By Amaka Abayomi

Ten schools have qualified for the quarter finals of the 10th Doregos Inter-Schools Basketball championship after qualifying from the group stage.

The qualifying schools are International School Lagos ISL, Soundhope Private Academy, Halifield School, Supreme Education Foundation, Airforce Secondary School, Ikeja, Avi-Cenna College, Lagoon Secondary School, Advanced Breed, Queens College, Corona Secondary School and the host, Doregos Private Academy, Ipaja, Lagos.

Defending champion, ISL, will meet Soundhope Private Academy in the boys category while two time winners Doregos are up against Halifield School.
In other matches, Airforce Secondary School Ikeja will square up against Supreme Education Foundation while Avi-Cenna College will battle Advanced Breed. ISL are aiming for their 4th strait title.

In the girls category, Queen College, Yaba who are seeking their first title since 2006 faces a titanic battle against Doregos the first school to win the female version back to back in 2010 and 2011.
It will also be clash of titans as two former champion ISL and Corona School Agbara meet in the second quarter final.

Enjoining all participants to uphold the spirit of fairpaly, the sponsor of the competition, Mrs. Clementina Doregos, urged all to use the event to make friends and interact among themselves which is one of the reasons why sports competitions are created.

Appealing to all tiers of government to invest in Nigerian youths through sports, Doregos said “one of the ways to check youth unrest is to keep them busy through sports. They will use their strength positively rather than what we are seeing today.”