Joshi edged past Santu Shrestha of Nobel for the gold medal. Prashant Baral of New Summit in junior boys and Smarika Kharel of Araniko in junior girls´ section secured first positions. Baral thumped Mingsu Limbu of Galaxy and Kharel saw off Nimi Sherpa of White Field. In senior boys´ Roshan Lama of Children Garden edged past Rajan Bastakoti of The Excelsior while Areian Badgami of Modern Indian defeated Jenisha Shrestha of Angel´s Lord for gold medals in senior boys´ and girls respectively.
National´s three teams into next round
KATHMANDU: Three teams of National Campus on Wednesday advanced to the pre-quarterfinals of the Third Nobel Cup U-19 3X3 Basketball Tournament in boys´ section. Similarly, three teams each of Trinity and Golden Gate also secured places for pre-quarterfinal round.
Navajeevan, Triton, NASA, Premier A and Nobel Academy A and C team also advanced into the next round. Semifinal lineup has been completed in girls´ category, in which host Nobel will face Golden Gate in the first semifinal and Premier meets NASA in another.
KCMS, GoldenGate into semis
KATHMANDU: KCMS on Wednesday advanced to the semifinals of the First Inter-college Masters Science Basketball Tournament. KCMS edged past Tri Chandra College 24-22 in the last league match of Group B for a place in the last four. Mahesh Pant netted seven points for the winning team. Despite losing the match Tri Chandra also qualified for the semifinals as the group runner-up. In Group A, host GoldenGate defeated TU 33-23 and booked a semifinal berth. TU also secured its place in the last four as the group runner-up.
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