Orange District Basketball Association's shortened 10 week winter competition is well under way with round three wrapping up this week.
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There were some highlights week but a standout result were the under 18s rep side downing the Bulls by just one point in a 65-64 nail-biter.
The Junior comps are also going well with a lot of interest in the Mini Ball Comp for 7-9 year olds growing strongly.
This is a great completion for new players to learn the essentials and develop their skills before moving on to the graded completions.
In the other men's A grade matches, the Young Guns destroyed the Parkview Hotel Falcons 88-42 as the victors really good their offence rolling.
In the third and final top-flight clash, the Jax Jets defeated the JDM Darksharks 34-18 in a slugfest.
The A grade women's competition put on three exciting matches as well.
The standout result came in the shape of a monstrous 70-10 Sportspower Rap Gods win over M & D Wildcats, with the Gods living up to their names and putting the Wildcats to the sword.
The under 16s rep girls down the Spinners 37-32, while the Queen Bees thrashed the Inkjets 47-11.
The Men's B and B reserve grades brought some tight match-ups as Souljah downed Last Dance 43-36 in a tightly-contested affair.
The Renegades took out Lavar's Prodigies 53-42 in another game where both sides needed all four quarters to find which team would come out the victor.
Kent's Kings took out Hotel Orange Ocelots 35-22 to round out the fixture's in the men's B grade competition.
The reserve men games saw Grizzlies and Triple O claim victories over Halftime Heroes and Codgers respectively
In the men's C grade competition, Nuthingbuttnet fought to an exciting 33-all with Ballers, while Tropics were comprehensively crushed 54-8 to Toon Squad.
In the last remaining third grade contest, Millthorpe Bulls took out TG's Air Ordinary's in a tight 42-34 game.
Orange District Basketball Association referees coordinator Carl Smith said the teams are starting to find their rhythm as the competition's nearing a month since the return date.
"The sides are starting to get back into the swing of the competition," Smith said.
"You can see that some of the teams are getting more competitive and their skills are returning everything starts to unfold."
Smith also had a firm eye on the show-stealing A-grade clash between the under 18s and the Bulls, pointing out the deciding factor of the contest was the power of the young guns in the under-18s line-up.
"The Bulls are one of our traditional teams and they've been around a long time," he said.
"The skills of the Bulls kept them in that contest but the fitness of the young players is what got the under 18s there in the end."
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