Lyceum Nugegoda and Wattala excel at Basketball
Lyceum International School Nugegoda and Lyceum International School Wattala dominated over their opponents to win the Under-14 Boys and Girls titles at the Carlton Cup 2014 Basketball Championship concluded at the Henry Pedris Courts in Colombo last weekend.
The Under-14 Boys’ final was won by Lyceum International School Nugegoda who beat Gateway College Rajagiriya by a big margin. Lyceum cagers were ahead 19-3 at the end of the first half and went on to dominate as they sealed the win at 41-12.
Amal International School r e c o rded a resounding 40- 25 win against St. Joseph’s College Wattala to claim the third place playoff. The winners edged out their opponents by a point to lead 12- 11 at half time.
The Girls’ Under- 14 final was a nail- biter and the eventual winners Lyceum Wattala bounced back after trailing in the first half, to record a thrilling 27- 26 win.
The two f i n a l i s t s, branches of Lyceum Inter national School f rom Nuge goda and Wattala, gave a fine fight and played a fitting final to the excitement of those who witnessed the game. Lyc e u m N u g e g o d a enjoyed a 15- 9 lead at half time but lost momentum towards the end. St. Joseph’s College Nugegoda played a neat game to beat Sirimavo Bandaranaike Vidyalaya by 28- 16, after leading 12- 5 at half time.
The Under- 19 3x3 titles for Boys and Girls were won by Gateway College and Visakha Vidyalaya respectively. Gateway beat St. Joseph’s College 7- 6 after a thrilling battle in the Boys’ final while Visakha had a better game against Pre s by t e r i a n G i rl s ’ School to record a 9- 5 win.