Round 5 of Auckland Secondary Schools Boys Premier Grade action saw Auckland Grammar maintain their unbeaten start to the season with Rosmini, St Kentigern and Westlake also registering wins.
Jackson Kiss demonstrated why he is headed to Turkey next month with the New Zealand team to compete at the FIBA U17 World Cup during Auckland Grammar’s 95-65 home win over Sacred Heart.
Kiss poured in a season high 41 points in the win with 16 of those made in the opening quarter won 26-18 by Grammar.
With Sam Snowdon scoring 8 points Sacred Heart achieved parity in the second quarter to turn around 47-37 behind.
Grammar enjoyed the better of the third as Kiss received support from Roera Tipene and Lawson Pryor in extending the lead – one they steadily increased throughout the second half.
AGS 95 – Kiss 41, Pryor 13, Tipene 10, Ryan Hunt 9, Jackson Couper 6
Sacred Heart 65 – Snowdon 17, See Ieremia 12, Max Hakarai 8, Jamie Vile 6
Also headed to Turkey with the NZ U17’s are Gus Dallow and Jameer Reed and the duo featured prominently for their respective teams as Rosmini College won a thriller in front of a boisterous crowd at St Peter’s College 83-81.
Rosmini led 59-56 at three-quarter time and although never headed St Peter’s drew level on three occasions in the final three minutes.
A Mario Nola And-1 levelled at 77’s before Gus Dallow drives twice tied the scores. His second effort made it 81 points apiece with just 10 seconds to play and when St Peter’s stole the inbounds pass a come from behind victory looked on the cards.
However two resulting shots rimmed out giving Rosmini the chance to win the game with a break-away layup – Bart Jackowski obliged on the buzzer (pictured above).
Dallow finished with 29 points receiving good support from Nola and Bryan Marsters with 13 apiece. Reed led the Rosmini effort with 28 while Liam Bates and the Wyllie’s, Josh and Chris, also made double digit contributions.
St Peter’s 81 – Dallow 29, Nola 13, Marsters 13, Spencer Carr 7, Montana Ekeroma
Rosmini 83 – Reed 28, Chris Wyllie 15, Josh Wyllie 12, Liam Bates 12, Hunter Johns 7
On the back of 29 points from Troy Supple Westlake Boys bounced back from Monday’s defeat to record a comfortable 112-68 victory at Mt Albert Grammar.
Supple was into double digits by quarter time as Westlake established a 30-16 lead and was joined in double figures by Noah Rasmussen and Oscar Neville as the lead stretched to 63-31 by half-time.
The MAGS duo of Lucas Cartwright and Dayton Simpkin sunk 9 threes between them as they compiled 42 points while for Westlake, that won each quarter, the Wilson brothers Harper and Lincoln combined for 22 points.
MAGS 68 – Cartwright 24, Simpkin 19, Axl Walls 7, Chase Hartley 6, Mikey Moses 6
Westlake 112 – Supple 29, Neville 14, L Wilson 13, Noah Rasmussen 12, Tai Rhodes 11, H Wilson 9
It was only in the final quarter that St Kentigern College were able to pull away from Mt Roskill Grammar to record an 85-77 win.
Paced by 20 points from Tino Seuiavatele Roskill were 46-45 behind at half-time and 63-61 in arrears at the three-quarter mark.
Wai Tonga and Seuiavatele combined for a dozen points in the fourth period but St Kent’s won the frame 23-16 to claim the spoils – a couple of threes in the closing minutes from Cooper Te Ratana tipping the scales in favour of the visitors.
The Te Ratana’s Cooper and Hunter combined for 34 points and Jamie Griffin tallied 16 for St Kent’s who also enjoyed a 10-point outing from Year 9 player Kolo Liku.
Zachan Kemen and Ezra Ogbuze joined Tonga and Seuiavatele in double figures for Roskill.
The win propels St Kent’s into the top four on the Prems ladder.
Mt Roskill 77 – Seuiavatele 20, Kemen 15, Tonga 14, Ogbuze 10, Haisem Osman 6
St Kentigern 85 – C Te Ratana 20, Griffin 16, H Te Ratana 14, Liku 10, Cooper Lepou 10, Noah Heke 6
Standings:
5-0 AGS
4-1 Westlake, Rosmini
3-2 St Kentigern
2-3 St Peter’s, Sacred Heart
0-5 Mt Roskill, MAGS
With Kings Birthday Weekend on the horizon the next round of games is scheduled for June 7th.
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