Little Flower HSS, Koratty and Mount Carmel HSS, Kottayam made it into the semifinals in the girls' under-16 section of the Mahindra NBA challenge basketball tournament at the Central stadium on Sunday.
Little Flower HS overcame Mount Carmel HSS 52-46 to top the group ‘A'.
However, Mount Carmel defeated Carmel HSS, Thiruvananthapuram to qualify from the same group.
In boys' section, Youngsters Kurianoor recorded two wins in under-18 section.
Youngsters beat Christ Nagar, Thiruvananthapuram 50-29 and Viswadeepthi HS 26-14 respectively.
In under-13 section, YMCA, Tiruvalla had mixed luck. YMCA beat St.Thomas HS, Tvm 30-8 but lost to Shanthal Jyothi HSS, Thodupuzha 21-46.
The results (league):
Boys: Under-18: Tiruvalla Basketball Club 54 (Vinay Kanikkara 16, Christo Joy 14) bt Leo XIII, Alappuzha 42 (Akshai 12).
Youngsters Kurianoor 50 (Aru Alexander 12) bt Christ Nagar, Tvm 29 (Kiran 10); Youngsters Kurianoor 26 (Aru Alexander 11) bt Viswadeepthi HS, Kattakkada 14
Under-16: ST.Thomas, Tvm 47 (Allan Tom 27) bt Shanthall Jyothi Public School, Thodupuzha 40 (Allan C.Jose 14, Albin 10)
Under-13: Sacred Heart, Changanassery 28 (Deric 12) bt Loyola Tvm 20 (Marcel 14); Shanthal Jyothi Public School, Thodupuzha 45 (Akhil P.Murali 26, Aswin 11) bt YMCA, Tiruvalla 21 (Sabari 10); YMCA Tiruvalla 30 (Jithin 15, Sabari 10) bt St.Thomas HS, Tvm 8; Chirst Nagar School, Tvm 33 (Joshua 22) bt Youngsters Club, Kurianoor 21)
Girls Under-16: Little Flower HSS, Koratty 52 (India Nelson 14, Boney M.Varghese 12, Aswathy S.Thampy 10) bt Mount Carmel HSS, Ktm 46 (Nishi Marium Kunjumon 12, Aleena 10); Mount Carmel HSS, Klm 50 (Neena 22) bt Carmel HS, Tvm 20 (Sujina 10)
Under-13: Little Flower, Koratty 24 (Nimmy 110 bt Sports Division, Kannur 6.
Rohit slams century
An unbeaten century by Rohit Rajaneesh (129 batting) carried Central Zone to a comfortable total against North Zone on the opening day of the State under-22 inter-zone cricket match at the Fort Maidan here on Sunday.
Central Zone scored 251 for five in its allotted 70 overs and at stumps had reduced North Zone to 29 for one.
At Perinthalmanna, Ali Asgar continued his rich vein of form as his second consecutive half-century (90) pitchforked South Zone to a respectable score against KCA XI.
P. Rahul (70 batting) and Salim (40 batting) propped up the South Zone innings which finished at 261 for three in the allotted 70 overs. However, KCA XI made a strong reply and was 54 for no loss at stumps.
The scores:
Central Zone 251 for five in 70 overs (Rohit Rajaneesh 129 batting, Jafar Jamal 32, Mohd. Irshad three for 69 vs North Zone 24 for one in 15 overs
South Zone 261 for three in 70 overs (Ali Asgar 90, P. Rahul 70 batting, Salim batting 40) vs KCA XI 54 for no loss in 18 overs.
