School BasketballGovernment Secondary School (GSS), Karu, has won this year’s Power Forward Basketball Championship, which held in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
The ninth in the series of the United States’ (U.S) National Basketball Association (NBA) sponsored youth development programme, tagged Power Forward, the championship was organised in conjunction with PanAfricare and ExxonMobil for secondary school students in Abuja.
As part of the event, former NBA player, Cedric Ceballo, held a clinic for young players, followed by a community outreach leading to the boys and girls’ final matches at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium, Abuja.
Students from 40 secondary schools, made up 42 teams (30 boys teams and 12 girls teams) played 105 games, with Government Secondary School, Karu, defeating Government Secondary School, Garki and Raberto Schools, Wuse II, to win the boys and girls’ categories respectively.