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Day four at the 2018 Schick Secondary Schools National Championships produced some memorable games.

Manukura beat Ellesmere College 91-70 in the Girls ‘A’ Final and Stratford High School outlasted Te Aroha College, deprived of a couple of starters due to injury, 97-75 in the Boys ‘A’ Final.

The ‘AA’ semi-finalists have also been found with St Pat’s Kilbirnie, Rosmini College, St Kentigern College and St John’s Hamilton prevailing in the boys quarter-finals.

St Kent’s convincingly won the all-City of Sails encounter against Auckland Grammar 91-60 whilst Rosmini were equally dominant against hosts Palmerston North Boys (100-63). St Pat’s Kilbirnie beat Hamilton Boys on the show court 90-75 but Waikato prevailed in the other quarter as St John’s College beat Napier Boys 97-79.

 

 

The girls quarter-finals victors were Westlake Girls High School, Hutt Valley High, Queen Margaret College, Wellington and St Peter’s, Cambridge.

Westlake ousted Mt Albert Grammar on the buzzer 70-69 and Hutt Valley outlasted Hamilton Girls (76-69). Queen Margaret College and St Peter’s won one sided contests against St Andrew’s College (69-38) and Auckland Grammar (77-33) respectively.

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It was moving day on Wednesday at the 2018 Schick Secondary Schools National Championships with the finalists found in the A Tournaments and play-off berths confirmed in the AA competitions.

The A Girls Final will feature local favourites Manukura against Ellesmere College.

Manukura accounted for Stratford High 78-63 and in a cliffhanger Ellesmere conceded an eight points advantage in the final minute to Te Aroha College before clinching a 59-57 win on the buzzer.

Stratford Boys High, the 2017 champions have the opportunity to defend their crown after beating Nga Taiatea Wharekura 88-75 in the A Boys semi-final. Te Aroha College boys made up for the loss by the girls team claiming a 67-61 win against Opunake High School in the other semi-final.

The Girls and Boys AA tournaments have adopted the new FIBA style format with the top team in each of the four pools progressing to the quarter-finals. The second and third placed teams in each pool are faced with quarter-final qualifying fixtures on Thursday morning.

The teams benefitting from the additional recovery time after winning their respective pools are Hamilton Boys High, St Kentigern College, Palmerston North Boys High and Napier Boys High.

On the girls side St Peters, Cambridge, Westlake Girls High, Hamilton Girls High and Queen Margaret College, Wellington can have a sleep in on Thursday morning.

 Highlighted below are the teams that will play the quarter-final qualifying ties at 9am on Thursday morning to earn a slot in the last eight. In both the boys and girls competitions teams from Pool A will crossover against Pool B opposition (eg 2^nd in Pool A v 3^rd in Pool B) with the same scenario between the pool C and D teams.

Boys AA Tournament standings at conclusion of Pool play

Teams listed in order of seeding with 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd placed teams progressing to play-offs.

Pool A

2^nd Rosmini College 4-1

Rongotai College 2-3

1^st Hamilton Boys HS 4-1

New Plymouth Boys HS 0-4

St Andrew’s College 0-4

3^rd Mt Albert GS 4-1

 

Pool B

1^st St Kentigern College 5-0

3^rd Westlake Boys HS 3-2

Shirley Boys HS 1-4

2^nd St John’s College 4-1

Rotorua Boys HS 2-3

Fraser HS 0-5

 

Pool C

Rangitoto College 1-4

Auckland GS 3-2

1^st Palmerston North Boys HS 4-1

Middleton Grange 1-4

Otago Boys HS 3-2

Hastings Boys HS 3-2

 

Pool D

2^nd Cashmere HS 4-1

1^st Napier Boys HS 4-1

3^rd St Patrick’s College, Kilbirnie 3-2

Waimea College 1-4

Tauranga Boys HS 2-3

Macleans College 1-4

 

Girls AA Tournament standings at conclusion of Pool play

Pool A

2^nd Sacred Heart Girls College, New Plymouth 4-1

1^st Westlake Girls HS 5-0

3^rd Rangitoto College 3-2

Christchurch Girls HS 1-4

Melville HS 2-3

Hillcrest HS 0-5

 

Pool B

1^st St Peter’s, Cambridge 5-0

2^nd Hutt Valley HS 4-1

3^rd St Andrew’s College 3-2

Otago Girls HS 1-4

Wellington Girls College 2-3

Tauranga Girls College 0-5

 

Pool C

2^nd Mt Albert GS 4-1

Rotorua Girls HS 2-3

Rangi Ruru 2-3

1^st Queen Margaret College, Wellington 5-0

3^rd St Mary’s College, Ponsonby 2-3 (advance on points differential)

Massey HS 0-5

 

Pool D

1^st Hamilton Girls HS 5-0

2^nd Auckland Girls GS 4-1

3^rd Napier Girls HS 3-2

Fraser HS 1-4

Waimea College 1-4

Palmerston North Girls HS 1-4

 

Boys A Semi-Finals

Stratford High School 88 – M Trott 34, C Trethewey 29, F Jennings 12, W Ratu 11

Nga Taiatea Wharekura 75 – H Edwards 24, W Ake 20, M Short 14, C Marsh 11

 

Te Aroha College 67 – C Garnier 15, S Schuler 14, L van den Heuvel 14, J De Young 12

Opunake HS 61 – N Hill 23, H Loveridge-Seymour 23, R Bloemen 5

 

Girls A Semi-Finals

Manukura 78 – R Fourie 29, H Coleman 19, H Stanshall 11

Stratford HS 63 – R Utton 23, L Almazan 9, K Jones 9

 

Te Aroha College 57 – D Schuler 20, B Schuler 15, M Ross 8

Ellesmere 59 – M Ellis 30, S Irvine 11, K Timpson 8

Day two at the 2018 Schick Secondary Schools Nationals threw up its fair share of surprises.

In Pool C of the AA Girls Tournament Queen Margaret College remain unbeaten with a 3-0 record. Rangi Ruru got the better of Rotorua Girls 61-45 in the early game on Tuesday but then went down to St Mary’s Ponsonby 76-58. Mt Albert Grammar, despite a 68-56 loss to Queen Margaret sits second with two wins and a loss equal with Rotorua Girls High.

Pool D action saw Auckland Girls Grammar preserve their unbeaten record with a 64-52 win against Napier Girls High. These two teams plus Hamilton Girls High (also 3-0) look likely to be play-off bound.

In Pool B St Peter’s Cambridge, winners in 2016 and 2017 have won three straight games as have Hutt Valley High.

Westlake Girls sit top of Pool A with four wins alongside Sacred Heart Girls College, New Plymouth. Rangitoto College are also well placed to progress from the group.

The semi-finalists have been found in the Girls A competition with favourites Manukura and Ellesmere College progressing from Pool A. Te Aroha College join them from Pool B having defeated Stratford High (that also qualify) in the last pool game late on Tuesday.

 Mt Albert Grammar continued its strong showing in Pool A of the Boys AA Tournament. They have won four games straight to secure a play-off berth including a 76-69 defeat of Rongotai College. Rosmini pipped Hamilton Boys 72-69 with those two teams and Rongotai fighting for the remaining two spots in post pool play.

 Cashmere High appears to be on course to sweep Pool D although with two rounds to play. However Napier Boys are lurking at 2-1 with the two to meet late on Wednesday.

 With two rounds to play in Pool C each team has recorded at least one loss and no team is unbeaten – there is plenty to play for on Wednesday for all six teams. In two tight encounters Hastings Boys defeated Auckland Grammar 94-92 and in an equally tight affair Otago Boys downed Palmerston North Boys High 73-70.

In Pool B Westlake Boys and St Kentigern both have unblemished 3-0 records – the two teams clash in the final round of games on Wednesday. With two rounds to play both Rotorua Boys and St John’s, Hamilton still harbour hopes of a top three place.

In one of the best games of the day Stratford High beat Te Aroha College by the slimmest of margins 63-62 in their A Boys Pool A match up. Stratford finished the day 4-0 to book a semi-final place

In Pool B Opunake High have also claimed a semi-final slot as they also boast a 4-0 record.

The other two semi-final berths will be claimed early on Wednesday when the last round of pool games are completed.

 Boys AA Tournament standings after Day 2

Teams listed in order of seeding.

Pool A

Rosmini College 3-1

Rongotai College 2-2

Hamilton Boys HS 3-1

New Plymouth Boys HS 0-4

St Andrew’s College 0-4

Mt Albert GS 4-0

Pool B

St Kentigern College 3-0

Westlake Boys HS 3-0

Shirley Boys HS 0-3

St John’s College 2-1

Rotorua Boys HS 1-2

Fraser HS 0-3

Pool C

Rangitoto College 1-2

Auckland GS 1-2

Palmerston North Boys HS 2-1

Middleton Grange 1-2

Otago Boys HS 2-1

Hastings Boys HS 2-1

Pool D

Cashmere HS 3-0

Napier Boys HS 3-0

St Patrick’s College, Kilbirnie 2-1

Waimea College 0-3

Tauranga Boys HS 0-3

Macleans College 1-2

Girls AA Tournament standings after Day 2

Pool A

Sacred Heart Girls College, New Plymouth 4-0

Westlake Girls HS 4-0

Rangitoto College 2-2

Christchurch Girls HS 1-3

Melville HS 1-3

Hillcrest HS 0-4

Pool B

St Peter’s, Cambridge 3-0

Hutt Valley HS 3-0

St Andrew’s College 2-1

Otago Girls HS 1-2

Wellington Girls College 0-3

Tauranga Girls College 0-3

Pool C

Mt Albert GS 2-1

Rotorua Girls HS 2-1

Rangi Ruru 1-2

Queen Margaret College, Wellington 3-0

St Mary’s College, Ponsonby 1-2

Massey HS 0-3

Pool D

Hamilton Girls HS 3-0

Auckland Girls GS 3-0

Napier Girls HS 2-1

Fraser HS 1-2

Waimea College 0-3

Palmerston North Girls HS 0-3

Boys A Tournament standings after Day 2

Pool A

Stratford HS 4-0

Manukura 3-1

St Kevin’s College 1-3

Te Aroha College 3-1

Tai Wananga 1-3

Rangiora New Life School 0-4

 Pool B

Hillmorton HS 2-2

Opunake HS 4-0

Waihi College 0-4

Dunstan HS 1-3

Catholic Cathedral College 2-2

Nga Taiatea Wharekura 3-1

Girls A Tournament standings after Day 2

Pool A

Manukura 3-0

Te Kura Kokiri 1-2

Kavanagh College 1-2

Ellesmere College 1-2 (Ellesmere progress to semi-final on points differential).

Pool B

Te Aroha College 4-0

Stratford HS 3-1

Buller HS 2-2

Te Wharekura o Mauao 0-4

Te Kuiti HS 1-3

Not too many teams progress to play-off action from sixth seed in their pool at the Schick Secondary Schools Nationals but Mt Albert Grammar have given themselves every opportunity after beating Rosmini College 53-50 in the first round of action on Monday in Palmerston North.

It is widely regarded as an upset but it should be noted that MAGS beat Rosmini early in the season on their way to a 13-1 record that took them to the Auckland Premier Grade regular season title. MAGS completed a good day’s work defeating New Plymouth Boys 79-65 in the afternoon game.

In the same Pool Hamilton Boys defeated Rongotai College by the surprising scoreline of 78-48.

The closest game of the day was in Pool A of the Boys A Tournament where Manukura defeated St Kevin’s College, Oamaru by the narrowest of margins 70-69. Other tight encounters were in the Girls A Tournament, Pool B where Te Aroha beat Buller 52-50 and in the AA Boys Pool B – St John’s College edging Shirley Boys 58-56. Over in Pool C Otago Boys edged Rangitoto College 65-63, while also in the last round of the day Palmerston North Boys shaded Auckland Grammar 66-62.

In Pool B top seed St Kentigern College were given a scare by Rotorua Boys High before prevailing 81-78, a second single figure loss on day 1 for Rotorua.

Pool C of the Boys AA Tournament looks wide open with five of the six teams registering W’s on the opening day.

Hutt Valley recorded a significant win in Pool B of the AA Girls comp defeating St Andrews 74-59. Pretty much all other girls results in the AA competition followed the form book.

Boys AA Tournament standings after Day 1

(Teams listed in order of seeding.)

Pool A

Rosmini College 1-1

Rongotai College 1-1

Hamilton Boys HS 2-0

New Plymouth Boys HS 0-2

St Andrew’s College 0-2

Mt Albert GS 2-0

 

Pool B

St Kentigern College 2-0

Westlake Boys HS 2-0

Shirley Boys HS 0-2

St John’s College 2-0

Rotorua Boys HS 0-2

Fraser HS 0-2

 

Pool C 

Rangitoto College 1-1

Auckland GS 1-1

Palmerston North Boys HS 2-0

Middleton Grange 0-2

Otago Boys HS 1-1

Hastings Boys HS 1-1

 

Pool D

Cashmere HS 1-0

Napier Boys HS 1-0

St Patrick’s College, Kilbirnie 1-0

Waimea College 0-1

Tauranga Boys HS 0-1

Macleans College 0-1

 

Girls AA Tournament standings after Day 1

Pool A

Sacred Heart Girls College, New Plymouth 2-0

Westlake Girls HS 2-0

Rangitoto College 1-1

Christchurch Girls HS 1-1

Melville HS 0-2

Hillcrest HS 0-2

 

Pool B 

St Peter’s, Cambridge 2-0

Hutt Valley HS 2-0

St Andrew’s College 1-1

Otago Girls HS 1-1

Wellington Girls College 0-2

Tauranga Girls College 0-2

 

Pool C

Mt Albert GS 1-0

Rotorua Girls HS 1-0

Rangi Ruru 0-1

Queen Margaret College, Wellington 1-0

St Mary’s College, Ponsonby 0-1

Massey HS 0-1

 

Pool D

Hamilton Girls HS 1-0

Auckland Girls GS 1-0

Napier Girls HS 1-0

Fraser HS 0-1

Waimea College 0-1

Palmerston North Girls HS 0-1

 

Boys A Tournament standings after Day 1

Pool A

Stratford HS 2-0

Manukura 2-0

St Kevin’s College 0-2

Te Aroha College 2-0

Tai Wananga 0-2

Rangiora New Life School 0-2

Pool B

Hillmorton HS 0-2

Opunake HS 2-0

Waihi College 0-2

Dunstan HS 1-1

Catholic Cathedral College 1-1

Nga Taiatea Wharekura 2-0

 

Girls A Tournament standings after Day 1

Pool A

Manukura 2-0

Te Kura Kokiri 1-1

Kavanagh College 0-2

Ellesmere College 1-1

Pool B

Te Aroha College 2-0

Stratford HS 2-0

Buller HS 1-1

Te Wharekura o Mauao 0-2

Te Kuiti HS 0-2

The Schick Championships begin in Palmerston North on Monday with sixty-nine teams vying for four titles.

The Boy’s A champs Stratford High School and AA champs Rosmini College return to defend their titles.

The Girls tournaments will see new champions crowned with neither Opunake High or St Mary’s College, Wellington making it through the qualifying tournaments to defend the A and AA championships respectively.

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Basketball New Zealand had a record number of entries for the ‘A’ and ‘AA’ Schick Secondary Schools Qualifying Tournaments that took place last week.

Competition was fierce for the 72 spots available in Palmerston North next month. Here is a wrap on all the qualifiers.

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The final three Schick National Championships qualifying spots in the Boys Tournament along with the Zone 1 championship titles were decided on Saturday at the Schick Premierships Zone 1 Qualifiers.

The Championship games were won by Rosmini College and Mt Albert Grammar Girls, both teams adding the Zone 1 Premierships title to the Auckland Premier Grade trophies they had claimed a couple of weeks ago.

In addition to those championship games there was also great interest in the trio of qualifying games.

Macleans College and Westlake were the first to secure trips to Palmerston North with wins against Selwyn College and Mt Albert respectively. Westlake were taken to the last possession of the game by MAGS before winning 85-83 but Macleans enjoyed a far more comfortable passage winning 103-56.

That left Selwyn and Westlake to contest the winner takes all 7^th/8^th play-off game.

Selwyn played their regular season games two tiers below Mt Albert and the difference in level of competition showed as MAGS claimed an easy 94-52 victory to claim the seventh and final qualifying place.

Rosmini were led by Mitch Dance (23 points), Kruz Perrott-Hunt and Marvin Williams-Dunn (16 points) as they beat St Kentigern 113-77 in the final. Shalom Broughton (17 points) and the tireless Alex McNaught (13 points) were outstanding in defeat.

Boys Results:

FINAL

Rosmini 113 – M Dance 23, K Perrott-Hunt 19, M Williams-Dunn 16, S Murphy 10

St Kentigern 77 – S Broughton 17, A McNaught 13, L Kerr 10, E Watson 9, M Shorter 9

 3^rd/4^th

Rangitoto 104 – H Payne 46, L McIntosh 22, E Skelton 13, T Te Puni 8, O Paea 8

AGS 91 – A Rissetto 27, C Ngan 14, T Caldwell 14, I Tela 10, O Shosanya 10

 5^th/6th

Westlake 101 – J Kooiman 18, J Wuthrich 18, S Mennenga 14, D Clayton 13, C Atkinson 13, D Wilkie 13

Macleans 70 – M Barbaran 14, H Smith 13, P Cheuk 12, R Jiang 10

 7^th/8^th

Mt Albert 94 – M Dorcill 22, T Hurdley 18, R Royce 15, N Wilson 11

Selwyn 52 – L Basobas 12, N Hughes 9, L Cheang 6, P Sawyer 6

 

For the second time in a fortnight Mt Albert Grammar got the better of Auckland Girls Grammar although it was mighty tight with only two points separating the two teams.

Down two of there starters due to injury AGGS hung around gamely with Mele Latu (15 points) leading from the front. However a game high 21 points from Sharne Pupuke-Robati and 13 points from Jada Manase were the major contributors to MAGS championship success.

Girls Results:

FINAL

MAGS 55 – S Pupuke-Robati 21, J Manase 13, R Fiatau 8, M Va’ai 7

AGGS 53 – M Latu 15, I Noble 10, L Tuaiti 10, H Blakey 9, Z Hettig 8

 3^rd/4th

Westlake 89 – E Shearer 20, P Manolas 15, J Moors 13, M Davidson 13

Rangitoto 63 – H Wentworth 13, A Rogers 11, R Blackstock 8, I Elgar 8, G Hasler-Ewins 8

 5^th/6^th

St Mary’s 86 – J Kailahi-Fulu 25, Z Kailahi-Fulu 21, S Te Nana-Williams 14, T Malolo 7

Massey 61 – S Povey 13, L Jost 12, R Fuiavaa 11, K Leslie 11

7^th/8^th

Carmel 88 – T Dalton 40, E Broomfield 12, E Davidson 11, Q Stephano 10

Epsom 68 – S Aruwa 16, F Dallow 15, A Todd-Pemerika 15, S Scoular 13

In summary the qualifiers for the Shick Secondary Schools National Championships from the Girls Tournament are AGGS, MAGS, Westlake, Rangitoto, Massey and St Mary’s.

Progressing from the Boys Tournament are Rosmini, St Kentigern, Rangitoto, AGS, Westlake, Macleans and MAGS.

Just three Schick National Championships qualifying spots remain to be decided after Day 3 action at the Schick Premierships Zone 1 Qualifiers at NSEC on Friday.

The six girls places have been finalised but three boys places are still to be settled on Saturday.

The Girls Tournament ended up going to form with the top six ranked teams from the Auckland Premier Grade securing places at the Schick National Championships in Palmerston North early next month.

With the semi-finalists having already booked their places most interest centered around the two play-off places for the remaining two places.

Massey High proved too good for Epsom Girls winning 80-52 and in a tighter encounter St Mary’s outlasted Carmel College to win 75-58.

St Mary’s 75 – J Kailahi-Fulu 25, Z Kailahi-Fulu 25, S Te Nana-Williams 9, A Moore 8

Carmel 58 – T Dalton 26, I Cattermole 11, I MacGregor 7, E Broomfield 6

 

Massey 80 – S Povey 25, R Fuiavaa 17, T Aratangi 9, A Schuster 7

Epsom 52 – F Dallow 15, S Aruwa 13, A Todd-Pemerika 6

In the semi-finals there were wins for Mt Albert and Auckland Girls Grammar. Mt Albert lost to Westlake at the same stage of proceedings last year but on this occasion prevailed 68-55.

Rangitoto pushed Auckland Grammar all the way for the second time in two weeks but again came up just short going down 61-57.

Girls Semi-Final Results:

 AGGS 61 – H Blakey 19, M Latu 14, Z Hettig 12, L Tuaiti 10

Rangitoto 57 – H Wentworth 15, G Hasler-Ewins 13, I Elgar 10, A Rogers 9

 

MAGS 68 – S Pupuke-Robati 20, R Fiatau 12, J Manase 11, T Talo-Tomokino 10

Westlake 55 – J Moors 11, E Shearer 9, M Davidson 6, E Pugh 6

Meanwhile in the Boys Tournament the four quarter-final winners (see results below) can relax with their places in Palmerston North now secure.

St Kentigern lost to Mt Albert in the semi-finals of the Auckland Premier competition last month but turned the tables on this occasion to win 74-66.

Rosmini didn’t need to get out of first gear to see off surprise package Selwyn College and although Macleans College put up more resistance against Auckland Grammar they were still comfortably beaten 80-57.

The tightest game was between Westlake and Rangitoto. Westlake fought back from a double figure deficit but couldn’t overcome a determined Rangi effort.

Rangitoto will play St Kentigern in one semi-final with AGS and Rosmini set to meet in the other.

Boys Quarter-Final Results:

Rosmini 117 – J Boucher 14, T Murray 13, T Morgan 13, S Murphy 12

Selwyn 30 – Z Pene 8, R Woodbridge 7, R Noguera-Perez 6

 

St Kentigern 74 – S Broughton 21, M Shorter 14, L Kerr 14

Mt Albert 66 – S Tawera 21, N Wilson 16, M Dorcill 15, C Pinono 11

 

Westlake 80 – T Cowie 30, S Mennenga 25, J Wuthrich 6

Rangitoto 83 – E Skelton 20, H Payne 19, L McIntosh 14, T Te Puni 9

 

AGS 80 – A Rissetto 26, T McCarthy 12, C Ngan 11, T Caldwell 8

Macleans 57 – T Kempton 15, M Babaran 12, T Hughson 10, H Smith 8, S Kuvelkar 8

The four losing teams will scrap for the remaining qualifying places on Saturday with at least one non Auckland Premier team (Macleans College or Selwyn College) guaranteed a trip to Palmerston North.

 The Boys teams are fighting over seven qualifying spots for Nationals whilst the Girls teams contested six places.

Boys Pools Final Standings – Top two teams advanced to quarter-finals

Pool A

5-0 Rosmini

4-1 St Kentigern

3-2 Liston

2-3 Northcote

1-4 Long Bay

0-5 Manurewa

 

Pool B

• Rangitoto

3-2 Macleans

3-2 Mt Roskill

3-2 St Peter’s

1-4 Birkenhead

0-5 Waiuku

 

Pool C

5-0 Mt Albert

4-1 Selwyn

3-2 Whangarei

2-3 Massey

1-4 Kelston

0-5 Onehunga

 

Pool D

5-0 Auckland Grammar

4-1 Westlake

3-2 Avondale

2-3 Orewa

1-4 Pakuranga

0-5 Kristin

Four qualifiers for the Schick Secondary Schools Nationals have been found after Day 2 action at the AA Premierships Zone 1 Qualifiers at NSEC on Thursday.

All four are in the Girls Tournament which is at a more advanced stage than their male counterparts with quarter-finals completed on Thursday.

All four winners below now advance to the National Championships in Palmerston North early next month.

Quarter-Finals Results:

Auckland Grammar 73 St Mary’s 55

Westlake 85 Massey 60

Mt Albert 66 Epsom 44

Rangitoto 79 Carmel 63

The four losing teams are left to sweat over the remaining two places on offer for Nationals with two winner-takes-all battles scheduled for early Friday afternoon – Carmel will face St Mary’s and Massey will lineup against Epsom.

Meanwhile in the Boys Tournament six teams remain unbeaten.

In Pool A Rosmini and St Kentigern are both 4-0 and will put their unbeaten records on the line on Friday morning when they face each other.

 In Pool B Rangitoto have a perfect record although three other teams are also in contention for a quarter-final place. The Rangitoto versus St Peter’s and Mt Roskill against Macleans ties on Friday morning will decide the top four placings.

 Mt Albert have recorded four straight wins in Pool C and the winner of the Selwyn College versus Whangarei game early on Friday will join them in the quarters – both have an identical 3-1 record.

 In Pool D Auckland Grammar and Westlake (both 4-0) have secured play-off berths – the two will do battle to decide top place at 12.30pm on Friday.

The Boys teams are fighting over seven qualifying spots for Nationals with the Girls teams competing for six places.

Boys Standings after Day 2

Pool A

4-0 Rosmini, St Kentigern

2-2 Liston

1-3 Northcote, Long Bay

0-4 Manurewa

Pool B

4-0 Rangitoto

3-1 Mt Roskill, St Peter’s

2-2 Macleans

0-4 Birkenhead, Waiuku

Pool C

4-0 Mt Albert

3-1 Whangarei, Selwyn

1-3 Kelston, Massey

0-4 Onehunga

Pool D

4-0 Auckland Grammar, Westlake

2-2 Avondale

1-3 Pakuranga, Orewa

0-4 Kristin

 

Mt Roskill Grammar produced the biggest upset on Day 1 of the Schick Premierships Zone 1 Qualifiers at NSEC on Wednesday beating Premier side St Peter’s College 77-63 in Pool B action.

The win gives Mt Roskill, the Greater Auckland Open Grade champions, a shot at a quarter-final place if they can overcome Senior A champions Macleans College on Day 2.

Selwyn College also had a notable win squeaking past Massey High by 106-105 in Pool C. Also in Pool C Whangarei Boys are also very much in contention after recording two wins on the opening day and sit equal top of the pool alongside Mt Albert.

Other ties went largely to form with the Auckland Premier teams emerging largely unscathed in other fixtures.

In the only all-Premier tie on Day 1 Westlake won a high scoring encounter against Avondale 104-94.

The Premier Girls teams all emerged unscathed – all seven teams look certain to qualify for the quarter-finals later on Day 2 with Epsom rounding out the last eight.

The Boys teams are fighting over seven qualifying spots with the Girls teams competing for six places for the Schick National Championships in Palmerston North next month.

Boys Standings after Day 1

Pool A

2-0 Rosmini, St Kentigern

1-1  Liston, Long Bay

0-2 Northcote, Manurewa

Pool B

2-0 Rangitoto, Macleans

1-1  Mt Roskill, St Peter’s

0-2 Birkenhead, Waiuku

 Pool C

2-0 Mt Albert, Whangarei

1-1 Selwyn, Kelston

0-2 Massey, Onehunga

Pool D

2-0 Auckland Grammar, Westlake

1-1  Pakuranga, Avondale

0-2 Orewa, Kristin

Girls Standings after Day 1

Pool A

1-0  Auckland Grammar

1-1 Epsom

0-1 Orewa

Pool B

1-0  Westlake, Carmel

0-2 Birkenhead

Pool C

1-0 St Mary’s, Mt Albert

0-2 Mt Roskill

Pool D

2-0 Massey, Rangitoto

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