{"id":25440,"date":"2025-01-16T15:38:28","date_gmt":"2025-01-16T15:38:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=25440"},"modified":"2025-01-16T15:38:29","modified_gmt":"2025-01-16T15:38:29","slug":"north-ruimveldt-ravens-triumph-in-gbf-elite-16-knockout-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/north-ruimveldt-ravens-triumph-in-gbf-elite-16-knockout-tournament\/","title":{"rendered":"North Ruimveldt Ravens Triumph in GBF Elite 16 Knockout Tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>By Tyriq Walters | December 2024<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The North Ruimveldt Ravens emerged victorious in the Guyana Basketball Federation\u2019s Elite 16 Knockout tournament, defeating the Victory Valley Royals in an intense match that stretched into the early hours of Sunday morning at the National Gymnasium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ravens, led by the dynamic duo of Shamar Huntley and Captain Dominic Vincente, initially edged out the Royals with a narrow 15-14 lead in the first quarter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The momentum shifted dramatically in the second quarter as Nikolai Smith, a recent transfer from the Plaisance Guardians, delivered a series of three-pointers, giving the Ravens a commanding 37-28 lead at halftime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite a strong effort from the Royals, it was veteran Ryan Stephaney\u2019s stellar performance in the final quarter that sealed the Ravens\u2019 win. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Captain Dominic Vincente attributed the team&#8217;s success to their collective sense of togetherness, stating, &#8220;The key is togetherness, if we didn\u2019t pull it out together, we wouldn\u2019t have come out victorious. We had to collectively come together, pull one goal, and we came out victorious.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ravens\u2019 victory earned them a $300,000 prize, while the Victory Valley Royals took home $100,000 for finishing second. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stabroek Eagles secured third place and a $50,000 cash prize, with MVP Nikolai Smith receiving an additional $25,000 for his exceptional performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ravens\u2019 win cements their status as the top basketball team in Guyana.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Tyriq Walters | December 2024 The North Ruimveldt Ravens emerged victorious in the Guyana Basketball Federation\u2019s Elite 16 Knockout tournament, defeating the Victory Valley Royals in an intense match&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":25399,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25440","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\/25440","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=25440"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25440\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25441,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25440\/revisions\/25441"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25399"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}