It was all tears of joy in the Labasa camp after winning the under 12 division of the 44th Vodafone Fiji Primary Schools Inter-District Championship (IDC) beating Ba 3-2 in the final in Nausori today.

Goalkeeper Seremaia Todonu was the hero for the side as he saved two penalties which gave the Baby Babasiga Lions the title.

Labasa and Ba have been meeting in the finals of the under 12 division since 2016 with Ba taking it out on the last three occasions.

Todonu first denied Ba an early lead when he stopped the penalty of Rayan Naresh. Naresh’s kick was perfectly judged by Todonu which deflected off him on two occasions and collected it on the third occasion. Both teams were locked nil-all at full time.

Ba struck first in the extra spell before Labasa’s Apenisa Dulukobau equalized a minute before the end of the second half of extra spell.

In the penalty kicks, Labasa’s Tukai Ravonokula scored first before Ratu Timoci equalized for Ba.

Ba got the upper hand after Shanal Kumar’s (son of former Labasa and national team goalkeeper Shamal Kumar) penalty was stopped by goalkeeper Ratu Leone. However, they failed to capitalize after Vilikesa’s shot went over the cross bar.

Emosi Masaru gave Labasa the lead once again before goalkeeper Todonu stopped the last kick to seal the win.