Nagpur u-18 boys teams enter semis

Nagpur: Two teams from the home city — Pogo Nagpur and Passionate Ballers Nagpur — entered last-4 stage on the second day of GH Raisoni Memorial MahaBasket 3x3 state basketball championship on Saturday. The tournament has been organized by Nagpur District Basketball Association (NDBA) under the aegis of Maharashtra Basketball Association.
Sarthak Dhuldhule, who scored 10 points, played at the top of the game to help Pogo Nagpur take another step towards the title.They defeated DCC Amravati 19-17 in a closely-fought match.
In another all-Nagpur quarterfinal encounter, Passionate Ballers rode on Yashasvi Yadav’s 9 point to beat Ball Tamperers 19-14.
In the men’s section, local team of Garuda Warriors were completely outplayed by Deccan Gymkhana of Pune 14-1. Whereas, Garuda Gladiator defeated Curious Yavatmal 10-8.
RESULTS (Day 2)
Under-18 (Quarters): Boys: Pogo Nagpur (Sarthak Dhuldhule 10) bt DCC Amravati (Smit Wankhede 13) 19-17; Passionate Ballers Nagpur (Yashasvi Yadav 9) bt Ball Tamperers Nagpur (Shashank Ghadge 7) 19-14;
Girls: CPSA Pune (Mansi Nirmalkar 12) bt Lay Up Lay Down Nagpur (Ridhi Borkar 2) 17-3;
Women: Deccan Gymkhana Pune (Durga Dharmadhikari 9) bt Garuda Warriors Nagpur 14-1; Garuda Gladiator Nagpur (Bhagyashree Kolwadkar 5) bt Curious Yavatmal (Mansi Khobragade 4) 10-8; Deccan Gymkhana (Akash Lokhande 6) bt Yashwant SR Nashik (Aakash Gaikwad 6) 21-10;
Men: DG Pune (Rajender Singh 9) bt NASA Nagpur (Jayesh Katade 8) 21-17; Champions Ahmednagar (Anirudh Pande 10) bt SRSH Ballers Nagpur (Shyam Khedkar 3) 22-4.