Mt Alvernia to defend girls’ basketball title as league returns
A player from Mt Alvernia High gets past her opponent from Holland High in the 2020 ISSA Western Conference Girls' Open Basketball Competition in 2020. The league was called off in March 2020 soon after the novel coronavirus was discovered on the island. (Photo: Paul Reid)
Basketball, Sports
February 28, 2023

Mt Alvernia to defend girls’ basketball title as league returns

MONTEGO BAY, St James — Mt Alvernia High will start the defence of their ISSA Western Conference girls’ basketball title when the competition tips off today with three games, including a double-header at William Knibb Memorial.

The competition is being played for the first time since it was abandoned in 2020 after the arrival of the COVID-19 virus. Mt Alvernia High won the title in 2019.

Six schools — three from Trelawny and three from St James — are taking part in the competition that will see them play each other twice with the top four teams on points advancing to the semi-finals set for Tuesday, March 28, and the finals two days later.

Today, Mt Alvernia High will host newcomers Irwin High in Montego Bay; Muschett High will take on Holland High in the first game at William Knibb, followed by William Knibb Memorial and Herbert Morrison Technical.

— Paul A Reid

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