In another Boys’ U14 match, Queen’s College showed their ability to counter to the hoops against Berbice High, and secured their debut triumph with the scoreline reading 29-19. Darren Dublin scored 11 points for Queen’s College, while Avion Kesney scored 17 points for Berbice High.
St. Roses High School achieved a significant margin of victory, their tenacity in offence enabling them to smash the defences of YBG Academy and leave the scoreboard reading 26-8. Brad Cush’s 10 points proved important for St. Roses High School.

Berbice High began the U18 season with a victory over the dominant Chase’s Academic Foundation, with Cayden Pydana leading the Berbice High offence with 17 points and Anthony Vasconcellos leading the Chase’s offence with 10 points.
Mackenzie High School defeated Diamond Secondary by 10 points in the second round. Reyhan Bakkar led with 8 points while the scoreboard read 30-20.
Vryman’s Erven, with their ability to convert baskets, defeated a fighting Christ Church by a 9-point advantage, with the final score reading 31-22. I-Girade Oudkerk led the attack with 7 points.
In the night’s penultimate encounter, YBG Academy defeated a tough and competitive St. John’s College 39-23, with Khalfani McCallister contributing 12 points.
With a score of 30-29, Queen’s College U18 Boys put pressure on West Demerara Secondary’s defences, and that was critical in putting the ball through the nets successfully, with Sean Duncan of North Georgetown and Allan Patterson each scoring 12 points.