{"id":7457,"date":"2025-06-04T12:00:41","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T08:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merrylandinternational.net\/newsite\/?p=7457"},"modified":"2025-06-04T12:00:38","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T08:00:38","slug":"basketball-mis-teams-shine-at-adek-inter-school-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.merrylandinternational.net\/newsite\/2025\/06\/04\/basketball-mis-teams-shine-at-adek-inter-school-tournament\/","title":{"rendered":"Basketball: MIS Teams Shine at ADEK Inter-School Tournament!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"su-spacer\" style=\"height:10px\"><\/div>\n<p data-sourcepos=\"4:1-4:348\">We&#8217;re incredibly proud to announce that our <strong>MIS U19 Boys Basketball Team<\/strong> secured <strong>2nd place<\/strong> in the <strong>ADEK Inter-School Basketball Tournament<\/strong>, held at Fathima Bint Mubarak Ladies Academy! In a thrilling and closely contested final match, our boys showcased exceptional skill and determination, finishing just 10 points behind the champions.<\/p>\n<p data-sourcepos=\"6:1-6:188\">Reaching the finals out of over 100 participating teams is a remarkable achievement and a true testament to the hard work, dedication, and perseverance of our student-athletes and coaches.<\/p>\n<p data-sourcepos=\"8:1-8:22\">Adding to our success:<\/p>\n<ul data-sourcepos=\"10:1-14:0\">\n<li data-sourcepos=\"10:1-10:89\">Our <strong>U13, U15, and U17 Boys Teams<\/strong> all reached the <strong>semi-finals<\/strong> of the tournament.<\/li>\n<li data-sourcepos=\"11:1-11:91\">Our <strong>U13 and U17 Girls Teams<\/strong> delivered strong performances throughout the competition.<\/li>\n<li data-sourcepos=\"12:1-12:116\">Our <strong>U15 Girls Team<\/strong> battled hard and reached the <strong>quarter-finals<\/strong>, showcasing great sportsmanship and talent.<\/li>\n<li data-sourcepos=\"13:1-14:0\">Our <strong>Under 12 &amp; 14 Boys and Girls<\/strong> also participated in the <strong>Junior NBA Basketball Inter-School Tournament<\/strong>, where they showcased their emerging talent.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-sourcepos=\"15:1-15:157\">We&#8217;re proud of all our players for their incredible efforts and for representing MIS with excellence and pride. Congratulations to all the teams and coaches!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7458\" src=\"http:\/\/www.merrylandinternational.net\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/adek-u-13.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.merrylandinternational.net\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/adek-u-13.jpeg 1280w, http:\/\/www.merrylandinternational.net\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/adek-u-13-300x225.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/www.merrylandinternational.net\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/adek-u-13-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, http:\/\/www.merrylandinternational.net\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/adek-u-13-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7459\" src=\"http:\/\/www.merrylandinternational.net\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/adekU-17.jpeg\" alt=\"\" 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style=\"height:10px\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re incredibly proud to announce that our MIS U19 Boys Basketball Team secured 2nd place in the ADEK Inter-School Basketball Tournament, held at Fathima Bint Mubarak Ladies Academy! In a thrilling and closely contested final match, our boys showcased exceptional skill and determination, finishing just 10 points behind the champions. Reaching the finals out of over 100 participating teams is a remarkable achievement and a true testament to the hard work, dedication, and perseverance of our student-athletes and coaches. Adding to our success: Our U13, U15, and U17 Boys Teams&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7523,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10,14,5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.merrylandinternational.net\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7457"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.merrylandinternational.net\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.merrylandinternational.net\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.merrylandinternational.net\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.merrylandinternational.net\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7457"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.merrylandinternational.net\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7457\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7524,"href":"http:\/\/www.merrylandinternational.net\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7457\/revisions\/7524"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.merrylandinternational.net\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.merrylandinternational.net\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.merrylandinternational.net\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.merrylandinternational.net\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}