A HOST of the region’s junior basketball products have made the cut in Basketball Victoria Country state squads for tournaments in January next year.
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Basketball Victoria Country released its squads on Tuesday night for the Southern Cross Challenge and the Australian Country Junior Basketball Cup.
Hugh Dougherty has been named in the under-14s Southern Cross team, while Joel Freijah, Ararat’s Fletcher Burger and Stawell’s Taya Chisholm have been named emergencies for the under-15s.
For the Australian Country Junior Basketball Cup, Brodie Pope has made the under-16s side, while Sam Breuer and Austin McKenzie have been named in the under-18s.
Breuer and McKenzie have made the squad despite being bottom-aged players.
Ben Hobbs, who now plays for the Ballarat Basketball Association, has also made the under-18s squad for the cup as a bottom-aged player.
Basketball Victoria’s basketball operations manager Grant Wallace said the country contingent will set up their elite basketball journeys.
