The weekend’s games have been and gone in the Big V competition, and all of our Diamond Valley teams have taken the court, home and away, as the season reaches its latter stages. Our Youth Men and Women kept the future bright with 2 good wins – the Youth Men continue to roll with finals on the horizon and have a monster match up to come this weekend, but more on that later ! Our State Championship Women and Men put up gallant fights on the weekend in their home double header against Waverley – but both teams ran out of steam late and the talented Falcons opened up margins beyond our reach by that stage.

Here comes the wrap :

Victorian Youth Championship Women :
Diamond Valley def. Knox, 60-55
S. Ayres 19 points, 5 rebounds, 2 blocks
H. Valenti 13 points, 3 rebounds

Victorian Youth Championship Men :
Diamond Valley def. Knox
** Stats unavailable on Big V website **

State Championship Women :
Diamond Valley def. by Waverley, 90-70
M. Crupi 15 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal, 1 block
M. Pirini 13 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 steal

C. Rosenthal 12 points, 10 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal, 1 block

State Championship Men
Diamond Valley def. by Waverley, 64-81
M. Reynolds 17 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists
M.Lee 12 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 block

Your basketball fix this weekend is a stand-alone Saturday night clash between 2 heavyweights of the Victorian Youth Championship Men’s competition – the finals-bound Eagles and Blackburn Vikings. Our Eagles have had a stellar season with many notable wins and a great spread of performers and players that have stood up with match winning efforts at different times. Come and watch them as they fire on all cylinders ahead of the finals series !

Catch you there !