PANCHKULA: St Xavier’s School and Little Flower Convent School, both of Panchkula, won the boys and girls Under-14, respectively, in the 1st Yuva Basketball Tournament at St Xavier’s High School courts here today.

St Xavier’s defeated Dikshant International School of Zirakpur by 40-30 in the boys under-14 final. Highest scorers for St Xavier’s were Shabaz (16), Ajit (10), Jannat (10), and Vinay (2). For Dikshant School Shubham (10), Supreet (8) and Dipesh (4) reduced the margin.

Little Flower Convent School claimed the girls under-14 trophy when they got the better of Holy Child School by 26-20 in the final match. Little Flower Convent School scored through Anubha (12) and Harman (8). Holy Child’s scorers were Maneesha (8) and Amrita (8).

Little Flower Convent School also bagged the boys under-16 title at the expense of Holy Child by a water-thin margin of 37-36 points. Sahil (14), Karan (12) and Sameer (8) served LFCS better. Shubham (8) and Deepan (8) were the highest scorers for the winners.

Holy Child School defeated Little Flower by 30-24 in the girls under-16 final. Gul (12), Arunjit (10) and Arshiya (6) were the highest scorers for the winners. Tanu (10) and Anchal (8) served the losers well.

Yagdeep Singh Sachdeva was the chief guest and distributed the prizes. St Xavier’s School principal George S. Shear was the guest of honour. Captain Kapani was the special guest for the occasion.