Round 10 of the Auckland Secondary Schools Boys Premier Grade, played on Monday night, featured just three games after the Mt Albert Grammar v Rosmini fixture was postponed.
All three completed games were won decisively with Auckland Grammar, Westlake Boys and St Peter’s clear winners.
Fueled by Noah Rasmussen’s 28 points Westlake Boys chalked up another big win with a 110-70 home success against St Kentigern College.
A fast start has been a feature of Westlake’s success this season and it was on show again in this one as they ran up 27 points in the first ten minutes to lead by 12.
The second period was even higher scoring with Lake taking it out 32-23. Daley Pohio scored 11 points in the period and Troy Wentworth 8 for the hosts while for St Kent’s Ollie Bainbridge and Charlie Hughes had 8 points apiece at the half.
Hughes, Cooper Lepou and Reuben Spooner dropped threes for St Kent’s in the third but a combined 18 points from Rasmussen and Troy Supple took the Westlake lead out to 85-58 and win number nine was in the book as Westlake eased through the final period.
Westlake 110 – Rasmussen 28, Pohio 20, Supple 18, Wentworth 11, Oscar Neville 9, Malakhai Jewell-Joyner 9
St Kentigern 70 – Hughes 17, Bainbridge 16, Lepou 11, Jamie Griffin 9, Noah Heke 6, Kolo Liku 6
Also with nine wins at the head of the table are Auckland Grammar after they recorded a 101-67 road win at Mt Roskill Grammar with Roman Ma’afu-Moerua and Lawson Pryor scoring 23 points apiece.
In a close opening spell Sarangan Sutheswaran scored 8 points as Roskill stayed within four points of the joint league leaders.
Lincoln Tupa’i Samuel, Haisem Osman and Ian Bresquar knocked down threes for Roskill in the second but it was a quarter that belonged to AGS as Roera Tipene, Lawson Pryor, Carver Gibson and Roman Ma’afu-Moerua got amongst the points – Auckland ahead 53-35 at half-time.
Triples from Ryan Hunt and Kaia Wharemate helped Auckland extend their lead to 77-52 at three-quarter time enabling them to ease through the final spell.
Mt Roskill 67 – Osman 12, Sutheswaran 8, Silas Toala 8, Tino Seuiavatele 8, Ezra Osbuze 8
AGS 101 – Ma’afu-Moerua 23, Pryor 23, Gibson 18, Jackson Couper 8
Also with an away victory were St Peter’s College as they won 91-63 at Sacred Heart although it wasn’t until the second half that they were able to assert some dominance.
St Peter’s won a tight opening quarter (21-18) and were ahead 45-37 at half-time with Spencer Carr leading the way with a dozen points. Nine points from Sam Snowdon and triples from Justin Lacsi and Tyler Taffs meant Heart were well in the hunt at that stage.
Another three from Taffs and valuable points from Jamie Vile kept the score moving for the hosts but driven by Carr, and with assistance from Bryan Marsters and Alex Davis, St Peter’s were able to gain control and extend their lead to 68-52 at three-quarter time.
Heart were unable to put a dent in the deficit in the fourth as St Peter’s notched win number four.
Sacred Heart 63 – Taffs 13, Snowdon 12, Will Harris 10, Vile 7, Cam Stewart 7
St Peter’s 91 – Carr 23, Davis 14, Marsters 14, Mario Nola 9, Louis Galpin 7
Standings:
9-1 Westlake, AGS
7-2 Rosmini
5-5 St Kentigern
4-6 St Peter’s
3-6 MAGS
2-8 Sacred Heart
0-10 Mt Roskill
*Mt Albert Grammar v Rosmini College postponed to August 5th.