In the most significant game of Round 9 of the Auckland Secondary Schools Boys Premier Grade Auckland Grammar School protected home court to defeat Rosmini College.
Both teams boasted 7-1 records headed into the game but it was Auckland Grammar that would prevail and completing the double over their rivals they won 80-64.
Following an evenly contested first quarter AGS pulled away in the second period to lead 42-30 at half-time with Brigham Hakaraia, Bobby Neels and Roera Tipene leading the way for the hosts.
Led by skipper Chris Wyllie, Bart Jackowski and Josh Wyllie Rosmini narrowed the gap in the third to enter the final period 60-54 adrift.
Rosmini were restricted to just 8 points in the final frame while for AGS it was Neels and Roman Ma’afu-Moerua that applied the finishing touches to a strong performance.
AGS 80 – Ma’afu-Moerua 17, Neels 15, Hakaraia 15, Lawson Pryor 12, Ryan Hunt 8
Rosmini 64 – C Wyllie 24, J Wyllie 15, Jackowski 12, Mattie Dalton 6
Westlake Boys kept abreast of Auckland Grammar at the top of the table with a resounding 135-72 home win against Sacred Heart.
Setting the tone for the contest Westlake ran up 35 points in the opening quarter and were 72-42 ahead at the interval.
Westlake, led by 31 points from forward Troy Supple and 27 from shooting guard Andre Bautista, had double figure contributions from six players.
Jamie Vile (12 points) and Cameron Stewart (9 points) were the best for Sacred Heart in a losing cause.
Westlake 135 – Supple 31, Bautista 27, Nick Banford 12, Oscar Neville 11, Daley Pohio 11, Noah Rasmussen 10
Sacred Heart 72 – Vile 12, Stewart 9, Lennox Sila 8, Aslan Valika 8, Max Hakaraia 8
The Mt Albert winning sequence came to a halt at three victories after going down 83-59 to St Kentigern College who are now two wins clear of the chasing pack in fourth spot.
Combining for 16 points the Coopers, Te Ratana and Lepou, got St Kent’s off to a flyer – ahead 26-16 at the end of quarter one.
The margin increased to 51-30 at half-time as the Cooper’s, Charlie Hughes and Noah Heke each made triples.
Mose Leiasamaivao scored 9 third quarter points and Lucas Cartwright repeated the dose in the fourth but MAGS were unable to put their opponents under any significant pressure.
St Kentigern 83 – Lepou 20, Heke 15, Te Ratana 14, Hughes 12, Ollie Bainbridge 12
MAGS 59 – Leiasamaivao 18, Cartwright 16, Mikey Moses 14, Tarquinis Schwalger 6
In the final game of the round St Peter’s College won all four quarters as they recorded a 75-52 home win against Mt Roskill Grammar.
St Peter’s enjoyed an even spread of scoring in establishing a 16-10 quarter time advantage.
Led by Tino Seuiavatele Mt Roskill enjoyed their most productive spell in the second period to trail by just seven points (34-27) at half-time.
However, with Spencer Carr leading the way St Peter’s dominated the third frame (20-9) to ease out to a game winning 54-36 lead.
St Peter’s 75 – Louis Galpin 11, Bryan Marsters 11, Bailey Smith 10, Carr 9, Montana Ekeroma 8, Xavier Raumati-Greenhalgh 8
Mt Roskill 52 – Seuiavatele 15, Haisem Osman 10, Wai Tonga 7
Standings:
8-1 Westlake, AGS
7-2 Rosmini
5-4 St Kentigern
3-6 MAGS, St Peter’s
2-7 Sacred Heart
0-9 Mt Roskill
Good luck to the Auckland contingent of the New Zealand U17 team preparing for the FIBA U17 World Cup in Turkey. The tournament commences on June 29th with Jameer Reed [Rosmini], Hunter Te Ratana [St Kent’s], Jackson Kiss [AGS] and Gus Dallow [St Peter’s] the Prems players in the 12 player squad.
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