Champion Cougars roar

ONCE THE BUTT of basketball jokes, Cougars are the ones doing the laughing now.
The chumps have finally become the champs.
Godfrey Leacock capped his surreal Knockout run with a finals-high 21 points, including the game’s last six in a decisive 14-4 run, as Nicholls Baking Company Cougars captured their first top flight title via Sunday’s 65-55 victory over First Works Warriors at the YMCA.
It was the defining performance of the last-placed League side that became the Knockout’s team of destiny after pulling off a series of stunning upsets. (JM)
 
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