By R. Atwal and J. Purewal
FRESNO, CA: Young Guns of Yuba City won the 2nd Annual Basketball Tournament held here on March 17th and 18th. New Edition from San Joaquin were the runners up while Running Rivals also from San Joaquin were awarded the consolation prize,
Altogether 13 teams took part from all over California.
The teams that participated were as under:
Young Guns
(Yuba City)
New Edition
(San Joaquin)
Running Rivals
(San Joaquin)
Air India
(Los Angeles)
Frisco Kids
(San Joaquin)
Running Rebels
(Sacramento)
Y.C. Sports Club
(Yuba City)
Untouchables
(Fairfield)
Mixed Breed
(Sacramento)
S.F. Natives
(San Francisco)
Khalsa Sports Club
(Yuba City)
Azad Sports Club I
(Selma)
Azad Sports Club II
(Selma)
In finals Young Guns overcame New Edition 57-48. There were a lot of exciting games, and two of them went into overtime. The tournament committee selected ten players for their outstanding abilities. Those players were:
1) Devendra Patel
(Air India)
2) Sukvinder Karley
(Young Guns)
3) Surjit Mahla
(Young Guns)
4) Gurmail Mahal
(Azad II)
5) Tarminder Bains
(Y.C. Sports Club)
6) Vindo Patel
(Frisco Kids)
7) Mandip Sihota
(Running Rivals)
8) Geary Gosal
(Untouchables)
9) Gurbinder Dhesi
(New Edition)
10) Siraj Charinayal
(Air India)
The organizers Azad Sports Club from Selma have done well, as has been amply demonstrated by the huge success it had for the last two years. Now they are already looking to the 1991 tournament. The financial support was provided by the community from central California.
Article extracted from this publication >> March 30, 1990
