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.