The 2 BTL championship games for the San Ignacio and Santa Elena Basketball Association, SSBA, took place this past Sunday at the Falcon Field. In the U15 division, the #1 seed Harlem took on the #3 seed, Young Stars. Harlem outdid Young Stars, 24 – 21, behind Santiago Clark’s 8 points, while Christian Hernandez scored 6 points in a losing effort. Santiago Clark was awarded the MVP of the U15 division, while also claiming the award for most assists, averaging 2.29/game. Nigel Daly took home the award for top scorer, sinking 18.25 points/game while Jamie Carbajal was the top rebounder with 11.83 caroms/game.

 The nightcap featured the championship game for the U17 division, where the fans witnessed an unbelievable upset, as the #1 seed, and undefeated Ball Stars fell to the #2 seed, Benque Eagles, by the final score of 51 – 44. Benque Eagles was lead by a balanced attack, where Delwin Guevara netted 15 points, Gustavo Pech scored 11 points and Mark Tesucum and Najib Hernandez sank 9 points apiece. In their only game in the regular season, Ball Stars blew out Benque Eagles, 58 – 35, while winning their regular season games by an average of 26 points. Ball Stars dominance in the entire tournament was short lived by one great game by Benque Eagles, who displayed a lot of confidence going up against the power house in their division. In a losing effort, Santiago Clark scored 10 points for Ball Stars.

 In the U17 division, Gustavo Pech(Benque Eagles) claimed the award for most rebounds, averaging 10.22/game, while Mark Tesucum(Benque Eagles) was the top scorer in this division with 11.44 points/game and Roy Zuniga from Ball Stars lead the division in assists with 2.5/game. The MVP for the tournament was Benque Eagles’ point guard, Ulises Duarte. The U15 and U17 winners will now play a home and away series with the champions from Belmopan, to see who will advance to the BTL National Championship which will be held in Orange Walk Town.