St. Joseph’s Girls’ School, Nugegoda won the all-island under-19 ‘A’ Division Basketball Championship beating Good Shepherd Convent, Kotahena in the final worked off at Nugegoda yesterday. The winners cruised to a comfortable 22 point win after leading 47-29 at half-time. The final score was 80-58.

Prasadi Fonseka top scored for the winners with 28 points while Solanji Gunawijaya made 25. Jayani Nugi and Sanduni Perera chipped in with 14 points each. For the losers, Anjali Ekanayake made 21 points while Sulochana Ratnayake scored 15.

Prasadi Fonseka was named the Best Player of the final while Anjali Ekanayake won the Best Offensive Player award. Solanji Gunawijaya was adjudged as the Best Defensive Player.

By winning the under-19 title, St. Joseph’s Girls’ School finished off a remarkable year where they also won the under-15 and under-17 titles.

St. Joseph’s beat St. Paul’s Milagiriya in the semi-final.