IT was a successful weekend both on and off the court for the Swan Hill Basketball Association, which held their annual Junior Tournament across the weekend.
The Flyers junior program had 14 teams competing across the 15 divisions, with six teams ending as their division champions.
Swan Hill cleaned up in the under-14 girls competition, winning both the division 1 and division 2 titles, defeating the Echuca Pirates by one-point in division 1 and 18 points in division 2.
Scarlet Grey scored 27 points to lead the girls under-18 Flyers team to the title, defeating the Gators by 19 points, while a 12 point game from Miela Roberts helped see the Flyers under-16 girls team defeat Echuca 34 to 21.
Under-12 boys and under-14 boys both had success in division 1, with Wilhem Foott scoring 20 points in the final to lead the under-12’s team to a 16-point win over the Deniliquin Giants, with the under-14 boys claiming a heart stopping four-point win over the Mildura Heat – 33 to 29.
An army of volunteers ensured a smooth show was run across the two-day event.
“Both the under-16 and under-18 girls went through undefeated, which was an amazing achievement,” Flyers under-18 girls coach Adam Kerr told The Guardian.
“They both won their grand finals convincingly, which was really good, especially for the 18’s as we only had seven players for the weekend.
“We struggled for numbers a bit and both Indi Grey and Ava Crow were pretty beaten up on Saturday night, but they both got through the semi-finals pretty well and then had a great grand final against Shepparton.
“Our under-16’s beat Echuca by a little bit less and then our under-14’s girls won both the division 1 and 2, which was really good.
“It was a great weekend and shows how strong Swan Hill basketball is, and I think as a club we were all pretty happy with the results.”
SWAN HILL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
JUNIOR TOURNAMENT RESULTS
Under-12 Boys – Division 1
Swan Hill Flyers 49 (Wilhelm Foott 20) def. Deni Giants 33 (Jed Fitzmaurice 45)
Under-12 Boys – Division 2
Yarra-Mul Lakers 53 (Lewis Hargreaves 20) def. Mildura Heat 24 (Brody Herrick 8)
Under-12 Girls – Division 1
Echuca Pirates 23 (Sophie Frazer 7) def. Mildura Heat 21
Under-12 Girls – Division 2
Yarra-Mul Lakers 24 (Indianna Perks 18) def. Mildura Heat 23 (Frankie Heppell 11)
Under-14 Boys – Division 1
Swan Hill Flyers 33 (Archie O’Brien/Hamish Lawry 11) def. Mildura Heat 29 (Frederick Mills 13)
Under-14 Boys – Division 2
Echuca Pirates 33 (Xander Eldridge 7) def. Seymour Blasters 28 Henry Nash 12)
Under-14 Girls – Division 1
Swan Hill Flyers 27 (Lily Nalder 9) def. Echuca Pirates 26 (Chloe Ryan 10)
Under-14 Girls – Division 2
Swan Hill Flyers 26 (Isabel Free 6) def. Echuca Pirates 8
Under-16 Boys – Division 1
Echuca Pirates 63 (Arli Walker 18) def. Mildura Heat 54 (Judd Russell 16)
Under-16 Boys – Division 2
Mildura Heat 64 (Mali Holmes 17) def. Deni Giants 28 (Logan Elphick 10)
Under-16 Girls – Division 1
Swan Hill 34 (Miela Roberts 12) def. Echuca Pirates 21 (Milla Ryan 9)
Under-16 Girls – Division 2
Deni Giants 25 (Lily Boyer 8) def. Echuca Pirates 16
Under-18 Boys – Division 1
Mildura Heat 56 (Felix Smith 19) def. Echuca Pirates 48 (Cody Walker 20)
Under-18 Boys – Division 2
Benalla Breakers 38 (Owain Boyle 17) def. Warracknabeal Wildcats 30 (Jeremy Williamson 21)
Under-18 Girls – Division 1
Swan Hill Flyers 42 (Scarlet Grey 27) def. Gators 23 (Macey Watson 8)
