{"id":21999,"date":"2024-09-02T23:32:09","date_gmt":"2024-09-02T23:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=21999"},"modified":"2024-09-02T23:32:11","modified_gmt":"2024-09-02T23:32:11","slug":"flames-upset-royals-in-u23-final-rematch-scheduled-for-august-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/flames-upset-royals-in-u23-final-rematch-scheduled-for-august-24\/","title":{"rendered":"Flames Upset Royals in U23 Final; Rematch Scheduled for August 24"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>By Tracey Liverpool<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Under 23 basketball competition, organized by Team 13 and Kevin \u201c2 Feet\u201d Joseph, concluded with an unexpected twist as Block 22 Flames defeated the previously unbeaten Victory Valley Royals 64-55 in the final.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Leron Joseph<\/strong> of the Flames was the standout performer, scoring 27 points and earning the MVP title for the tournament. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His teammate <strong>Jonathon Clark<\/strong> added 19 points, securing the championship trophy and replicas for the Flames. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the Royals, <strong>Koby Tappin<\/strong> led with 14 points, while <strong>Rasheed Hinds<\/strong> contributed 10 points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Rakim McDonald<\/strong> of the Royals was recognized as the tournament\u2019s most disciplined player, and <strong>Jaffon Reynolds<\/strong> of the Flames was named the most improved player. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Royals and Flames also received new uniforms from Nigel Hinds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the battle for third place, <strong>Retrieve Raiders<\/strong> narrowly defeated <strong>Amelia\u2019s Ward Jets<\/strong> 63-56 to secure the third-place trophy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fans are eagerly anticipating the rematch scheduled for August 24, which will feature a playoff among the four semifinalists. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Game one<\/strong> will see the Flames take on the Raiders, while <strong>Game two<\/strong> will pit the Royals against the Jets. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The winners of these games will face off for the top prize.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Tracey Liverpool The Under 23 basketball competition, organized by Team 13 and Kevin \u201c2 Feet\u201d Joseph, concluded with an unexpected twist as Block 22 Flames defeated the previously unbeaten&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":21953,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-sports"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21999","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21999"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21999\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22009,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21999\/revisions\/22009"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}