Round 4 of Auckland Secondary Schools Boys Premier Grade action on Monday night saw wins for Rosmini College, Sacred Heart and St Kentigern College. Auckland Grammar moved to outright first on the Prems ladder without playing – their clash with Mt Albert Grammar is being played on Tuesday night.
At Westlake Boys, with Troy Wentworth scoring 11 points, the home side made a solid start against Rosmini College although the same number from Jameer Reed had the visitors ahead 28-23 at the first break.
Rosmini increased their advantage by half-time pushing out to a 54-42 lead.
Threes reigned, and rained down, in the third quarter as Westlake made their first five scores of the period from deep with Troy Supple, Andre Bautista and Noah Rasmussen successful.
Rosmini were not shy from behind the arc either with Bart Jackowski (6 x 3-pointers on the night), Chris Wyllie and Reed productive from distance – Rosmini ahead 74-65.
Rosmini found points harder to come by in the fourth and when Daley Pohio made Westlake’s tenth three of the night the hosts were just 5 points behind (82-77) with five minutes to play.
Josh Wyllie and Reed stretched the lead into double figures again and although Rasmussen and Bautista were able to claw the arears back to 6 points Rosmini held their nerve down the stretch to match Westlake’s 3-1 start to the season.
Westlake 81 – Rasmussen 20, Wentworth 15, Pohio 13, Bautista 13, Supple 9
Rosmini 94 – Reed 27, Jackowski 22, C Wyllie 19, J Wyllie 15, Mattie Dalton 6
A terrific all-round performance from Hunter Te Ratana and some sharp shooting from Ollie Bainbridge helped propel St Kentigern College to a narrow 92-86 home win against St Peter’s College.
Bainbridge was a perfect 7 from 7 shooting in making 13 points while Te Ratana amassed 22 points, 23 rebounds, 7 assists and 4 blocks. Jamie Griffin and the Cooper’s Lepou and Te Ratana were also double figure contributors for St Kent’s.
Mario Nola was the mainstay of the St Peter’s effort scoring a game high 27 points with Spencer Carr tallying 21 points, Gus Dallow 14 and Bryan Marsters 11.
St Peter’s started the stronger establishing a 26-19 first quarter lead before St Kent’s had the better of the second – a couple of triples from Hunter Te Ratana helping – to lead 47-44 at half-time.
In a see-sawing contest St Peter’s wrestled back the initiative in the third quarter, courtesy of Nola’s 11 points to carry a 72-70 advantage into the final ten minutes.
St Peter’s were held to 14 points in that final period while the Te Ratana’s combined for 15 to ease the home side over the line.
St Kentigern 92 – H Te Ratana 22, C Te Ratana 20, Griffin 16, Lepou 15, Bainbridge 13
St Peter’s 86 – Nola 27, Carr 21, Dallow 14, Marsters 11, Montana Ekeroma 6
In another close game Sam Snowdon compiled 28 points, Tyler Taffs added some timely threes and Max Hakaraia battled well in the paint to help Sacred Heart College secure a 79-71 home victory over Mt Roskill Grammar School who were led by a 15-point outing from Tino Seuiavatele.
Taffs hit a brace of threes in the opening period won 28-17 by the home side before timely scores from Wai Tonga and Alfred Kerr brought Roskill back into the picture.
That picture became even rosier for Roskill in the third – multiple scores from skipper Zachan Kemen and Josh Wadams eased them to a 55-54 lead.
Seuiavatele scored 7 points in the fourth but it was a big 15-point quarter from Snowdon – plus half a dozen from Jamie Vile – that eventually saw off the Roskill challenge.
Sacred Heart 79 – Snowdon 28, Taffs 14, Vile 14, Hakaraia 10
Mt Roskill 71 – Seuiavatele 15, Wadams 13, Tonga 10, Kemen 10, Haisem Osman 8
Standings:
3-0 AGS
3-1 Westlake, Rosmini
2-2 St Peter’s, St Kentigern, Sacred Heart
0-3 MAGS
0-4 Mt Roskill
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Round 4 of
Auckland Secondary Schools Boys Premier Grade action on Monday night saw wins
for Rosmini College, Sacred Heart and St Kentigern College. Auckland Grammar
moved to outright first on the Prems ladder without playing – their clash with
Mt Albert Grammar is being played on Tuesday night.
At Westlake
Boys, with Troy Wentworth scoring 11 points, the home side made a solid start
against Rosmini College although the same number from Jameer Reed had the
visitors ahead 28-23 at the first break.
Rosmini increased
their advantage by half-time pushing out to a 54-42 lead.
Threes
reigned, and rained down, in the third quarter as Westlake made their first
five scores of the period from deep with Troy Supple, Andre Bautista and Noah
Rasmussen successful.
Rosmini
were not shy from behind the arc either with Bart Jackowski (6 x 3-pointers on
the night), Chris Wyllie and Reed productive from distance – Rosmini ahead
74-65.
Rosmini
found points harder to come by in the fourth and when Daley Pohio made
Westlake’s tenth three of the night the hosts were just 5 points behind (82-77)
with five minutes to play.
Josh Wyllie
and Reed stretched the lead into double figures again and although Rasmussen
and Bautista were able to claw the arears back to 6 points Rosmini held their
nerve down the stretch to match Westlake’s 3-1 start to the season.
Westlake
81 – Rasmussen 20,
Wentworth 15, Pohio 13, Bautista 13, Supple 9
Rosmini
94 – Reed 27,
Jackowski 22, C Wyllie 19, J Wyllie 15, Mattie Dalton 6
A terrific
all-round performance from Hunter Te Ratana and some sharp shooting from Ollie
Bainbridge helped propel St Kentigern College to a narrow 92-86 home win
against St Peter’s College.
Bainbridge
was a perfect 7 from 7 shooting in making 13 points while Te Ratana amassed 22
points, 23 rebounds, 7 assists and 4 blocks. Jamie Griffin and the Cooper’s
Lepou and Te Ratana were also double figure contributors for St Kent’s.
Mario Nola
was the mainstay of the St Peter’s effort scoring a game high 27 points with
Spencer Carr tallying 21 points, Gus Dallow 14 and Bryan Marsters 11.
St Peter’s
started the stronger establishing a 26-19 first quarter lead before St Kent’s
had the better of the second – a couple of triples from Hunter Te Ratana helping
– to lead 47-44 at half-time.
In a see-sawing
contest St Peter’s wrestled back the initiative in the third quarter, courtesy
of Nola’s 11 points to carry a 72-70 advantage into the final ten minutes.
St Peter’s
were held to 14 points in that final period while the Te Ratana’s combined for
15 to ease the home side over the line.
St Kentigern
92 – H Te Ratana 22, C Te
Ratana 20, Griffin 16, Lepou 15, Bainbridge 13
St Peter’s 86 – Nola 27, Carr 21, Dallow 14, Marsters
11, Montana Ekeroma 6
In another close game Sam Snowdon compiled 28 points, Tyler Taffs added some timely threes
and Max Hakaraia battled well in the paint to help Sacred Heart College secure
a 79-71 home victory over Mt Roskill Grammar School who were led by a 15-point
outing from Tino Seuiavatele.
Taffs hit a brace of threes in the opening period won 28-17
by the home side before timely scores from Wai Tonga and Alfred Kerr brought
Roskill back into the picture.
That picture became even rosier for Roskill in the third –
multiple scores from skipper Zachan Kemen and Josh Wadams eased them to a 55-54
lead.
Seuiavatele
scored 7 points in the fourth but it was a big 15-point quarter from Snowdon –
plus half a dozen from Jamie Vile – that eventually saw off the Roskill
challenge.
Sacred
Heart 79 – Snowdon 28,
Taffs 14, Vile 14, Hakaraia 10
Mt Roskill 71 – Seuiavatele 15, Wadams 13, Tonga 10, Kemen 10, Haisem Osman 8
Standings:
3-0 AGS
3-1
Westlake, Rosmini
2-2 St
Peter’s, St Kentigern, Sacred Heart
0-3 MAGS
0-4 Mt
Roskill
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