THE Horsham Amateur Basketball Association's under-12 boys A team tasted success at the 2014 Hamilton Junior Basketball Tournament over the weekend, going through the competition undefeated.
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Horsham met fellow undefeated team Portland in the final, and in the sides' last meeting, double overtime was needed to find a winner.
On this occasion it was the Hornets who got off to a flying start, under coach Tony Pope, with a strong team effort seeing them run out 35-23 victors.
Nine Horsham teams participated at the tournament, with two other teams reaching grand finals, but suffering the narrowest of losses.
The association's junior representative director Tony Sleep said it was a great weekend both on and off the court.
"It was just an awesome weekend," Mr Sleep said.
"We had a couple a couple of teams narrowly miss out on grand finals as well."
"What was really pleasing was the sense of community among players and their families."
Playing in the under-18s age group due to a shortage of teams, Horsham's under-16 girls team won four games under coach Owen Hughan - against Hamilton, Ararat, Portland and Timboon - to reach the final.
After trailing by 15 points to Millicent at half time, the girls fought back to fall one point short at the final whistle.
The under-14 boys A team, coached by Murray McKenzie, also reached the grand final, with wins against Warrnabool, Portland, Millicent and Maryborough, before suffering a one-point loss to Hamilton.
The under-16 boys had three wins from five games, the under-14 girls two games from five and the under-12 girls two wins from four matches.
The under-12 boys B team had a win against Warrnambool, while the under-14 boys B team showed improvement but couldn't quite snare a win.
Sleep said the club had tournaments in Naracoorte, Portland and Maryborough in the coming weeks, ahead of state championships in February and March.
