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Double Crown for Ernakulam Bronze to Alappuzha Boys and Thiruvananthapuram Girls

Kochi 2nd May – Ernakulam Boys as well as Girls Crowned the 46th Sub Junior State Basketball Championship at Vaduthala in Kochi here at Don Bosco Floodlit Basketball Stadium.

In Girls final was evenly contested one in the first quarter even Thrissur took the lead 11-10 at the end but the second quarter saw Ernakulam taking the command lead 21-40 at the half time before winning the Match at 46-37 for Ernakulam. Amanda Maria and Maria Louis scored 13 and 10 respectively.

The Boys was also a one sided affair as they beat Kozhikode 34-14 with Johan Jenson who also adjusted as Best Player top scoring for Ernakulam with 10 Points.

Earlier Alappuzha Boys defeated Kottayam 29-27 while Thiruvananthapuram Girls beat Kannur 30-16 to claim the Bronze medal.

In the Girls Third Position Match Thiruvananthapuram Girls had no difficulty in beating Kannur 30-17 with Sayana Santhosh making the damage for Kannur scoring 16 points.

In Boys Third place, after leading 13-8 with Aswin top scoring with 9 for the Victory and Alby Mathew did the Bulk of Scoring for Kottayam with 15 points.

Earlier on 1st Semi final matches Ernakulam made a double entry into the Final as their Boys defeated Alappuzha 35-9 and Girls defeated Thiruvananthapuram 37-16 to make the Final Clash against Kozhikode who beat Kottayam 33-25 and in Girls to meet Thrissur who defeated Kannur 30-8

The medals and Certificates were Distributed by Internationals Stephy Nixon and Subash J Shenoy

Special Awards

Promising Players

Girls – Liya Shony Thrissur

Boys – Aravind Kozhikode

Best Player PS Viswappan Award

Girls -Amanda Maria Ernakulam

Boys – Johan Jenson

Best All round Performance
Girls – Laya Maria Antony Thrissur
Boys – Immanuel Ernakulam

Detailed Scores

Final

Girls

Ernakulam- 46(Amanda maria13, Maria Louis 10,Laya Maria Antony9) bt Thrissur-37(Liya Shony 16,Helen Joy9,Aleena Benny8)

Boys

Ernakulam- 34 (Johan Jenson 10, Vasudev7,Immanuel 7) bt Kozhikode-14 (Aravind M6)

Bronze medal match

Girls

Thiruvananthapuaram-30(Sayana Santhosh16,Aleena K Mathew7) bt Kannur-13(Tiyona Anu Philip7)

Boys

Alappuzha-29(Aswin9,Alfaz6) bt Kottayam-27(Alby Mathew15)

Semi Final ( May 1)

Girls

Thrissur-30(Liya Shony20) bt Kannur-8
Ernakulam-37(Amanda Maria Rocha 12,Laya Maria Antony11)

Boys

Ernakulam-35(Immanuel John10,Johnan Jenson 9,Vinay Shankar6,) bt Alappuzha-9
Kozhikode-33(Aravind8,Aosbal7,Divindas7) bt Kottayam-25(Alby Mathew10)