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Orissa achieved a rare success in basketball with school teams of Bhubaneswar finishing runners-up in both boys and girls categories of the All-India Panchayat Yuva Khel Aviyan (PYKA) Tournament, which was held at Rajnandgaon in Chhattisgarh from April 18 to 21.
In the finals, Government Boys High School, Unit-IX and Government Girls High School, Unit-IV lost to the champion schools of Chhattisgarh 25-35 and 45-50 respectively.
Earlier in the semifinals, Orissa boys and girls teams, comprising players of Government Sports Hostel (Bhubaneswar) defeated the top school team of Kerala and Maharashtra respectively. DAV Public School PET Satyabrata Acharya accompanied the Orissa teams as coach..
