A 40-year drought has been broken by a “group of remarkable young girls”, with the Swan Hill Flyers under-12 girls team winning the division 1 Junior Country Basketball Championships title on Sunday.

The Flyers capped off a record-breaking summer, where they won 36 of their 38 matches played, beating the Bacchus Marsh Lions 51-39 in the grand final at Bendigo’s Red Energy Arena to be crowne...