{"id":627452,"date":"2026-04-24T08:04:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T08:04:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/627452\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T08:04:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T08:04:12","slug":"junior-basketball-champs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/627452\/","title":{"rendered":"Junior basketball champs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                         &#13;<br \/>\n                            &#13;<br \/>\n                            &#13;<br \/>\n                            <img decoding=\"async\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_3617_59371.JPG\" alt=\"Junior basketball champs\" class=\"gh-post-page__image\"\/>&#13;<br \/>\n                            &#13;<br \/>\n                                The Warragul Warriors under 12 boys and girls teams enjoyed a chance to compete in the Junior Country Championships in Bendigo recently.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>The Warragul Warriors have recently wrapped up a rewarding 2026 Basketball Victoria Junior Country Championships (JCC), fielding eight representative teams across the under 12, 14, 16, and 18 age groups.<br \/>Competing across four events held in Bendigo, Ballarat, and Shepparton between February and April, the Warriors delivered impressive performances throughout &#8211; most notably claiming grand final titles in two divisions and finishing runners-up in two more.<br \/>The JCC is Basketball Victoria&#8217;s premier representative basketball tournament for regional Victoria, featuring over 300 teams from affiliated country associations.<br \/>Teams compete across championship divisions (division one and two, the highest level of competition) and premiership divisions (division three and above), ensuring competition is balanced and appropriate to each team&#8217;s level.<br \/>The format runs over multiple days &#8211; beginning with round robin pool play before progressing to knockout finals, with every team guaranteed a quarter final berth after completing their pool matches.<br \/>Warragul ultimately took home two titles, those being in the under 12 girls championship division two and under 18 girls premiership division three.<br \/>The under 12 girls delivered one of the tournament&#8217;s most exciting finishes, defeating Surfcoast Chargers 23-21 in their grand Final in Bendigo on Sunday.<br \/>A two-point win under pressure, it was a result that speaks volumes for the composure and development of the young group.<br \/>The under 18 girls claimed their title with a four-point victory over Horsham Hornets (40-36) in Shepparton on 15 March. A thoroughly deserved championship for a team that competed with consistency throughout.<br \/>The Warriors&#8217; under 14 girls championship division one and under 18 boys championship division two teams also finished runners-up in their competitions.<br \/>With seven of eight teams competing in championship divisions and four teams advancing to grand finals across the campaign, 2026 has been a landmark year for the Warragul Warriors representative program.<br \/>The association congratulated all players, coaches, and families who travelled, supported, and represented Warragul with pride.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                    Updated&#13;<br \/>\n                    &#13;<br \/>\n                        April 24, 2026 3:00 pm | 4 minutes ago &#13;<br \/>\n                    &#13;\n                <\/p>\n<p>                    <a class=\"gh-post-page__share-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/www.thegazette.com.au\/junior-basketball-champs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" aria-label=\"Share on facebook\">&#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n        &#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n                    <\/a><br \/>\n                    <a class=\"gh-post-page__share-link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https:\/\/www.thegazette.com.au\/junior-basketball-champs\/&amp;text=Junior%20basketball%20champs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" aria-label=\"Share on twitter\">&#13;<\/p>\n<p>                    <\/a><br \/>\n                    <a class=\"gh-post-page__share-link\" href=\"mailto:?subject=Check%20out%20this%20article&amp;body=https:\/\/www.thegazette.com.au\/junior-basketball-champs\/\" aria-label=\"Share via email\">&#13;<\/p>\n<p>                    <\/a><br \/>\n                    &#13;<\/p>\n<p>                        Link copied!&#13;<br \/>\n                        Copy failed!&#13;<\/p>\n<p>            <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; The Warragul Warriors under 12 boys and girls teams enjoyed a chance to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":627453,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-627452","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-basketball","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-basketball","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/627452","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=627452"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/627452\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/627453"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=627452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=627452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=627452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}