Colonel Ubaldo Mancebo, head of the National Police in Cotui, accompanied by journalist Tony Reyes and Amaury Cruz, present the Regional newspaper cup to the Fantino Indias team, champions of the first women’s basketball tournament with reinforcements from this municipality. (Photo: Enriquillo Mena)
FANTINO, San Francisco de Macoris.- The Indians narrowly defeated the Elites 53-47, crowning themselves champions of the first top basketball tournament with women’s reinforcements from the Amaury basketball club, which brought a special dedication to the community leader Máxima Coronado and, incidentally, won the great cup. Regional that was played in the successful sports fair.
The purple team led by Roberto Suriel dominated from start to finish with excellent ball handling by Guadalupe Polanco and accurate short and long distance baskets by the star Heidy Collado.
The first half was dominated 26-19 by the Las Indias team with a combined effort by the reinforcement from Santiago Ruth Santos and the sniper Heidy Collado, who maintained the advantage until the end of the match that delighted the hundreds of fans who massively attended the Andrés Amengual sports center of the municipality of Fantino.
The best scorers for the winners were Heidy Collado with 20 points, Ruth Santos scored 10, Diorelis Placencia with 9, Guadalupe Polanco scored 7 and Anayerly García had 6 but had 16 rebounds and 8 assists.
For the Las Elites quintet, the best scorers were the vegan reinforcement Samantha Rodríguez with 22 points, the regional reinforcement Thais Rojas got 11, Thalia Javier with 7, 18 rebounds and 8 blocks and Cinthia Núñez contributed 6.
After the meeting ended, the journalist Tony Reyes, director of the newspaper El Regional, accompanied by Amaury Cruz, organizer of the tournament, presented the great Periódico el Regional cup to the Indian champions of Fantino.
Likewise, Colonel Leuribis Ubaldo Mancebo and Major Pérez presented Anayely García, the reinforcement from Santiago, with the Pescadería Wanda trophy, the most valuable player in the final series, as well as a medal for the players of the two finalist teams.
On his side, journalist Tony Reyes from the El Regional newspaper and the Wanda fishmonger gave cash prizes for the champion team as well as for the party that will be organized in the coming days for the four participating teams.
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Indies champion first Fantino basketball tournament – Momento Deportivo RD