Basketball
League MVP returns to coach
The Colac Kookas have landed a major coaching coup on the eve of the Country Basketball League season, with an NBL1 big man returning to take on a playing coach role.
Young officials set for state carnival
Two young Colac basketball officials are set to join the region’s best young hoopsters at a state carnival this weekend.
New coach confirms Lady Kookas to return
The Colac Kookas are set to field a women’s team in the Country Basketball League for the first time in three years, new coach Troy Parker has confirmed.
Coach taking a break
The Colac Kookas will be on the hunt for a new coach for the next Country Basketball League season after Bruce Hultgren announced he was stepping back from coaching for the first time in 40 years.
Juniors picked for state basketball tournament
Young Colac basketballers Bodhi Baker and Jayla Rodger have taken their first big strides in the state basketball pathway with selection in Basketball Victoria’s Under-12 Country Jamboree.
Kookas finalise junior teams
Almost 150 of Colac’s aspiring young basketballers are gearing up to represent the city this summer after the Colac Basketball Association finalised its junior representative teams.
Young ballers show skills
Colac basketball president Troy Parker says the association’s young guns have well and truly put their hand up for selection at a state academy during recent trials.
Sports stars get behind cause
A former Colac basketballer has recruited a host of high-profile hoopsters including World Cup bronze medallist Sara Blicavs for a charity shoot-out in a bid to raise $10,000 for the Andrew Love Cancer
Centre.