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Armed Police (Chennai) in quarterfinals

DINDIGUL: A.N. Dhyaneswaran Basketball Academy, Tiruchi, entered the quarterfinals of the Ravi memorial trophy State-level open basketball tournament with a 48-47 victory over SAI Sports Hostel, Salem, here on Saturday.

In another match, defending champion, Armed Police, Chennai, posted an easy 80-38 victory over Pattiveeranpatti Basketball Club.

Results (pre-quarterfinals): ANDA, Tiruchi 48 (S. Sriram 11, D. Mohan Kumar 11, Gridhar Rajan 10) bt SAI Sports Hostel, Salem 47 (Y. Arun Chandradas 26); Maan Mark BC, Madurai 67 (T. Ganesh Prabu 21, Adhi Ganesh 14, M. Anand 10) bt Rajeev Gandhi Memorail BC, Nagercoil 53 (A.L. Vishanth 20, K. Faizal 17); Armed Police, Chennai 80 (Rajendran 12, Karthik 10) bt Pattiveeranpatti BC 38 (Dinesh Sankar 15, Jegadeesh 10); S. Rly. Co-op Society SC, Chennai 82 (Yuvarajamuthu 25, Pechimuthu 24, Wilson 13) bt Udumalpet BC 47 (Theophilus 20, Rajavel 11); Karur Tx BC 70 (J. Praveen 18, G. Raja 16, K. Silambarasan 15) bt Aranthangi BC 58 (Iyyappan 28, Pandiayan 10); Sethu BC, Kariapatti 63 (Nambirajan 20, Palanivelraan 14) bt Dayanithi Memorial BC, Karur 58 (Iyyappan 28, Pandiyan 10); Young Stars BC, Batlagundu 59 (Magudeeswaran 17, S. Jeyachandran 17) bt Wings BC, Dindigul 51 (N. Vadivel 11, N. Ganesan 11).

Earlier results: Udumalpet BC bt St. Mary's BC, Madurai 91-79; Maanmark BC bt M.S.P. Solai Nadar MHSS 67-47; Karur BC bt Jazz BC, Pattiveeranpatti 58-54; Aranthangi BC bt Breeze BC, Dindigul 56-46; SAI Sports Hostel bt Sivagangai BC 75-24; Pattiveeranpatti BC bt Akshya BC, Palani 56-55.

SIT triumphs

At Pudukottai, Sethu Institute of Technology (Madurai) defeated Mohammed Sathak Engineering College (Kilakarai) 53-25 to win the title at the Anna University Zone-9 inter-engineering college basketball tournament here on Saturday.

Host Sudharshan Engineering College edged out AC Tech (Karaikudi) 44-35 for the third spot. Meanwhile, at Kovilvenni (Tiruvarur District), Paventhar Bharathidasan College of Engineering and Technology (Tiruchi) defeated JJ College of Engineering and Technology (Ammapettai) 48-34 to win the Zone-8 title.

Jayaram College of Engineering and Technology (Tiruchi) beat host Anjalaiammal Mahalingam Engineering College 32-29 to clinch the third spot.

State-level chess

The Madurai District Chess Association (MDCA), in association with Sri Prasanna Venkateswara Matriculation HSS, will conduct a State-level open chess tournament for boys and girls in Madurai on Aug. 20. For details, contact B.T. Sethuraman, Secretary, MDCA, Ph: 9843155560. — Sports Correspondent

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