■ Sports Reporter :
THE Under-14 girls of
Bhavan’s Bhagwandas
Purohit Vidya Mandir,
Srikrishna Nagar emerged
champions of the interschool basketball tournament organised by District
Sports Office at Shivaji Nagar
Gymkhana courts.
In the final, BVM Srikrishna
Nagar, rode on Pankhudi
Bade’s match high of 12 points
and Rida Akbani (4) excellent
play as they beat K John Public
School, Asoli (Nagpur Rural)
21-5. For K John, Shamika
Morey managed two points.
The quarter-wise score was
7-3, 8-2, 4-0, 2-0.
Earlier in the semi-finals:
BVM Srikrishna Nagar
(Pankhudi Bade 8, Avani
Wandhe 5) beat Wardha 22-
2 (14-0, 6-0, 0-0, 2-0); K John
Public School, Asoli, (Samika
Morey 6) beat Gondia (Awani
Raut 4) 18-6 (6-4, 6-0, 4-0, 2-
0). In the Under-14 boys category, Gondwana Sainik
Vidyalaya, Gadchiroli defeated BVM, Civil Lines 40-25 to
wrest the title.
Arya Bhandarkar (29) and
Om Balagwar (7) were the top
scorers.
For BVM, Sachmann Bedi
scored 11 points. The quarter-wise score was 14-7, 9-6,
5-8, 12-4.
In semis, Gadchiroli (Arya
Bhandarkar 18) beat Podar
International School Besa,
Nagpur Rural (Satvat
Gaidhane 6) 24-12 (8-3, 4-0,
6-6, 6-3); BVM Civil Lines,
(Sachmann Bedi 13) beat
Wardha (Divyansh C 8) 26-18
(5-10, 14-2, 2-4, 5-2).