DEFENDING CHAMPS HANDED TOUGH DRAW

The draw for the 2016 Sprite Ball Championship was held on Sunday December 27 on TV3’s ‘Fast Break’ with defending champions Mfantsipim and two time first runners up Aggrey Memorial Mount Zion Senior High School getting drawn in groups of death.

Mfantsipim School was drawn in the boys’ division Group A alongside Volta Region champions Mawuli Senior High School, former silver medallist Koforidua Secondary Technical School and Accra Academy.

Former champions Aggrey Memorial female basketball team was drawn in Group A in the ladies division alongside one time winner St. Mary’s Senior High School and Shama Senior High School.

The draw was conducted by Host Yaw Sakyi Afari and assisted by Ghana Basketball Association Chairman David Addo Ashong,.
Below is the full list of Groups for the boys’ division in the main championship which is set to take place between January 3-7, 2016 at El-Wak Stadium in Ghana’s capital, Accra.

Group A

Mfantsipim School
Mawuli Senior High School
Koforidua Secondary Technical School
Accra Academy

Group B

Pope John Senior High School and Junior Seminary
St. John’s School
Adisadel College
Prempeh College

Group C

Aggrey Memorial Mount Zion School
Opoku Ware Senior High School
Ghana Secondary Technical School
St. Thomas Aquinas Senior High School

Group D

Presbyterian Boys’ Senior High School (Legon)
Kadjebi Asato Senior High School
St. Augustine’s College
Ghana Lebanon Islamic Senior High School

The full lists of groupings for the girls’ division are:

Group A

St Mary’s Senior High School
Aggrey Memorial Mount Zion School
Shama Senior High School

Group B

T.I.Ahmediyya Senior High School
Accra Wesley Girls’ Senior High School
Nkawkaw Senior High School

Group C

Mfantsiman Girls’ Senior High School
Tema Senior High School
Kumasi Girls’ Senior High School
Awudome Senior High School