{"id":26358,"date":"2025-02-09T00:07:49","date_gmt":"2025-02-09T00:07:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=26358"},"modified":"2025-02-09T00:07:50","modified_gmt":"2025-02-09T00:07:50","slug":"block-22-flames-and-amelia-ward-jets-claim-wins-in-one-guyana-basketball-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/block-22-flames-and-amelia-ward-jets-claim-wins-in-one-guyana-basketball-league\/","title":{"rendered":"Block 22 Flames and Amelia Ward Jets Claim Wins in &#8220;One Guyana&#8221; Basketball League"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>January 15, 2025<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Linden&#8217;s Block 22 Flames and Amelia Ward Jets earned impressive victories on Sunday as action resumed in the &#8220;One Guyana&#8221; Premier Basketball League at the Retrieve Hard Court in Region Ten. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both teams triumphed comfortably in their respective matchups, continuing to showcase their dominance in the league.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the first game, Block 22 Flames overcame Masters with a 56-51 victory in a closely contested battle. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shamar Savory and Johnathon Clarke led the way for Block 22 Flames, scoring 19 and 18 points, respectively. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite a valiant effort from Masters, with Jason Squires contributing 16 points and Drumson McCauley adding 12, they fell short by just five points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the second matchup, Amelia Ward Jets secured a 69-50 win against Panthers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Jets started strong and maintained their momentum throughout the game, with Quincy Easton leading the charge, scoring 16 points. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stephen George also contributed 11 points to the team&#8217;s cause. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the Panthers, Shaquan Archer recorded 17 points, while Jermaine Booker added 16, but their efforts were not enough to close the gap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The &#8220;One Guyana&#8221; Premier Basketball League, sponsored by the Ministry of Culture, Youth, and Sport, and the National Sports Commission, features 22 teams across the Jaguars and Harpy Eagles conferences. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With bragging rights and substantial cash prizes on the line, the tournament is set to conclude in April. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First place will receive one million dollars, second place will earn half a million, and third and fourth place teams will also take home cash prizes along with trophies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A scheduled match between the Plaisance Guardians and King, along with the East Coast All-Stars versus Berbice Renegades, was postponed and a new date will be announced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The tournament continues to deliver exciting basketball action as teams vie for supremacy in the &#8220;One Guyana&#8221; league.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 15, 2025 Linden&#8217;s Block 22 Flames and Amelia Ward Jets earned impressive victories on Sunday as action resumed in the &#8220;One Guyana&#8221; Premier Basketball League at the Retrieve Hard&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":22847,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26358","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\/26358","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=26358"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26358\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26359,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26358\/revisions\/26359"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26358"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}