Sharjah: Indian High School, Dubai and Our Own High School, Al Warqa reached the semifinal of the New India Model High School (NIMS) Under-13 basketball tournament, yesterday.
Indian High School beat St Mary's Catholic High School, Dubai 39-20 to make it to the semifinals.
Our Own High School-Al Warqa stopped NIMS-Sharjah, Blues (B team) and Millennium School, Dubai to reach the semifinals from their pool. Against NIMS Blues,
In other matches Our Own Indian School beat Delhi Private School, Sharjah 34-29 in the league match. Our Own Indian led the first quarter 12-5 but DPS blanked Our Own Indian 12-0 in the second quarter and took a four point lead in the first half 17-12. Our Own English High School, Sharjah edged out Westminster School, Dubai in extra time in their pool league match, 22-20.
Results: Indian High School-Dubai: 39 (Akash Anil 18, Ahraz Asad Kurwani 8, Girik Kashkari 5, Abhishek Madhusudanan 8) bt St. Mary's Catholic High School, Dubai 20 (George Emad 10, Carlo Gozan Cortez 6, Alvin 2 and Arif Nisperos 2)
Our Own Indian School, Al Qoz: 34 ( Rishi Vinod 20, Chirayu Raj 6, Rahul Reji 6, Ahmad Burooj 2) beat DPS-Dubai 29 (Abhishek M 8, K. Steve 4, Vidit A 4, Mridul 3, Rohit 2, Sam Thomas 2, Chaitanya 2, Karan Zavar 2, Hrishikesh 1 and Ishan 1).
Our Own English High School-Sharjah 22 (Pranjal 10, Jetin 4, LouLou 2, Mohammad Shariq 2, Ashwin 2 and Shasheesh 2) bt Westminster School 20.
