St Xaviers School Director P K Mohanty graced the ceremony as guest of honour. OBA president Gyana Ranjan Parida, vice-president Amiya Kumar Mohapatra, secretary Ashok Kumar Sahu and joint-secretary Dwarika Sekhar Mohanty were present on the occasion.

As many as 26 boys teams and 20 girls teams participated in the four-day championship, which was inaugurated by Cuttack Barabati MLA Mohammed Moquim.

Puri District Boys Team (Champion): Sovan Pradhan, Upasak Mohanty, Anshuman Biswal, Snehasis Jaysingh, Gourav Dash, Kunal Prasad Sah, Harshith Mohapatra, Ashutosh Panda, M Sushil, Bishnu Behera, Pritam Pradhan, Sambit Jena. Coach: Arun Kumar Mishra, Manager: Smruti Ranjan Das.

Puri District Girls Team (Champion): Sanjeeta Kumari Naik, Vanshika Vaishnavi Dash, Manisha Patra, Anushka Mohanty, Dikshya Divyadarshini, Naavya S Chhaulsingh, Utkalika Priyadarshini, Ananya Mohanty, Ankita Priyadarshini, Rajeswari Mohapatra, Prakriti Tripathy. Coach: Arun Kumar Mishra, Manager: Madhusmita Jena.

Club The Entertainer Gilrs Team (Runners-up): Kajal Barik, Pragyanshree Mohanty, Srabani Sasmal, Sidhiksha Pradhan, Smrutirekha Jena, Sonakshi Parida, Rajalaxmi Swain, Sontosini Behera, Aiswarya Swain, Palak Santuka, Subhashree Mohanty, Sunita Nayak.

Khordha District Boys Team (Runners-up): Bhagirathi Goutam, Om Stitaprangya, Ch Dinesh, Zeeshan Ahmed, Avinash Naik, Vivaswan Mahali. Coach: Prahallad Behera, Manager: Adarsh Pattnaik.
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PICS: Players of Puri district boys and girls teams pose with the winners trophies at the 60th Odisha State Junior Basketball Championship in Cuttack on 25 December 2023.