Thursday, November 13, 2008

St Joseph's, Darjeeling clinch basketball title

Ptana, November 13, 2008
St Joseph’s School, Darjeeling thrashed St Xavier’s School, Ranchi 56-28 to clinch the Inter-Jesuit school basketball tournament title at St Xavier’s School ground here on Wednesday.

Earlier in semifinals, St Joseph’s School (Darjeeling) crushed hosts St Xavier’s, Patna 43-27 while St Xavier’s Ranchi beat St Xavier’s Raignaj 50-44 to set up final showdown.

Darjeeling boys started their attack right from the word go and never allowed their rivals to take command of the match. Niranjan Shreshta, Hise Bangdi, Druksel Jamyang played their heart out for the winners. For Ranchi boys Sandeep Bando, Ajeet and Pankaj performed well.

Sports Authority of India (SAI, Delhi) director Sudhanshu Shekhar Rai and State Bank of India (SBI, Patna) CGM Krishna Kumar gave away the prizes.

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