June 14
In the Auckland Secondary Schools Boys Senior A competition Northcote College remain unbeaten with a perfect 6-0 record. There were also wins on Monday for Liston College, Kelston Boys High and Dilworth School.
At half-time an upset looked a possibility as an undermanned Manurewa High School team led table topping Northcote College 39-38.
However the Senior A’s leading scorer Aaron Sievert stepped on the accelerator in the second half. The Northcote guard amassed 32 second half points to finish the game one point shy of 50 points, making nine threes in the process as his team departed with a 99-76 victory.
Sievert received good support from Shunta Shinzaki and Tane Cook with 15 points and 10 points respectively.
Jarell Tuhega was a dynamo for Manurewa scoring 25 points with Issachar Pati and Gordon Campbell both in double figures.
Manurewa 76 – Tuhega 25, Pati 16, Campbell 12, Rithwich Agnihotri 9, Annun Leng 8
Northcote 99 – Sievert 49, Shinzaki 15, Cook 10, Jake Talaic 6, Jaden Lula 6
Kelston Boys High School made it back to back wins with a 93-58 home win against Avondale College.
Real Wheaton followed up his 41-point haul against Manurewa with a game high 31 points in this one.
He scored 22 points in the first half as Kelston opened up a 42-30 lead. Avondale stayed in touch in the third with Deuel Lelaulu and Akram Al Wakeel providing the scoring impetus.
Kelston went on to dominate the fourth quarter piling on 33 points with Alec Phillips, Sam Tuitupou and Rodman Fuaivaa also hitting the double figure points mark.
Kelston 93 – Wheaton 31, Phillips 22, Tuitupou 16, Fuaivaa 13/11rebs
Avondale 58 – Lelaulu 18, Al Wakeel 14, AJ Tsukada 6, Abraham Zoll 6, Niko Perez 6
Dilworth School also made it back to back wins after downing Selwyn College 80-48.
A convincing win by Dilworth looked unlikely as they trailed 22-19 at quarter time after a trio of triples from Ashton Muraahi and a further three from James MacDonald.
However, led by 20-point performances from Ezrah Eagle and Kingston Kailahi-Aso it was all Dilworth thereafter as they won each subsequent quarter by double digit margins.
Eagle demonstrated his outside scoring prowess with three triples while Finlay Edwards waded in with a pair from deep to wrap up the victory in the fourth quarter.
Dilworth 80 – Eagle 20, Kailahi-Aso 20, Edwards 11, Ikahui Mahe 10, Mikaera Hoeta 6
Selwyn 48 – Muraahi 12, MacDonald 11, Zavier Atatoa
Liston College won a second successive contest and ending Mt Roskill Grammar’s run of home wins with a fine 67-58 win.
Rasheed Ieremia, on his way to a game high 21 points scored 7 points in the opening quarter to help Liston to a 20-17 lead.
Neither side could get their offence out of third gear in the second quarter – just 19 points scored in total with Liston ahead 30-26.
The pace quickened in the third. Six points for Mitch Greenaway was countered by a half-dozen from Ronnie Juan as Liston maintained their lead (46-40).
A three from Wai Tonga and scores from Ngawaka Rakete and the Greenaway’s heralded a fourth quarter run from Roskill. However Ieremia’s 12 fourth quarter points proved critical and when Flynn Ridley nailed a three the Liston win was assured.
Mt Roskill 58 – M Greenaway 19, Rakete 10, D Greenaway 9, Josh Wadams 7, Wai Tonga 6
Liston 67 – Ieremia 21, Juan 10, Ridley 10, Marvellous Michael 9, Dhon Lao 7
Boy’s Senior A Standings
6-0 Northcote
4-2 Mt Roskill, Liston
3-3 Selwyn, Kelston
2-3 Dilworth
1-5 Manurewa
0-5 Avondale
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