YBG Linden regionals off to a rocket start

In collaboration with the Linden Amateur Basketball Association (LABA), the ongoing Youth Basketball Guyana (YBG) Regional Schools’ Under 19 tournament made its way into the mining town of Linden over the past weekend.

This development witnessed an exhibition of scintillating matches being played by the youths of Linden. The competition got underway on Friday evening with a thrilling encounter between Mackenzie High School and Wismar Christianburg Secondary, and Mackenzie made light work of the clearly inexperienced Wismar team, pummeling them into being 104-21 losers.
Kareem Roberts and Yannick Tappin netted 29 points apiece, whilst Leon Benjamin followed closely with 27 points, to hand the large-margin victory to their school.

The second game of the tournament followed in similar fashion, with the Harmony side being ‘blown out’ by the boys of Linden Technical Institute (LTI). With a score of 52-3 at half time, the LTI boys went on to carry out a complete onslaught on the Harmony team. Although the Harmony players tried to make a reply, their defence remained weak, allowing Jamal Gilkes of LTI to rack up a whopping 42 points, whilst almost the entire starting five registered double digits.
The final match of the day saw Wisburg Secondary and New Silvercity Secondary in a bitter battle till the end. However, at the last buzzer, it was New Silvercity which emerged victorious. With Kobe Tappin producing 23, more than half of their final score, New Silvercity went on to win 40-37.

The action will continue tomorrow at the Mackenzie Sports Club hard court, with the school taking their last shot at making it into the semi-final round.