Future Kids eye double

Future Kids hoopsters are in line for a double in the 13th Dr Emily Emanuel Inter-School Basketball tournament that is being conducted St Andrews School in their courts.

Showing purposeful determination, the institution’s boys and girls made it to their respective title rounds after spirited showings in Monday’s semifinals.

In the summit clashes, Future Kids boys will take on Oakridge while girls from the host did a splendid job while making it to the finals, where they take on Future Kids.

St Andrews girls entered the finals after showing remarkable grit while staving off the brave front put up by DPS Kajaguda players before winning with a 27-24 verdict.

Oakridge boys defeated Chirec PS 54-24 while St Andrews School boys lost to Future Kids 30-53 in the semifinals. Future Kids girls did a fine comeback job even after trailing by five points till the third quarter against Chirec PS.

They changed their game-plan and covered man-to-man to zonal distance, which led to extra time when it was 36-36. However, in the extra time, Future Kids won comfortably at 45-38.

League results: Girls: St. Andrews School 21 (Nidhi 11, Aashita 7) bt MGM (SSC); MGM CBSE 13(Harshita 6) bt MGM SSC 8 ((Sowmya 6); St Pious 15 (Rakshitha 13) bt St Anthony’s School 10 (Vaishnavi 4, Jyothi 4);

Boys: Oakridge 36 (Sumith 10, Venkat 8, Divyansh 9) bt Johnson Grammar School 19 (Manish 12, Shashank 8); Chirec PS 47 (Arman 17, Amrith 10) bt St Joseph’s School 19(Vishal 5, Shashank 7); Oakridge 43 (Jay 10, Sunreeth 12, Venkat 10) bt MGM School 27(Hemanth 12, Sairam 8, Ray 7) St Joseph’s King Koti 34 (Nonal 15) bt St. Paul’s School 33 (Nihal 13, Majid 11); St Patrick’s 16 (Rudolf 8, Vinay 6) bt MGM CBSE 4 (Akshay 4); Future Kids 33 (Anish 9, Aayan 7) bt BVBP 14 (Neel 6).