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John Wesley and SGS champs of secondary school basketball

August 26, 2015 6:39 pm

John Wesley College has retained the boy’s Under-19 title in the Tuckers Ice Cream Fiji Secondary Schools Basketball Championship after beating Jai Narayan College 28-25 in the final last night.

The defending champions were highly-tipped to win the title judging from their performance over the past three days.

Jai Narayan put in a gutsy effort in the end but their opponents held on to retain the title.

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In the girl’s Under-19 final, Suva Grammar School was crowned the new champions after beating Natabua High School 22-19.

LDS dominated the Under-17 grade finals, beating Suva Grammar 34-20 in the boy’s category and 26-19 in the girl’s category.

LDS also won the girls Under-15 grade final, beating Suva Grammar 30-24 while Marist Brothers beat Yat Sen Secondary 33-17 in the boy’s final.