Another junior representative season tips off for the Shepparton Gators today.
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The Greater Shepparton Basketball Association's next wave of stars is ready to take to the courts for another summer of action, beginning at the Echuca Junior Basketball Tournament across the grand final long weekend.
A strong contingent of Gators will compete in the event, which wraps up on Sunday.
“We have seven teams going across,” Gators junior chairperson Michelle Judd said.
“There's always so much work that goes in before the start of the season, lots and lots of hours behind the scenes and the players have been training for about four weeks now.
“We've had a great attendance at all age groups which is a positive thing for Shepparton basketball.
“Echuca will be a challenge because there's only been a few weeks of training leading up to it, but it's a good challenge because it gives the teams a benchmark to work with throughout the season.”
Among the teams heading to Echuca are the under-12 and under-16 boys' squads and girls' teams from the under-14 and under-16 age groups.
The tournament will mark the coaching debut of Lizzy McCarty in the under-12 boys' division one grade and the return of Dylan Wayman to the coaching ranks in the division one under-16 boys.
Junior Shepparton Gators 2019-20
Under-12 girls' division one
Yulkirri Bamblett, Scarlett Byers, Jayda Goulding, Summer Jobling, Charmaine Mansfield, Tori Pettie, Amilla Phillips, Charli Senior, Bailey Stovell, Eliza Wilhelms. Coach: Troy Lundberg.
Under-12 boys' division one
Maelan Allan, Aston Burton, Zayd Gibson, Hamish McKenzie, Lennix Mellington, Naite Mellington, Cody Munro, Liam Sofra, Naite Warrin, Alex Whitlock. Coach: Lizzy McCarty.
Under-12 boys' division two
Archer Armstrong, Steele Bajada, Marly Bannerman, Tanner Bensch, Toby Keady, Koby Hill, Ned Pattinson, Josh Payne, Lincoln Pell, Noah Wells. Coach: Jase Bannerman.
Under-14 girls' division one
Montanna Burke, Matilda Hall, Alice Ludlow, Renn McCarron, Claudia Plum, Jamison Stovell, Adle Thon, Brianna Turner, Sarah Vincitorio, Hannah Wells. Coach: Jackie O'Neill.
Under-14 girls division two
Lucy Bicknell, Remi Bruton, Elle Carkeek, Sienna Carkeek, Mia Keyte, Millicent Lundberg, Georgia Plattfuss, Taitum Woods. Coach: Janie Burn.
Under-14 boys' division one
Liam Broom, Spencer Dickins, Archer Hueston, Kade Metcalf, Cooper O'Neill, Riley Onley, Liam Teague, Liam Tuohey, Aiden Whitelaw. Coach: Paul Whitelaw.
Under-14 boys' division two
Jurxhin Bace, Tighe Clarke, Ashton Commadeur, Shaun Johnston, Ashton Mellington, Tom Mellington, Harrison Pell, Aidan Prior, Luke Rice, Blake Sofra. Coach: Neville Thorn.
Under-16 girls' division one
Eliza Bicknell, Brodie Chapman, Holly Egan, Shelby Hutchins, Hannah Onley, Chelsea Randich, Maia Roberts, Tahli Smith, Tazmyn Stovell, Isabel Whitelaw. Coach: Liam Wright.
Under-16 girls' division two
Jemma Carkeek, Mackenzie Clarke, Abby Commadeur, Courtney Gray, Nhykira Mansfield, Zoe Monteleone, Janaya Pettie, Alexandra Phillip, Charlotte Plum, Shalom Thon. Coach: Sean Reidy.
Under-16 boys' division one
Boston Dowling, Carter Falk, Zac Metcalf, Jordan Munro, Oscar Ryan, Brayden Sciuto, Matt Whitlock, Jack Whitlock, Toby Williams. Coach: Dylan Wayman.
Under-16 boys' division two
Blake Aglinskas, Bailey Allen, Jett Bruton, Oliver Beaumont, Will Broom, Jensen Dowling, Grady McCarron, Kade Thomas, Kye Warrin, Deacon Woods. Coach: Charles Moffatt.
Under-18 girls' division one
Vicky Burn, Jordyn Commadeur, Ebony Grace, Tayissa Gray, Alex Marshall, Isabella Riley, Jozanna Salan, Caitlyn Tuohey, Tonysia Turner, Dayna Williams. Coach: Chris Judd.
Under-18 boys' division one
Campbell Steigenberger, Ethan Culpan, Kelham Tyson, Jake Zerbarto, Ashtyn Atkinson, Cody Carrafa, Jordan Birch, Jordan Michel, Tom Brown, Tom Gorman. Emergencies: Jaymes Crees, Jordan O'Neill. Coach: Josh Waight.
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