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Agony and ecstasy as Schools Basketball Finals continue

The trophies are going home to Cork, Limerick, Galway and Louth tonight.

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St Andrews’ players, pictured during the final seconds of the U16 B Boys final (INPHO/Cathal Noonan)

THERE WERE TEARS and cheers in Tallaght as four more titles were decided on the second day of the All-Ireland Basketball Schools Cup Finals.

Edel Thornton led the way with 32 points as St Vincent’s beat Cork rivals Colaiste an Phiarsigh 79-56 to claim the U19 A Girls title.

The U16 A Girls trophy went home with Crescent College, Limerick who beat Presentation SS Waterford 35-34 in a nail-biting decider.

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Presentation Waterford players dejected after their defeat (INPHO/Cathal Noonan)

In the Boys finals, Calasanctius College of Oranmore won an all-Galway encounter in the U16 A competition, beating St Joseph’s College The Bish 58-36.

And St Joseph’s Drogheda clinched the U16 B title with a 47-33 win against St Andrew’s of Dublin.

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St Joseph’s captain Bobby Crudden celebrates (INPHO/Cathal Noonan)

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