Date:03/12/2007 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2007/12/03/stories/2007120356952000.htm

Sport - Basketball

Girideepam Bethany enters final

Principal Correspondent

KOTTAYAM: Host Girideepam Bethany boys entered the final of the 17th Girideepam all-India inter-school invitation basketball tournament at the Girideepam floodlit court here on Sunday.

In the semifinal, Girideepam defeated St. Thomas HSS, Pala, 46-30. Cherupusha HSS, Chandanakampara, moved into the final in the girls’ section with a 48-26 win over Little Flower GHSS, Koratty, in the semifinals.

Leo XIII won the title in boys’ under-13 category

The results:

Boys: Semifinals: Girideepam Bethany, Kottayam, 46 (Jithu Jacob 11, Joseph Thomas 10) bt St. Thomas HSS, Pala, 30 (S. Dileep 12). Quarterfinals: Girideepam Bethany, Kottayam, 52 (Jithu Jacob 19, Manu Babu 10) bt St. Mary’s HSS, Chmpakulam, 36 (K.A. Jijo 12); Cherupusha, Chandanakampara, 32 (Jackson 13) bt Mar Thoma HSS, Chungathara, 6; Don Bosco HSS, Irinjalakuda, 37 (Amit Sebastian 13, Shibin Shamshudeen 10) bt Leo XII HSS, Alappuzha, 22; St. Thomas HSS, Pala, 68 (Dileep 25, P.S. Deepak 25, Vijith 14) bt SCSHSS, Thiruvalla, 60 (Anil 22, Kevin 14, Arun 10).

Mini-boys (u-13): Leo XIII HSS, Alappuzha, 35 (Balu Babu 14) bt Cherupushpa, Chandanakampara, 21.

Girls: Semifinals: Cherupusha HSS, Chandanakampra, 48 (M.J. Honey 26, Alphy George 12, M.J. Ebin 10) bt Little Flower HSS, Koratty, 26 (Lidya Varghese 11). Quarterfinals: Kristhu Jyothi HSS, Chettipuzha, 25 (Theresa Susan 10) bt Girideepam Bethany, Kottayam, 18; Cherupusha HSS, Chandanakampara, 37 (Ragi Sajeevan 12) bt UHSS, Mambra, 19 (Mithumol 14); Mount Carmel HSS, Kottayam, 28 (Sona M. Saji 13) bt National HSS, Vattoly, 6; Little Flower HSS, Koratty, 47 (Rose Mary 19, Shincy Davis 17) bt Mount Carmel HSS ‘B’, Kottayam, 18.