Shawnee Black, Tigersharks Gold take out premiership honours

SHAWNEE Black toppled Celtix in Sunday’s Portland Basketball Association division one men grand final, winning by one point in overtime. Pictured is Shawnee’s Sam Peters blowing by Sam Hampshire of Celtix for the layup.

By Mitchell Turner

November 28, 2023 | 8:00 AM

DIVISION one men’s team Shawnee Black and division one-two women’s team Tigersharks Gold have taken out the premierships for the Portland Basketball Association’s Spring 2023 season in the grand finals played on Sunday at Portland Basketball Stadium.

Both games were extremely close, with the men’s game requiring an additional five minutes of overtime to find a winner with the final score reading 68-67, while the women’s game also came down to the wire as the final score read 46-44.