Story and pictures by reader Ian Chew
Toa Payoh Sports Hall, Wednesday, March 5, 2008 – In a comprehensive show of attacking prowess, Catholic High blew past Queenstown Secondary 101-45 to retain the South Zone Championship title. Raffles Girls’ School also did likewise with a comprehensive 82-51 win to snuff out Yuying Secondary’s challenge.
For the boys defending champions, it was all systems go from the start. They raced to a 28-9 first quarter lead and never looked back after that. Using a variety of shots including fast breaks, 3-points shooting, turn-around jumpers and under-basket put-backs, eleven of the twelve registered players managed to get on the score sheet.
Led by forward Jabez Su (#4) who eventually scored 36 points for his team, Catholic High continued to rack up double digit leads in each quarter until the final buzzer. Jabez also received the Most Valuable Player award for his efforts.
In the girls’ final, Raffles used a 29-10 spurt in the third quarter to put the game away.
The game had been close in the first quarter when both teams were neck and neck throughout. However, a key turning point came when a Yuying player got called for her fourth personal foul. Raffles Girls then used their strength in depth to outlast the Yuying team who were also missing a few players through injury.
Hannah Ng (#4, RGS) led her team with 12 points while Yuying’s #7 scored 7 points in the first quarter before missing the rest of the match.
Said Mr James Ong, teacher-in-charge of the Raffles Girls’ team:
“I was most happy about the overall team effort – that all my girls managed to score in the game!”
hello Uncle les!
Just wanted to let you know that Hannah Ng from RGSS basketball was in my class for two years. pri 5 and 6 in RGPS!
Alex 🙂
gabez su got the MVP award
dere waz MVP award? dey nvr announce
woah cat high got new jerseys. same as unity . bt diff colour hahas