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    Luella Burke attacks a South Australian defender off the dribble.
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    Horsham’s Levi Munyard handles the ball during the
Australian Country Junior Basketball Cup.

Basketball juniors shine at nationals

Four talented juniors from Horsham Amateur Basketball Association shone at national level this month at the Australian Country Junior Basketball Cup and the Southern Cross Challenge.

The ACJBC, played in Albury from January 14 to 18, saw hundreds of the top junior players from across Australia compete in state squads.

Horsham juniors Levi Munyard, Micah Livingstone and Luella Burke played for the Victoria Goldminers in the boys under-18 and girls under-14 competitions, with Munyard and Livingstone’s team finishing runner-up while Burke’s team won a third-fourth playoff.

Munyard was the third-leading scorer for the Goldminers under-18 boys’ side, finishing the tournament with 51 points in seven games at an average of 7.3 per game, including a 16-point performance against the Tasmania Tigers. Livingstone also appeared in every game, averaging 2.6 points per game across the tournament.



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The Goldminers emerged undefeated from their pool games, beating the Tasmania Devils 75-60 in a quarter final and the Tasmania Tigers 72-62 in a semi-final to advance to the grand final against the Bushrangers. Despite being within four points at the final change, the Goldminers were blown out in the final quarter to lose 57-42, with Munyard scoring four points and Livingstone scoring two.

Burke had a strong tournament, averaging nearly five points each game for the under-14 girls Goldminers, who also advanced through the pool stage undefeated before falling to the Victoria Bushrangers by six points in a semi final.

The Goldminers bounced back strongly to win the third-fourth playoff, beating the Tasmania Devils 70-52, with Burke scoring eight points.

Horsham’s Chavi Sulic was also in action for the under-15 boys Victoria Goldminers at the Southern Cross Challenge in Melbourne from Friday to Monday.

Sulic’s team was successful in its first outing against the Tasmania Kangaroos, winning 69-63, but lost its remaining pool games against South Australia Blue, Queensland White, NSW Country and Victoria Metro.

The team played two rounds of finals, losing to Queensland Black and Western Australia. Sulic averaged 4.6 points per game across the tournament, with his best game a nine-point outing against Victoria Metro on Sunday. 

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