ERNAKULAM BOYS AND THIRUVANANTHAPURAM GIRLS
26/05/2016
In two exciting finals Ernakulum Boys and Thiruvananthapuram Girls won the 43rd Kerala State Sub-junior Basketball Championship Played at Assumption College Indoor Stadium as the matches had to be shifted due to heavy rain at the venue Christ Central School, Thiruvalla. In the Girls Final Thiruvananthapuram girls edge past Thrissur 23-21similarly Thrissur also had a setback in Boys Section as they lost to Ernakulum by the score of 27-32.
In the Girls final match, Suleena came as the top scorer for Thiruvananthapuram with 9 points and Aleena Antony the top scorer for Thrissur making 7 points.
In Boys Final Ernakulum which leads 16-12 at the half time defeated Thrissur with the score 32-27 with Sayan Muhammed leading the scoring tally for Ernakulum with 10points.
Bronze for Thiruvananthapuram boys and Kottayam Girls
The Bronze position match was also an interesting affair as Thiruvananthapuram pipped Kozhikode 53-48 to claim the bronze in boys similarly the Girls from Kottayam took bronze scraping Kozhikode 46-45.
DR John.M.Chacko Cash Awards for Best Player to Gouri & Sayyan Muhammed
Gouri from Nirmala Bhavan Thiruvanthpuram and Sayyan Muhhamedfrom SH CMI public school Kochi received the Best Player Cash award of rs 2000/ each instituted by Dr John M Chacko chief Patron Kerala Basketball Association
Sejin Mathew Honoured
Pathanamthitta District Basketball Association Honoured Sri Sejin Mathew who secured the Most Valuable Player Award at the Reliance Foundation JR NBA Elire National Camp at NOIDA. The Award were Distributed by Dr Sriram Venkitraman IAS Sub-Collector and Organising Committee Chairman 43rd Sub-Junior State Championship
The Trophies and Medals were distributed by Dr Srriram Venkitraman Sub-Collector of Thiruvalla.
Detailed scores
GIRLS FINAL
Thiruvananthapuram-23 (Suleena9,) bt Thrissur-21(Aleena Antony7, Angi Susan5)
BOYS FINAL
Erankulum-32(Sayyan Muhammed10,Thomas Zacharia7)bt R Thrissur-27(Arian ck9)
GIRLS
Kottayam-46(Ann maru Zacharia 26,Aksa Kuroam12) bt Kozhikode-45(Aysa Khanda17,Avanthika Biju10)
BOYS
Thiruvanthapuram-53(Pranav Sunny-19,Alan V-14) bt Kozhikode-48(Nithin Baby-15, Muhammed Fenzim-9)