Northcote College are the outright leaders of the Auckland Secondary Schools Boys Senior A competition after beating previously unbeaten Mt Roskill Grammar School 84-75.
Northcote’s win was achieved on the back of 29 points from Aaron Sievert and 19 points from Tane Cook.
There was nothing between the teams at quarter time with Northcote ahead 20-19 although that had stretched to 37-31 at half-time.
Sievert, fresh off a successful U19 National’s campaign with North Harbour, had 13 at the break and was ably supported by Tane Cook and Shunta Shinzaki.
Roskill responded admirably in the third to trim the deficit to just three points (56-53).
Daniel and Mitch Greenaway, Ryan Aramoana and Haisem Osman each made double figure contributions for Roskill but it was Jake Talaic, Sievert and Cook that got the job done in the fourth to secure win number five for Northcote.
Northcote 84 – Sievert 29, Cook 19, Shinzaki 11, Talaic 10
Mt Roskill 75 – M Greenaway 14, D Greenaway 14, Aramoana 12, Osman 11, Ngawaka Rakete 9
The highest individual score of the round went the way of Kelston Boys High’s Real Wheaton who scored 41 points as Kelston proved too strong for Manurewa winning 97-88.
Although Kelston led 27-21 at half-time Manurewa had evened the ledger by half-time – the scores tied 42 points apiece.
It was still an even ball game at the three-quarter mark (65-65).
Jarrell Tuhaga, Richard Campbell and Issachar Pati were performing great deeds for Manurewa but with Tuhega forced to the bench with four fouls Kelston seized their opportunity.
Rodman Fuaivaa came up with 10 fourth quarter points and Wheaton 13. Add a triple from Isiah Tulisi and Kelston were able to pull away for the victory.
Kelston 97 – Wheaton 41, Alec Phillips 16, Fuaivaa 11, Sam Tuitupou 11
Manurewa 88 – R Campbell 24, Tuhega 21, Pati 16, Annun Leng 9, Gordon Campbell 8
Selwyn College defeated Liston College 71-62. Both teams now sitting in the top four.
The Avondale College against Dilworth School fixture has been deferred to a later date.
Boy’s Senior A Standings
5-0 Northcote
4-1 Mt Roskill
3-2 Selwyn, Liston
2-3 Kelston
1-3 Dilworth
1-4 Manurewa
0-4 Avondale
In the Auckland Secondary Schools Girls Senior A competition Rangitoto College and Manurewa High School sit atop the table with perfect 5-0 records.
Auckland Girls Grammar won by the narrowest margin possible claiming a 56-55 home win against Carmel College.
Faith Hurt led the way for AGGS with 22 points while Harmony Hurt knocked down four triples in her 14 points. Ruby Railton led the way for Carmel with 19 points.
To use an old cliché this was a game of two halves with Carmel dominating the opening segment and AGGS the second.
Carmel were 31-16 to the good with Railton, Annie Gaylard and Millie Lloyd sharing the bulk of the scoring.
A couple of threes from Harmony Hurt and 6 points from Faith Hurt meant the Carmel lead had been trimmed by 4 points at three-quarter time.
AGGS put their foot down in the fourth rattling up 26 points to run down Carmel in an exciting finish. Ryn Nikoia scored valuable points in the fourth but it you will excuse the pun it was the Hurt’s that hurt Carmel the most.
AGGS 56 – F Hurt 22, H Hurt 15, Geavani Barnes 6, R Nikoia 5
Carmel 55 – R Railton 19, A Gaylard 12, M Lloyd 10, Imogen O’Rourke 8, Zahara Tibbotts 6
Rangitoto College kept their unbeaten record intact with an 83-46 victory against Mt Roskill Grammar School.
The Avondale College v One Tree Hill College fixture has been postponed until a later date while unfortunately Massey High defaulted against Manurewa High School.
Girl’s Senior A Standings
5-0 Rangitoto, Manurewa
3-2 Carmel, AGGS
2-3 Mt Roskill
1-3 One Tree Hill
0-4 Avondale
0-5 Massey
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