BASKETBALLERS from across the state played in the Victoria Country Junior Championships in Bendigo across the weekend.
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More than 2000 players, coaches and family members converged on the city.
The best country Victorian under-16 and under-18 players took part in the tournament.
The best-placed Bendigo team was the boys under-18 division one team, reaching the semi-final against Wodonga.
In the grand final Traralgon defeated Wodonga 41-27.
In the under-18 boys division two final, Ballarat defeated Corio Bay 56-52.
Southern Peninsula defeated Shepparton 44-24 in the girls under-18 division one final. Maffra won division two by the closest of margins, defeating Wangaratta 47-46. .
In the under-16 division one boys final Mildura defeated Ballarat 45-34 and Moe won in division two.
Mildura defeated Mt Gambier in the girls under-16 division one competition and Traralgon defeated Wodonga 47-40 in division two.
