In the cadet male category, Collège Jacques Roumain won the seventeenth edition of the Interschool Basketball Championship organized by the CIBA, at the expense of Collège Mixte De Ronsard at the CFC premises in Babiole. The men of Nesky Lizaire won 52 -47 with a great Samy Similien author of 27 points in this final.
The two teams had faced each other in the group phase, a game that had turned in favor of the College Jacques Roumain (35 – 33). This Thursday, in the final of the seventeenth edition of the Basketball championship of the inter-school unit, male cadet category, the Collège Mixte De Ronsard did not manage to take its revenge despite a clear domination in the first part of the game.
In the second round, the cadets of Collège Jacques Roumain, led by a Samy Similien of great days, author of 27 points, found the smile and take the best on their opponent 52 – 47, winning the final.
In the presence of the ASHBAC coordinator, Emmanuel Bonefil and the chief of staff of the Ministry of Sports, former deputy Jean Tolbert Alexis, Collège Jacques Roumain won the competition with a perfect record of several wins without any setbacks.
After this success, the cadets of Collège Jacques Roumain collected a bonus of 50,000 gourdes (trophy + medals). In addition, one of its players Samy Similien was elected MVP of the competition.