The 8th Round wrap of the Auckland Secondary Schools Boy’s Senior A games, brought to you in conjunction with Dynamic Sport NZ, saw wins for Manurewa High, Avondale College and St Peter’s College.
Jimitose Iosia-Sipeli continued his good scoring form, amassing 33 points as Avondale College edged Mt Roskill Grammar 62-60.
He scored 14 points in the opening quarter to take Avondale to an 18-13 lead.
Alfred Kerr nailed threes either side of quarter time, the scores tied a 31 apiece at half-time.
Mitchell Greenaway scored 11 points in the third period although Kabir Bhargava and Iosia-Sipeli kept Avondale in touch, trailing 50-49 with a quarter to play.
That quarter was a tense, low scoring affair. Alfred Kerr, Mitchell and Daniel Greenaway made scores for Roskill but it wasn’t quite enough as a triple from Connor Gleeson and further points from Kuldeep Khakh, Bhargava and that man Iosia-Sipeli edged Avondale to victory.
Mt Roskill 60 – Mitchell Greenaway 21, Daniel Greenaway 10, Kerr 11
Avondale 62 – Iosia-Sipeli 33, Gleeson 9, Nathaniel 6, Bhargava 5
Despite being without William Passi, away with the Asia cup medal winning NZ U17 national team, Manurewa High School secured a 94-62 home win against Macleans College at Bruce Pulman Arena on Monday night.
Six points apiece from Richard Campbell and Alex Hughes enabled Manurewa to jump out to a 25-15 lead.
Levi Smyth tallied the same number in the second as Macleans fought back – 39-32 down at half-time.
Gavin Lin and Declan Puffy dropped threes, and with Smyth scoring another half dozen, Macleans were well in the hunt at the three quarter mark trailing 63-51.
Manurewa found another gear in the fourth – 12 points from Campbell, plus threes from Ryan Ancha and Jarell Tuhega, enabled the hosts to establish clear water between the two teams and ease Manurewa to a fifth win of the season.
Manurewa 94 – Campbell 31, Tuhega 25, Ancha 10, Malvin Tuimaseve 8
Macleans 62 – Smyth 16, Oli Simpson 11, Lin 8, Puffy 8
Scott Errey tallied 38 points as St Peter’s College enjoyed a 103-41 home win against near neighbours Dilworth.
Errey had 11 of those in the opening quarter won 26-15 by the hosts.
PJ Aiona made scores for Dilworth in the second but St Peter’s had the game well under control at the break – ahead 51-25.
Bailey Smith and Andrei Manio added to Errey’s good work to carry the game away from Dilworth and maintain top spot on the ladder for St Peter’s.
St Peter’s 103 – Errey 38, Bailey Smith 17, Andrei Manio 12, Toby Cox 11, Milan Tolich 8, Ralph Ocfemia 8
Dilworth 42 – Tamati Schaumkel 8, PJ Aiona 8, Kingston Kai’lahi-Aso 6
The Aorere College v Northcote College fixture will be played on Monday June 27.
Congratulations to William Passi (Manurewa High School), a member of the New Zealand U17 Men’s National Team that won a bronze medal at the Asian Champs in Doha at the weekend. In addition, they have qualified for the U17 Men’s FIBA World Cup to be played in Spain in July.
Standings:
8-0 St Peter’s
6-1 Northcote
5-3 Avondale, Manurewa
3-5 Mt Roskill
3-4 Aorere
1-7 Dilworth
0-8 Macleans
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