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Puri clinched a coveted double crown by winning both the boys and girls titles in the 37th Odisha State Youth Basketball Championship, which was organized by Odisha Basketball Association (OBA) at Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium in Cuttack from 11 to 13 November 2024.
In the two finals, Puri boys beat Odisha Students Club, Cuttack 73-65, while Puri girls got the better of Club the Entertainer, Cuttack 63-45. Bishnu Behera and Subhangi Mitra (both Puri) bagged the best player awards in boys and girls categories respectively.
Arun Kumar Mishra was the coach of both the Puri teams. He attributed the success of the Puri teams to hard work and discipline. “Puri district sports body also provided very good support,” he acknowledged.
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State Sports Department Director Sidhartha Das was the chief guest of the trophy presentation ceremony. Odisha Football Association secretary Asirbad Behera and Odisha Olympic Association secretary Avijit Paul, OBA president Gyana Ranjan Patnaik and secretary Ashok Kumar Sahu were present on the occasion.
As many as 26 boys and 17 girls teams participated in the three-day championship. Earlier, MLA Purna Ch Sethy and Olympian Anuradha Biswal graced the opening ceremony as chief guest and guest of honour respectively.
PURI BOYS TEAM: Kunal Prasad Sai (Captain), Ashutosh Panda, Prabhudatta Mallick, Aarush Das, Harsith Mohapatra, Bismay Garnaik, Bishnu Behera, Amlan Kumar Pallar, Tanuj Kumar Chamupaty, M Sushil, Ranjan Mohanty. Coach: Arun Kumar Mishra, Assistant Coach: Prasanna Kumar Nayak, Manager: Chiranjit Karan.
PURI GIRLS TEAM: Utkalika Priyadarsini, Sunita Nayak, Vansheeka V Dash, Sandeepa Mohanty, Subhangi Mitra (Captain), Deshna Jain, Subhashree Mohanty, Anushka Mohanty, Jignyasha Chhualsingh, Manisha Patra, Navya Saishree Chhualsingh, Lopamudra Paramanika. Coach: Arun Kumar Mishra, Assistant Coach: Prasanna Kumar Nayak.
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PICS: State Youth Basketball champions, Puri boys and girls teams lift the trophies in Cuttack on 13 November 2024.
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