In the battle for third and fourth spot on the Auckland Cecondary Schools Girl’s Senior A ladder Tikara Jallow scored 22 points to pace Mount Roskill Grammar to a 70-51 home win against Northcote College.
Mt Roskill 70 – Tikara Jallow 22, Eden Ili 19, Indiana Chanchui 12, Nelly Ioane 8/8r, Bree Ioane 6
Northcote 51 – Brianna Hadley 19, Lucy Shepherd 8, Lizzie May 8, Ashley Healey 5
Arizona Withers scored 25 points as Pukekohe High made the most of home court advantage to defeat Avondale College 70-51.
Pukekohe 70 – Arizona Withers 25, Sylvie Conroy 11, Abby Crane 19, Mereana Williams 13
Avondale 51 – Maraea Whiu 20, Shiloh Caffery 11, Mercy Lemisio 7, Daisy Ducloux 6
A balanced St Kentigern College scoring effort accounted for Pakuranga College 85-32.
Pakuranga 32 – Maria Maivalenisau 12, Trista Ly 6
St Kentigern 85 – Masha Pavlenko 20, Verity Ward 18, Shar Tapling 10, Ash Tuumaialu 8, Emma Halliday 7
In the other game of the round One Tree Hill College defeated Auckland Girls Grammar 85-44.
Senior A Girl’s Standings
8-0 St Kentigern
7-1 One Tree Hill
5-3 Northcote, Mt Roskill
2-5 Pukekohe
2-6 Pakuranga, Avondale
0-7 AGGS
Boy’s Senior A Results
In the finish of the round Oscar Dickson hit the game winner from half-way to propel Massey High to a 98-97 win against Macleans College. Oliver Simpson scored 29 points for Macleans but that was trumped by Joseph Fuimaono’s 43-point haul for Massey.
Macleans 97 –Oliver Simpson 29, Levi Smyth 27, Justin Kempton 16, Jesse Manuel 10
Massey 98 – Joseph Fuimaono 43, James Anderson 19, Oscar Dickson 15, Grayson Ryan 8
Adam Davies led all scorers with 26 points as Sacred Heart College maintained second spot on the ladder with a win on the Shore against Long Bay College.
Long Bay 65 – George De Felice 17, Nouh Taher 14, Elyas Taher 13, Jasper Molloy 7
Sacred Heart 73– Adam Davies 26, Josh Stewart 14, Preston Tuaputa 14, Matt Fautuaalii 7, Liston Suasua 7
Race Greig scored a game high 24 points to extend Mt Roskill Grammar’s unbeaten run to eight games after an 82-54 win against Northcote College.
Mt Roskill 82 – Race Greig 24, Phoenix Tupai’i Samuel 13, Mitch Greenaway, Ed Beaumont 8
Northcote 54 – Slade Bronkhorst-Nalder 17, Dontaye Sowman-Faaee 12, Aaron Sievert 11, Shayan Poorekhorsandi 7
Jimitose Iosia-Sipeli and Connor Gleeson combined for 60 points for Avondale College but it wasn’t enough to get the win against Aorere College who were very well served by Devean Danielson (27pts) and Feloni Ngata (22pts).
Aorere 107 – Devean Danielson 27, Feloni Ngata 22, Franklyne Gordon 16, Chris Gordon 11
Avondale 87 – Jimitose Iosia-Sipeli 35, Connor Gleeson 25, Andrew Murphy 13, Kabir Bhargava 7
Senior A Boy’s Standings
8-0 Mt Roskill,
7-1 Sacred Heart
5-3 Northcote, Aorere
3-5 Avondale
2-6 Macleans
1-7 Long Bay, Massey
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