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Kannur girls win

Manjeri: Kannur defeated Kottayam 49-25 to win the girls’ title in the State junior basketball championships at the GBHSS ground here on Friday.

Neenumol scripted Kannur’s win by scoring 23 points, while Sona Shaji (15) did the bulk of the scoring for Kottayam.

Thrissur took the third spot with a narrow 59-56 win over Ernakulam.

In the boys’ category, Kannur edged out Pathanamthitta 66-64 to finish third.

The results: Boys: For third place: Kannur 66 (Manu M. Philip 20, Ajith 12) bt Pathanamthitta 64 (Siddique 23, Nithin Paul 12).

Girls: Final: Kannur 49 (Neenumol 23) bt Kottayam 25 (Sona Shaji 15).

For third place: Thrissur 59 (Diya Susan 20) bt Ernakulam 56 (M.D. Lisha 17).

SBT in last four

State Bank of Travancore (Thiruvananthapuram) and Cordiant (Ernakulam) posted comfortable wins and entered the semifinals of the K.H. Syed Ali Memorial all-Kerala cricket tournament at the Fort Ground in Palakkad on Friday.

SBT crushed host Galaxy CC by nine wickets, while Cordiant defeated Muthoot ECC by five wickets.

The scores:

Galaxy CC (Palakkad) 101 for seven in 30 overs (Venu 30) lost to SBT (Thiruvananthapuram) 102 for one in 20.2 overs (Vinan G. Nair 55 n.o.).

Muthoot ECC (Ernakulam) 122 for nine in 30 overs (Unnikrishnan 38, Manu Krishnan four for 38) lost to Cordiant (Ernakulam) 123 for five in 18.5 overs (Rajilal 29).

Canara Bank posts win

Canara Bank defeated Fighters CC by six wickets in the Thiruvananthapuram ‘D’ division cricket league at the Agriculture College ground on Friday.

The scores:

Fighters 124 in 24.4 overs (Arun five for 34) lost to Canara Bank 128 for four in 22 overs (Arun 46).

Golden Wheel 120 in 24 overs (Gireesh six for 60) lost to Chasers 121 for four in 21.4 overs (Rajaneesh 52, Arun Lal three for 22).

Easy for Maharashtra

Clinton D’souza struck twice to help Maharashtra score a 5-0 win over Puducherry in the second round of Cluster V match of the under-21 national football championship in Margao on Friday.

John Coutinho, Sam Cruz and Machado completed the tally.

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