LACEY LOWDOWN

29 July, 2023

After some near misses St Peter’s College chalked up their first Auckland Secondary Schools Premier Grade win of the season, an 80-74 home win against Rangitoto College, with Spencer Carr and Gus Dallow producing 20-point performances.

Trailing 59-56 at three-quarter time the Saints powered home in the fourth quarter outscoring Rangi 24-15 in the final ten minutes.

Five points from Arnold Nam was cancelled out by Carr before Bryan Marsters, Caleb Afeaki and Bailey Smith made crucial scores.

Joel Brown and Elyas Taher put points on the board for Rangi but they couldn’t stave off a resurgent St Peter’s – Dallow scoring their last 8 points to seal the win.

Eight points from Max Mudford got Rangitoto off to the better start as they built a 23-18 quarter time lead. 

However St Peter’s were on level terms by half-time with the scores locked at 35 points apiece. A couple of Smith triples and 10 points  from Mudford serving St Peter’s well.

Brown, headed for a game high 22 points, had 8 points for Rangi in the third as they again took the lead. It wouldn’t last long – the long wait for that win finally over for St Peter’s thanks to their strong finish.

 St Peter’s 80 – Carr 21, Dallow 20, Marsters 13, Smith 10, Afeaki 6

Rangitoto 74 – Brown 22, Mudford 15, Nan 13, Taher 8, Jackson Mills 8

A dominant opening half from Rosmini College set up a 104-85 home win over Sacred Heart College.

Zion Anderson scored 10 points as Rosmini raced to a 27-14 lead in the opening ten minutes.

Sam Snowdon replied with 12 points for Heart in the second frame but he and his colleagues were struggling to stem the Rosmini scoring tide as they piled up 56 first half points to lead by 21.

Josh Batty and Anderson were doing most the damage – a late three from Bart Jackowski capping off a strong showing from the hosts.

Preston Tuaputa got the score ticking over for Heart in the third frame but again it was a spell dominated by Rosmini, and Batty in particular.

The shooting guard nailed four threes in the period and with Liam Bates and Jackowski also successful from deep the Rosmini lead went beyond the 30-point mark.

Heart enjoyed the better of the closing minutes but the damage had already been done.

Rosmini 104 – Batty 21, Anderson 20, Chris Wyllie, 14, Josh Wyllie 13, Jackowski 10, Bates 8

Sacred Heart 85 – Snowdon 21, Tuaputa 18, Tyrell Cocker 14, Matt Schuler 11

Westlake guard Malachi Book scored 9 first quarter points but it was St Kentigern that made the better start – ahead 24-18 at the first break.

Despite 8 points from Westlake centre Hadi Alshami St Kent’s increased their advantage to 45-37 by half time thanks to 11 second quarter points from George Turner.

It was back and forth after the interval with Merrick Rillstone prominent for the visitors while Book and Noah Rasmussen were the key contributors for Westlake – the St Kent’s lead still 8 points (68-60) at the three-quarter mark.

Alshami and Book combined for 14 points in the fourth but Rillstone, Cooper Lepou and Hunter Te Ratana came up with points to make it win number eight for St Kent’s.   

Westlake 77 – Book 24, Alshami 18, Rasmussen 13, Max Riechelmann 6

St Kentigern 88 – Rillstone 22, Turner 19, Lepou 15, Te Ratana 12, Jacob Neary 6

The Auckland Grammar v Mt Albert Grammar fixture has been postponed until August 14th.

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Standings

10-0 MAGS

9-2 Rosmini

8-3 St Kentigern

7-3 AGS

4-7 Westlake

2-9 Rangitoto, Sacred Heart

1-10 St Peter’s

24 July, 2023

Whilst Northcote College are sailing along with an unbeaten record at the top of the Auckland Secondary Schools Boy’s Senior A competition, the scrap for the other three top four spots is heating up with only Avondale College out of the running.

Dilworth School’s bid for one of those top four spots received a huge boost following their 79-74 win over Mt Roskill Grammar School.

15 first quarter points from George Hardie gave Dilworth a 23-19 lead and with Finlay Edwards chipping in with useful points the advantage was 38-31 at half-time.

Mitch Greenaway, on his way to a game high 26 points, had 14 points at the main break for Roskill.

The second half was extremely tight. Roskill won the third by a single point while Dilworth returned serve to win the fourth quarter by one – 8 points from Ikahui Mahe critical down the stretch.

Dilworth 79 – Hardie 24, Finlay Edwards 16, Mahe 14, Ezra Eagle 8, Soane Tavite 6 

Mt Roskill 74 – M Greenaway 26, Ryan Aramoana 13, Haisem Osman 13, Josh Wadams 8

In the “Wrestle in the West” Liston College made no race of it against Kelston Boys High. On the back of 36 points from Dhon Lao and 25 points from Rasheed Ieremia Liston triumphed 110-59. 

Liston set the tone early on with 28 opening quarter points – fifteen dropping the way of Lao.

Leading by 15 points at quarter time the margin ballooned to 37 points (60-23) by the main break as Lao and Giavanni Helu bossed proceedings.

Kelston produced a better showing in the third period as Rodman Fuaivaa and Real Wheaton found some scoring touch.

Ronnie Juan and Ieremia protected the Liston advantage – the win moving them to equal second on the league ladder.

Liston 110 – Lao 36, Ieremia 25, Helu 17, Ronnie Juan 14, Jeydin Ale 6, Tatenda Chataira 6

Kelston 59 – Fuaivaa 15, Wheaton 14, Alec Phillips 9, Sione Filimoehala 8, Exodus Tupai 6/16rebs

On the back of a stunning 46 points haul from Richard Campbell Manurewa High School outlasted Avondale College to win 91-77.

Avondale began the game in style opening up an 11-point advantage with Liam Takenaka-Wesley scoring 12 first quarter points.

Despite Tommi Lautaimi and Takenaka-Wesley continuing to trouble their defence Manurewa High did managed to claw a few points back to close the gap to 8 points at half-time (45-37).

Despite sitting out a large chunk of the third due to foul trouble Jarell Tuhega scored 8 points in the period as Manurewa rallied to tie proceedings at 56 points apiece.

From there Manurewa ran riot in the fourth quarter as they amassed 35 points – Richard Campbell with twenty of those and Gordon Campbell with eight.

Avondale 77 – Takenaka-Wesley 20, Deuel Lelaulu 12, Lautaimi 12, Akram Al Wakeel 9, Jaycob Holmes 8, AJ Tsukada 8

Manurewa 91 – R Campbell 46, Tuhega 14, Gordon Campbell 13, Joseph Helu 9

While all below them on the ladder are scrapping for semi-final berths Northcote College moved serenely to a tenth win on the bounce defeating Selwyn College 93-55.

Once again shooting guard Aaron Sievert did most of the damage amassing 39 points with 13 of those in the first quarter as Northcote opened up a 31-12 advantage.

Shunta Shinzaki (13 points) and Tane Cook (15 points) provided good support as ‘Cote rattled up 55 first half points.

Selwyn rallied in the third as James MacDonald, Archie Elliot and Jerry Hing scored a brace of baskets apiece but it wasn’t enough to trouble Aik Ho and his charges.

Northcote 93 – Sievert 39, Cook 15, Shinzaki 13, Tyler Aitchison 5, Rico MacPherson 5

Selwyn 55 – Elliot 12, Ashton Muraahi 10, Hing 6, Luca Vietri 6

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Boy’s Senior A Standings

10-0 Northcote

7-3 Mt Roskill, Liston

4-6 Kelston, Selwyn

4-5 Dilworth

3-7 Manurewa

0-9 Avondale

Unfortunately there is not a lot to report from the Senior A Girl’s competition as two of the three games had teams default.

Avondale College defaulted against Manurewa High School and Auckland Girls Grammar did the same against unbeaten Rangitoto College.

In the one game that was played Mt Roskill Grammar defeated One Tree Hill College 63-59 with Nelly Ioane scoring 20 points.

Ten of those points came in the opening quarter – one won 18-11 by Roskill.

The second quarter was split 18 points apiece by the two sides. Syriah Muipu, on her way to a game high 24 points had 6 points in the period and Melaia Tuisuva 7 points.

Emphasising the closeness of the game the third period was also tied – 15 points each. A triple from Havana Iaea preventing Roskill from losing the quarter.

OTH would go on to win the final stanza (15-12) meaning that slow start ended up being costly – one they couldn’t quite recover from. 

OTH 59 – Muipu 24, Tuisuva 15, Harriate Heta 10

Mt Roskill 63 – N Ioane 20, Bileeana Koonwaiyoo 10, Bree Ioane 9, Annelliesse Folaumoetao 6

Carmel College had the bye.

Senior A Girls Standings

8-0 Rangitoto

7-2 Manurewa, 

6-2 Carmel

5-5 Mt Roskill

3-5 AGGS

2-7 One Tree Hill

0-9 Avondale

*Massey High School have withdrawn from the competition

July 23, 2023

Westlake Girls High School returned to the top of the Auckland Secondary Schools Girl’s Premier Grade ladder after a 67-58 victory at Mt Albert Grammar School.

It was far from a straight forward victory as Wai Clarken dropped 42 points to keep the MAGS team in the contest.

The first quarter was shaded 14-13 by Westlake before a personal dual between Clarken and Rebecca Moors unfolded in the second.

The MAGS captain scored 13 points while Moors, recently returned from the NBA Academy Men’s and Women’s Games in Atlanta, Georgia scored a dozen for Westlake – their lead 36-32 at half-time.

Clarken & Co were held to 10 points in the third period while Emma Schroeder, on her way to a team high 20 points, scored 11 of those in the spell.

Clarken, Jorjia Fiu and Lara-Poppy Cocker-Lemalie kept the pressure on the visitors but the combined scoring efforts of Zenthia Stowers, Lily Fotu, Katie Moors and Schroeder in the fourth saw Westlake to the win.

MAGS 58 – Clarken 42, Fiu 8

Westlake 67 – Schroeder 20, R Moors 15/12rebs, Stowers 9, Brennah Latoalevi-Nosa 6, Katie Moors 6

Ritorya Tamilo returned to high school basketball following a successful Asia Cup campaign with the Tall Ferns in Sydney earlier in the month to post 32 points as Baradene College defeated Epsom Girls Grammar School 84-55.

In dominant form throughout Tamilo posted 8 points in the first, Deyna Topia added 9 points while Poppy Cavanagh-Briggs chimed in with 6 points. Baradene were out to a 26-18 quarter time lead despite 9 points from Leah Patuwairua.

Maya Fowler made a couple of baskets for Epsom in the second period although a triple from Amelia Nathan and 6 points from Topia saw Baradene to a 42-31 half-time lead.

The third period determined the outcome with Epsom held to just 8 points. Tamilo had 12 points in the quarter as Epsom were outscored by 13 points. 

Ahead 63-29 at the start of the fourth frame Baradene cruised to a third win of the season.

Baradene 84 – Tamilo 32, Topia 17, Cavanagh-Briggs 16, Nathan 8

Epsom 55 – Fowler 18, Patuwairua 16, Kiyara Te Amo 5

After helping the New Zealand team claim bronze at the U16 Asia Cup in Jordan last week Bailey Flavell was back in familiar territory on Friday to help Takapuna Grammar School to a comfortable 79-39 home win against St Mary’s College.

The New Zealand guard scored 7 first quarter points to compliment Amy McKenzie’s 12 and when Arabella Neville landed a triple Takapuna were 28-7 ahead.

Neville repeated the trick to start the next period and with McKenzie up to 20 points the hosts were in total command at half-time leading 50-13.

The third quarter favoured Taka again allowing Coach Katelin Noyer to empty the bench in the fourth period. St Mary’s pounced to enjoy their best spell of the game – India Nash and Layla Aholelei moving into double figures.

Takapuna 79 – McKenzie 26, Flavell 17, Amelia Glenn 9, Neville 8, Manaia Watson 8

St Mary’s 39 – Nash 10, Aholelei 10, Tamzin Jakeman 9

St Kentigern College defaulted their fixture against Northcote College.

Standings

9-1 Westlake

8-2 Epsom 

7-3 MAGS

5-5 St Kent’s

4-6 Takapuna 

3-7 Baradene, Northcote

1-9 St Mary’s

22 July, 2023

After the conclusion of Round 10 fixtures the top four, and therefore semi-finalists, of the Auckland Secondary Schools Boy’s Premier Grade have almost been finalised.

Mt Albert Grammar and Rosmini College are assured of semi-final berths with St Kentigern College and Auckland Grammar just a win away from joining them.

The St Kentigern College post Aaron Young era got off to a successful start as they eased to a 97-56 win at Rangitoto College.

Young’s successful eight year tenure as Head Coach – one that included the 2019 Secondary Schools National Championship crown – has come to an end due to his assistant coach appointments with the Tall Blacks and Perth Wildcats.

St Kent’s got off to a flyer with a 28-15 opening salvo – 9 points for George Turner amongst the rush of points.

Arnold Nam and Joel Brown were soon into double figures for Rangi but were powerless to stop the flow of points at the other end. Hunter Te Ratana and Charlie Hughes helping St Kent’s forge a 54-27 half-time lead.

Rangi made a much improved showing in the third with Jackson Mills and Nam threes complimenting half a dozen points from Brown.

The visitors reasserted their dominance in the final quarter as Noah Heke and Frankie Groves rounded out a strong St Kent’s performance.

Incoming St Kent’s Head Coach Val Te Ratana has win number one on the board! 

Rangitoto 56 – Brown 22, Nam 14, Elyas Taher 10, Mills 6

St Kentigern 97 – Turner 18, Merrick Rillstone 18, Te Ratana 15, Groves 12, Heke 9, Hughes 9

With the triumvirate of Dante Matakatea, Louis Uri and Harri Coker-Grey enjoying 20-point outings Mt Albert Grammar School remain unbeaten after an 89-68 win against Westlake Boys High.

Max Riechelmann scored 8 first quarter points for Westlake although Matakatea notched 11 for MAGS who edged the opening period 20-17.

It was equally as close in the second stanza. Three point plays from Kade Cartwright and Coker-Grey were countered by Troy Wentworth and Gabriel Ames as Westlake refused to go away, trailing by just five points at half-time (40-35).

Harper Wilson and Noah Rasmussen helped the Westlake cause although a flurry of points from Matakatea and Coker-Grey – the pair combined to score the last 16 points in the quarter for MAGS as they led 64-54 ahead of the last quarter.

Hadi Alshami made a couple of inside baskets for Lake but a dozen points from Uri in the fourth, ensured a tenth straight wins for MAGS.

MAGS 89 – Matakatea 27, Uri 26, Coker-Grey 20, Cartwright 8

Westlake 68 – Ames 14, Riechelmann 11, Alshami 11, Wilson 10

A blistering opening quarter at Sacred Heart College saw the home team put on 31 points to set the tone for an emphatic 93-70 win – their second win of the campaign –  against St Peter’s College. A dozen of those points were scored by Preston Tuaputa while Tyrell Cocker chimed in with eleven.

Sixteen points adrift, St Peter’s were much improved in the second period –  17 points from Spencer Carr meant they turned around 53-38 adrift at half-time.

In a low scoring third quarter a couple of scores from Bryan Marsters were trumped by 7 points from Sam Snowdon as Heart carried a 66-50 lead into the last frame.

Bailey Smith, Luke Thompson and Caleb Afeaki knocked down threes for the visitors but 13 fourth quarter points from Matt Fautuaalii-Taia, the leading scorer in the game, ensured there were no late dramas for Heart.

Sacred Heart 93 – Fautuaalii-Taia 21, Snowdon 16, Tuaputa 15, Cocker 15, Jamie Vile 10

St Peter’s 70 – Carr 22, Thompson 11, Gus Dallow 11

In the closest contest of the round Rosmini College eked out an 85-75 home victory against Auckland Grammar School despite a game high 23 points from Ryan Hunt.

The Grammar skipper had 7 points in the opening period and with Jackson Kiss nabbing 8 points the visitors led 26-24 at quarter time.

A couple of triples from Chris Wyllie were much needed for Rosmini to counter 8 points from Hunt – Grammar ahead 43-39 at half-time.

Rosmini advanced their score by threes in the third as Josh Batty, Noah Johns, Josh and Chris Wyllie all converted from deep. However Roera Tipene, Kiss and Hunt combined to keep the scoreboard ticking for the visitors, their lead still four points (66-62) with ten to play.

A scoring burst initiated by Zion Anderson and Liam Bates pushed Rosmini into the lead, one they protected successfully down the stretch.

A contest that saw 61 fouls called, and six players foul out, eventually went the way of Rosmini as they made the most of frequent trips to the free throw line.

Rosmini 85 – J Wyllie 18, C Wyllie 17, Anderson 13, Bart Jackowski 11, Batty 8

AGS 75 – Hunt 23, Kiss 16, Kalid Petzer 8, Tipene 7, Roman Ma’afu-Moerua 7

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Standings

10-0 MAGS

8-2 Rosmini

7-3 St Kentigern, AGS

4-6 Westlake

2-8 Rangitoto, Sacred Heart

0-10 St Peter’s

Headed into the school holiday break Northcote College kept their Auckland Secondary Schools Boy’s Senior A unbeaten record intact with an 81-72 win at Kelston Boys High School.

There were other Round 9 victories for Dilworth School, Manurewa High School and Mt Roskill Grammar School.

Kelston pushed the league leaders Northcote all the way but will rue their poor free throw shooting making just 10 from 31 from the charity stripe.

A couple of threes from each team in the opening frame went the way of Real Wheaton and Isiah Tulisi for the hosts and Shunta Shinzaki and Tyler Aitchison for Northcote who led 23-22.

Northcote also won the second period but in a more decisive fashion. Aaron Sievert’s 11 points and half a dozen from Tane Cook saw them to a 44-34 half-time lead.

Kelston came out strong in the third as Wheaton, Rodman Fuaivaa, Alec Phillips and Sam Tuitupou came up with scores – the deficit 68-56 at three-quarter time.

Fuaivaa and Co kept the pressure on in the fourth but those missed free throws and 7 fourth quarter points from Cook were too big a hurdle to overcome.

Kelston 72 – Wheaton 18,, Fuaivaa 18, Tuitupou 14/14rebs, Tulisi 8, Phillips 6, Exodus Tupai 6

Northcote 81 – Sievert 31, Cook18, Shinzaki 10, Tzion Manoa 6

Dilworth School were beaten by a single point in overtime in Round 8 but bounced back in Round 9 to win an equally tight encounter against Liston College 73-70.

Trailing 59-54 at three-quarter time Dilworth upped their defensive effort keeping Liston to 11 points in the fourth quarter. 

At the offensive end Ezrah Eagle did most the heavy lifting scoring 13 points in the fourth, and with Kingston Kailahi-Aso adding valuable points the hosts won the final stanza 19-11 to claim the win.

It was all square in the first quarter at 16 points each – Liston’s Jeydin Ale with a couple of triples while George Hardie, on debut, had 10 points for the hosts.

Liston enjoyed the richer pickings in the second – Rasheed Ieremia and Ronnie Juan the main suppliers in a 19-point quarter that carried Liston to a 42-37 lead.

Hardie, headed to a game high 26 points, made half of those in the third while Dhon Lao’s 10 points kept Liston in front at three-quarter time (59-54).

In a game of fluctuating fortunes it was Eagle that had the major impact in the fourth – Dilworth soaring to win number three on the season.

Dilworth 73 – Hardie 26, Eagle 19, Mahe 12, Nepia Moore 9, Kailahi-Aso 9

Liston 70 – Ieremia 21, Lao 14, Ale 13, Juan 10

Manurewa High School got a much needed win defeating Selwyn College 62-59.

It was a game in which the lead changed on a number of occasions – the closeness of the contest was well illustrated by the quarter time scores (14-14: 26-28: 43-44).

Manurewa had problems containing Ashton Muraahi – his inside/outside game earning him a game high 23 points. Strong contributions for the hosts also came from James MacDonald and Elijah Vaealiki.

One point down at three-quarter time Muraahi scored 8 fourth quarter points. However Manurewa had 6 points in the fourth from Richard Campbell and 4 points each from Isachar Patti and their leading scorer Jarell Tuhega to edge them to a much needed win.

Selwyn 59 – Muraahi 23, MacDonald 9, Vaealiki 8, Luca Vietri 6

Manurewa 62 – Tuhega 19, Campbell 16, Pati 12, Annun Leng 7

Mt Roskill Grammar, with double figure contributions from five players ran away with the contest against Avondale College recording a 120-36 victory.

The opening salvo from Roskill created a 22-7 lead which was extended to a match defining 52-18 by half-time.

Mt Roskill 120 – Daniel Greenaway 31, Josh Wadams 16, Haisem Osman 13, Wai Tonga 13, Mitchell Greenaway 13

Avondale 36 – AJ 9, Nate 7, Liam 5

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Boy’s Senior A Standings

9-0 Northcote

7-2 Mt Roskill

6-3 Liston

4-5 Kelston, Selwyn

3-5 Dilworth

2-7 Manurewa

0-8 Avondale

June 25, 2023

Round 9 of the Auckland Secondary Schools Girl’s Senior A competition saw wins for Manurewa High School, Carmel College and Mt Roskill Grammar School.

Manurewa High School secured a 73-37 victory at Auckland Girls Grammar School to further enhance their prospects of a semi-final berth in the end of season play-offs.

Faith Hurt’s 13 first quarter points meant Grammar, although trailing 22-16, were well in contention at quarter time.

Tanisha Tanira scored 11 first half points for Manurewa, and Zhendy Li 7, as the visitors carved out a 35-24 half-time lead.

Manurewa bossed the second half as made threes from Alyssa Uluheua, Emily Tanira and Beautiful Campbell helped them to a comfortable victory.

AGGS 37 – F Hurt 19, Harmony Hurt 6

Manurewa 73 – T Tanira 15, Bella Manu-Moore 15, E Tanira 14, B Campbell 11, Li 7, Uluheua 7

Melaia Tuisuva dropped straight threes to open the One Tree Hill college scoring but it was Carmel College with the stronger overall start as they opened up a 27-18 lead at quarter time.

In a free scoring game Carmel were enjoying scoring production from multiple sources – Ella Drake, Millie Lloyd, Annie Gaylard and Zahara Tibbotts propelling Carmel to a 54-38 half time lead.

Harriate Heta and Tuisuva kept the One Tree Hill scoring ticking over after the interval although a triple from Drake, and 6 points from Ruby Railton, meant the Carmel advantage was extended to 69-49 at the three-quarter mark.

Carmel enhanced their lead further in the fourth – a sixth win keeping them firmly inside the top four on the ladder.

One Tree Hill 57 – Heta 19, Tuisuva 18, Arise Maliepo 7, Kizyra Thompson 7

Carmel 89 – Drake 20, Tibbotts 15, Railton 14, Gaylard 13, Lloyd 9, Hannah Bellett 8

Shiloh Caffery was outstanding for Avondale College in a losing cause. Caffery scored 29 of her team’s points as they went down 73-37 to Mt Roskill Grammar School.

Allie O’Callaghan was in terrific shooting form for Mt Roskill making six triples in her 22 points.

Bileeana Koonwaiyou and Tamara Viviana also made valuable double figure contributions for Roskill.

Mt Roskill 73 – O’Callaghan 22, B Koonwaiyou 16, Viviana 13

Avondale 36 – Caffery 29

Bye – Rangitoto

Senior A Girls Standings

7-0 Rangitoto

6-2 Manurewa, Carmel

3-4 AGGS

3-5 Mt Roskill

1-6 One Tree Hill

0-7 Avondale

*Massey High School have withdrawn from the competition

June 25, 2023

In Auckland Secondary Schools Girl’s Premier Grade Round 9 action there were wins for Epsom Girls Grammar, Mt Albert Grammar, Westlake Girls High School and St Kentigern College.

Northcote College were beaten 78-73 at Mt Albert Grammar School, their fourth defeat of the season by ten points or less. 

Northcote made a terrific start to the game as Lily Morgan peppered the MAGS defence to the tune of 16 points as her team climbed to a 32-18 lead.

The tables were turned in the second period. Peyton Uri and Gianna Tiatia made threes to compliment Wai Clarken’s 10 points – MAGS trailing by just two (46-44) at half-time.

On her way to a career high 30 points Morgan added a further 10 points in the third quarter although Clarken edged that with 12 as MAGS carried a narrow 60-57 advantage into the fourth.

Jorjia Fiu and Lara-Poppy Cocker-Lemalie kept MAGS in the ascendancy but when DJ Hannah landed a triple the scores were tied at 69 points apiece with three minutes to play. 

Nikki Gear and Morgan made scores for the visitors but threes from Clarken and Emina Tiatia took MAGS into the lead before Fiu sealed the deal from the foul line.

MAGS 78 – Clarken 37, Fiu 11, Uri 8, G Tiatia 6 

Northcote 73 – Morgan 30, Hannah 20, N Gear 13, Lisa Gear 7

Triples from the trio of Draun Forbes, Maya Fowler and Leah Patuwairua propelled Epsom Girls Grammar School to an 18-11 lead against visitors Takapuna Grammar School.

Amy McKenzie nailed a brace of threes for Taka but a further 7 points from Patuwairua eased Epsom to a 35-22 half-time lead.

The scoring tempo increased after half-time as both sides found better offensive rhythm. Fowler and Forbes shared 15 points for Epsom while Bailey Flavell and McKenzie combined for 16 for Taka. With Manaia Watson chipping in with points the visitors had cut the deficit to ten points (55-45) at three-quarter time.

Epsom were in no mood to be charitable – 8 further points from Forbes closing out win number eight of the campaign for EGGS. 

Epsom 69 – Forbes 27, Patuwairua 21, Fowler 10, Andrea Ape-Paia 7

Takapuna 54 – Flavell 24, McKenzie 16, Watson 5, Amelia Glenn 5

Already without the services of Ritorya Tamilo (with the Tall Ferns in Sydney at the Asia Cup) Baradene College were further hampered by the absence of Deyna Topia and Poppy Cavanagh Briggs for their visit to St Kentigern College.

The hosts capitalized on Baradene’s inexperienced lineup racing to a 22-4 lead with Sophie Jones nailing a couple of deep threes.

The lead continued to grow in the second – St Kent’s ahead 42-13 at half-time.

Baradene’s problems were compounded in the second half by a couple of injuries and Daisy Parke hitting the bench after fouling out.

Saint Kentigern encountering few problems as they moved to .500 on the season with a 4-4 record.

NB The individual scorers from the game are not totally accurate as the scoresheet received was unclear in parts. 

St Kent’s 79 – Sophie Jones 15, Ashleigh Tuumaialu 14, Kilani Tuineau 11, Gigi Forster 8, Charlie Yock 8, Anamia Rangihaeata 8, Maia Bennett 6

Baradene 36 – Amelia Nathan 9, Sadie Cormack 8, Daisy Parke 8, Mikaela Ti’ipulotu 6

Played on Tuesday evening, Westlake Girls High proved far too strong for St Mary’s College winning 110-33.

St Mary’s 33 – Layla Aholelei 8, India Nash 5

Westlake 110 – Amy Pateman 26, Emma Schroeder 18, Rebecca Moors 14, Zenthia Stowers 13, Kaia Tuuta 12, Elin Vincent 8. Lily Fotu 8, Imani Rasmussen 6, Brennah Latoalevi-Nosa 5

Standings

8-1 Epsom, Westlake

7-2 MAGS

4-4 St Kent’s

3-5 Takapuna

2-7 Baradene, Northcote

1-8 St Mary’s

The Round 8 Takapuna Grammar School v St Kentigern College game will be played on Wednesday.

24 June, 2023

There was a mass exodus from the North Shore on Friday evening as all three Harbour schools ventured south for Auckland Secondary Schools Boy’s Premier Grade Round 9 fixtures. It was almost a clean sweep for the city dwellers as after Mt Albert Grammar and Auckland Grammar recorded victories St Peter’s were only pipped by Rosmini College in the closing 90 seconds.

In the other game St Kentigern College proved too strong for Sacred Heart College winning 96-80.

St Peter’s College are still searching for their first win of the season but paced by the ever reliable Gus Dallow came within a whisker of upsetting last season’s champions. 

Dallow had 10 points in the opening frame although 8 points from Jameer Reed steered Rosmini to a narrow 18-17 advantage.

More points from the influential Reed and threes from Josh Batty and Harlan Roudon propelled the visitors to a 38-31 half-time lead.  

The third quarter was all St Peters as they turned the seven points deficit into a four point advantage (57-53). Dallow was in the thick of the action and found scoring allies in Spencer Carr and Bailey Smith as the hosts grabbed the initiative.

A Carr triple excited the home support before Chris and Josh Wyllie landed some counter punches.

Dallow and Smith looked capable of carrying St Peter’s to victory but it was seven consecutive points from Chris Wyllie and a couple of key makes in the dying stages from Josh Batty that got Rosmini over the line.

St Peter’s 72 – Dallow 28, Carr 14, Smith 11, Milan Tolich 8

Rosmini 77 – Reed 23, J Wyllie 14, C Wyllie 13, J Batty 11, Roudon 9

Mt Albert Grammar School remain at the head of the pack after defeating Rangitoto College 105-70.

Roman Keith-Peraua landed 8 points as MAGS edged the opening frame 16-15.

Michael Ropotini scored 6 second quarter points for the visitors but the period was dominated by MAGS to the tune of 29-13. There were 8 points from Dante Matakatea in the quarter as well as triples from Kade Cartwright and Ethan Lay. MAGS ahead 45-28 at half-time.

The three-point flavour caught on further in the second half as Hari Coker-Grey (3 from 3 on the night), Matakatea and Cartwright bumped the MAGS score up in threes on their way to a 76-51 three-quarter time lead.

Rangi forward Joel Brown demonstrated that he is no slouch from beyond the arc. Either side of three-quarter time he delivered on no fewer than five occasions from beyond the arc.

Logan Wood joined in the triple delight for MAGS while Arnold Nam did likewise for Rangitoto. It’s now nine straight wins for MAGS ahead of the mid-season break.

MAGS 105 – Matakatea 22/12rebs, Louis Uri 17, Keith Peraua 15, Coker-Grey 15, K Cartwright 14, Lay 8

Rangitoto 70 – Brown 20, Ropotini 17, Max Mudford 9, Nam 9, Elyas Taher 8

A three-point play late in the opening period from Roman Ma’afu- Moerua stretched the Auckland Grammar quarter time lead to 18-11 in their home tie against Westlake Boys High.

Ryan Hunt came up with the same mode of scoring to open the second frame – the Westlake riposte being a three from Andre Bautista.

A transition basket from Max Riechelmann was countered by an inside basket from Kalid Petzer as the two teams traded scores for much of the period.

Westlake appeared to make a decisive move in the shadows of half-time – scores from Riechelmann and Troy Supple taking the visitors on a 6-0 run to close the half just three points in arears (31-28)

The second half began with another 6-0 run although this one was in favour of Grammar – Roera Tipene and Ryan Hunt the providers.

Troy Wentworth broke the Westlake drought before Brigham Hakaraia’s scooped layup concluded another 7-1 AGS run.

The third went the way of Grammar 24-15 as they carried a 55-43 lead into the final ten minutes.

Any prospect of Westlake challenging the hosts in the final frame evaporated when AGS scored the first 9 points of the fourth. George Milburn was a constant menace on the offensive glass – he scored 12 fourth quarter points, claimed 28 in the game, and assured Grammar of a fifth straight win.

AGS 76 – Milburn 28, Hunt 18, Hakaraia 9, Pryor 7
Westlake 54 – Riechelmann 10, Hadi Alshami 7, Noah Rasmussen 6, Bautista 6, Supple 6

St Kentigern College began their contest against Sacred Heart College like a proverbial “house on fire” amassing 37 points with Merrick Rillstone (17 points) and George Turner (11 points) doing most of the damage as they combined to make seven threes in a similar number of minutes.

The 21-point advantage established by St Kent’s would prove too great a deficit for Sacred to overcome but to their credit they fought back to move within 10-points at one stage in the fourth quarter.

In addition to Turner and Rillstone, Hunter Te Ratana and Charlie Hughes made double figure contributions for the hosts.

Matt Fautuaalii-Taia led the way for Heart with a team high 22 points. He received good support from Preston Tuaputa, Sam Snowdon and Jerome Jakeman but ultimately that slow start cost Heart dearly.

The victory was a fitting way for St Kent’s Head Coach Aaron Young to sign off his home coaching duties before heading to his new assignment with the Perth Wildcats later next month. His last two matches at the helm will be at Westlake Boys and his alma mater Rangitoto College.

St Kent’s 96 – Rillstone 25, Turner 20, Te Ratana 16, Hughes 15

Sacred Heart 80 – Fautuaalii-Taia 22, Jakeman 16, Snowdon 13, Tuaputa 11

Teams will now enjoy a deserved break before the competition resumes on July 23.

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Standings

9-0 MAGS

7-2 Rosmini, AGS

6-3 St Kentigern

4-5 Westlake

2-7 Rangitoto

1-9 Sacred Heart

0-9 St Peter’s

June 22, 2023

The Boy’s Senior A Round 8 game of the round saw Northcote College preserve their unbeaten record, but only just, as they won at Dilworth School 79-78 in overtime.

The individual standout performances belonged to Ezrah Eagle who compiled a new career high 39 points for Dilworth with the dependable Aaron Sievert, averaging 37.6 points per game, mustering 42 for Northcote. 

The opening period went the way of the visitors 19-18, a couple of scores from Tyler Aitcheson helping the visitors cause.

Despite 6 points in the second from Ikahui Mahe to compliment Eagle’s double figure haul the Northcote lead was 58-54 at the interval. Tane Cook had 10 points for Northcote at the half – Sievert 29 points to his name.

Dilworth shaded the third (22-20) to set up an exciting final period.

Kingston Kailahi-Aso and Finlay Edwards made scores to supplement Eagle’s strong work while Sievert received able assistance from Cook. However at the end of regulation the two teams couldn’t be separated – locked at 73 points apiece.

Eagle’s overtime three threatened to derail Northcote’s unbeaten run but it was Sievert who had the final say – his 301^st point of the season, from the foul line, proving to be the winner.

Dilworth 78 – Eagle 34, Kingston Kailahi-Aso 13, Ikahui Mahe 13, Finlay Edwards 6

Northcote 79 – Sievert 42, Tane Cook 17, Shunta Shinzaki 6, Tyler Aitchison 5, Ethan Ring 5

Mt Roskill Grammar School strengthened their hold on a top four play-off spot with an emphatic 113-63 win against Manurewa High School – the twin threat of Daniel and Mitchell Greenaway doing most the damage.

Mt Roskill 113 – Daniel Greenaway 28, Mitchell Greenaway 19, Ryan Aramoana 15, Ezra Ogbuze 14

Manurewa 63 – Richard Campbell 23, Jarell Tuhega 19, Rithwick Agnihotri 9

Liston College enjoyed contributions across the board as they swept past Avondale College 82-39.

Avondale 39 – Abraham Zoll 9, Liam Takenaka-Wesley 9, Akram Al-Wakeel 6, Patrick Swanney 6

Liston 82 – Rasheed Ieremia 16, Dhon Lao 16, Jeydin Ale 12, Marvellous Michael 11, Giovanni Helu 9, Ronnie Juan 7, Manu Tuaere 7

Selwyn’s Ashton Muraahi scored a game high 23 points as Kelston Boys High’s three game winning streak was brought to an end. 

Kelston 65 – Real Wheaton 19, Rodman Fuaivaa 14, Alec Phillips 12, Sione Filimoehala 9

Selwyn 76 – Ashton Muraahi 23, Luca Vietri 11, Zavier Atatoa 11, James MacDonald 7, Charlie Banfield 6, Elijah Vaealiki 6

Boy’s Senior A Standings

8-0 Northcote

6-2 Mt Roskill, Liston

4-4 Kelston, Selwyn

2-5 Dilworth

1-7 Manurewa

0-7 Avondale