Shama Senior High School (SHASS) have emerged as the champions of the 2019/20 Sprite Ball Championship girls division.
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The Western Region representative defeated St. Louise in the finals to lift the giant trophy for the very first time.
SHASS gave their opponents very tough time despite being considered as the underdogs.
The semifinals saw SHASS beating Kumasi Girls Senior High 23:17 for the grand finale berth whilst St. Louise also also thumped Osu Presec 26:18.
In the finals, Shama Senior High School narrowly defeated St. Louise Girls 15:14 to emerge as the champions of the girls division.
Keta Business College also defeated defending champions Mfantsipim to emerge champions of the boys division.
Speaking after the competition, Mr. Yaw Sakyi Afari, Head of Rite Sports, organisers of the Championship was thrilled by performances of participating schools for this season and congratulated KETABUSCO and SHASS for putting up a “wonderful” show, which won them the trophy.
Mr. Afari however advised them to present stronger front next season “because winning the tournament is not a big deal but defending the title is the difficult part.”
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He called for more support towards development of girls’ basketball saying, he was not impressed about the overall performance in the girls division.
The Sprite Ball Championship headlined by Coca Cola Company came off from Friday and Saturday at the El Wak Stadium, Accra with 20 teams in all, 12 from the boys division, 8 from the girls division.