Chennai boys and Coimbatore girls retained their respective titles on the final day of the St Joseph’s 26th junior inter-district (U-18) basketball championship, held at the Sports Village on Sunday.

The Chennai boys were in great form as they trounced Tiruvallur 100-43 in the final. Muthukumar starred for the hosts win 25 points, while Jedidiah Gabriel made a neat contribution of 20 points. For Tiruvallur, Surya top scored with 14 points.

Chennai played aggressively right from the beginning. Their excellent defence and passing helped them get to the magical 100 point mark for the first time in the tournament. Chennai pocketed  `10000, while Tiruvarur got Rs 7000. Dindugul finished third and won Rs 5000. In the girls’ final, Coimbatore outplayed Erode 60-40. Shanu with 16 points was the top scorer for Coimbatore. The winners got a cash prize of Rs 10000 while Erode received Rs 7000. Chennai came third and pocketed `5000.

Dr B Babu Manoharan, Managing Director, St Joseph’s Group of Institutions and former Indian player N Robinson gave away the awards.

Results: Boys: Final: Chennai 100 (Muthukumar 25, Jedidiah Gabriel 20) bt Tiruvallur 43 (Surya 14). Girls: Final: Coimbatore 60 (Shanu 16, Selvamithra 12) bt Erode 40 (Suryadharshini 17).

Rajesh Shines

Rajesh’s 67 enabled Chrompet CC to beat Pazhavanthangal CC by 53 runs in the 45th All-India YSCA trophy cricket tournament.

Brief Scores: Chromepet CC 203/5 in 30 ovs (Rajesh 67) bt Pazhavanthangal CC 150 in 25.4 ovs (Sathyanarayanan 44; Murugesan 4/38). Loyola Staff 93 in 23.5 ovs (Arivazhagan 4/26) lost to Japeva Engineering 96/4 in 14.4 ovs (Sathish 45). Swaraj 206/9 in 30 ovs (Suresh Kumar 59; R Aravindhan 5/41) bt Vepery CC 110 in 24 ovs (Arivajagan 53; Rajesh 4/27).

source: http://www.newindianexpress.com / The New Indian Express / Home> Sport / by Express News Service – Chennai / May 12th, 2014