Slam dunk!
Date published: 23 December 2009
TOM JONES goes on the attack for Knowsley Junior School.
Joy as Lyndhurst net basketball bonanza
BASKETBALL: BOYS and girls from Years Five and Six had a slam-dunking experience at a Counthill cluster schools basketball tournament.
Eight schools were in action, and it was Lyndhurst who came out on top after they defeated Knowsley 8-4 in the final.
They won all three of their pool games — they finished ahead of Knowsley in the four-strong group — to qualify for the last four, where they overcame St Mary’s 10-6.
Knowsley recorded a 14-2 win over St John’s in the other semi-final to set up a repeat of an earlier pool match, but the outcome was the same as Lyndhurst clinched victory.
Hodge Clough, Limehurst, Yew Tree and Our Lady’s also took part.
Results —
Pool one: Our Lady’s 2, Lyndhurst 14; Knowsley 18, Yew Tree 0; Lyndhurst 4, Knowsley 0; Yew Tree 4, Our Lady’s 2; Yew Tree 0, Lyndhurst 8; Our Lady’s 0, Knowsley 10.
Pool two: St Mary’s 8, Hodge Clough 0; St John’s 10, Limehurst 4; Hodge Clough 2, St John’s 10; Limehurst 6, St Mary’s 4; Limehurst 4, Hodge Clough 4; St Mary’s 4, St John’s 8.
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