College sport: De La Salle chase semis spot

Alisi Loti tramples the Long Bay College defence on Monday, helping her side, Northcote College, to keep the lead in the girls' rugby competition. Picture / Kenny Rodger

De La Salle College know what has to be done.

They must beat Mt Albert Grammar to secure a semifinal spot in Auckland's 1A competition.

Heading into the final weekend of the round robin competition De La Salle are fifth on the table with 29 points. Ahead of them are Auckland Grammar (41), Kings College (36), Mt Albert Grammar (31) and Kelston Boys (30).

On form Auckland Grammar should beat Tamaki College in their final match, Kings should beat St Kentigern and Kelston should have no problem against bottom-of-the-table Otahuhu - however the De La Salle and Mt Albert match is a little more difficult to predict.

Both sides go into the match on the back of wins. De La Salle picked up an 18-7 win over Tangaroa College last weekend and Mt Albert beat Sacred Heart 23-18.

It was De La Salle's fourth win in a row.

They dominated territory scoring three tries to Tangaroa's one while their powerful defence limited Tangaroa's attacking options.

In other matches last weekend Kings beat Tamaki 16-10, Auckland Grammar edged out St Peters 16-13, Kelston beat St Kentigern 18-7 and St Pauls beat Otahuhu 18-11.

In the girls' competition Northcote maintained their lead at the top of the table with a comfortable 47-14 win over Long Bay College.

Westlake Girls High beat Rangitoto 27-0 and remain second in the competition behind Northcote.

Curling

Birkenhead College's Team Seo, Team Niu and Team Edwards all picked up wins in the ninth round of the Auckland competition.

Team Seo defeated the Massey High Strikers 12-1, Team Niu beat the Massey High Frosties 7-4 and Team Edwards defeated Papakura Boys High 4-3.

The Massey High Shooters also secured a win beating Westlake Girls Stillwell 8-0.

Cycling

Heavy air meant the records stayed intact during race five of the Waterfront time trials in Auckland.

The most exciting race of the day was the junior boys' competition where Macleans College finished two seconds clear of Auckland Grammar and Westlake, who both posted times of 22 minutes 52s.

The race was so close that 14 teams finished within a three-minute window.

In the senior boys event St Kentigern finished six seconds ahead of Auckland Grammar A with Westlake A third. St Kentigern were just 17 seconds off the course record with their 20m 59s finish.

In the girls' competition Diocesan A won the senior and junior events.

The Diocesan seniors finished 57s ahead of St Cuthberts A in 24m 10s and the juniors finished in 25m 05s beating Westlake Girls by a comfortable 1m 05. The next race is on August 13.

Hockey

Kings College meet Westlake and Auckland Grammar face Massey tonight in the semifinals of the Auckland Intercity boys' competition.

Auckland Grammar go into their match on the back on a hard fought 2-0 win over Westlake Boys in their final round robin match.

The match between the two unbeaten pool A sides was always going to be a big one but Auckland Grammar had it sewn up in the first 10 minutes punishing Westlake for basic errors which saw them concede a soft field goal and a penalty corner.

Down 2-0 at half time Westlake dominated possession in the second half but could not convert.

In the semifinals of the girls' competition tomorrow night Westlake Girls face Rangitoto and Diocesan will meet St Cuthberts.

Soccer

Diocesan square off against Glendowie College in the senior girls' final tonight at Mt Albert's Phyllis St Reserve.

Diocesan beat Mt Albert 1-0 in their semifinal match and Glendowie upset last year's winners Epsom Girls Grammar 5-4 in a shoot out.

In the junior girls' competition Long Bay College made the final for the first time beating last year's winners Epsom Girls Grammar 3-1. They will meet Orewa who beat Westlake 4-1 in the other semi.

Coming up

TODAY: Hockey, Intercity, boys, semifinals Kings v WBHS, Lloyd Elsmore Park 6pm, AGS v Massey, AGS 6.10pm. play-offs, Rangitoto v Pukekohe, Crown Relocations Stadium 6pm, St Kentigern v Rosehill LEP 5pm, Waiuku v Macleans, Pukekohe 6.15pm.

Soccer, APC girls finals (Phyllis St Reserve, Mt Albert), junior, Long Bay v Orewa 2.30pm, senior, Diocesan v Glendowie 4pm.

TOMORROW: Curling, Paradice Avondale, from 6.45pm (9th round), KBHS Team Butler v Birkenhead Team Patel, Westlake Team Park v Baradene, KBHS Team Ford v Rangitoto, Long Bay girls v KGHS.

Hockey, inter-city, girls, semifinals, WGHS v Rangitoto, Crown 6pm, Diocesan v St Cuthberts, AGS 5.30pm. Play-offs, Pukekohe v EGGS, Pukekohe 6.15pm, St Cuthberts 2 v Rosehill, LEP 5pm, Macleans v Massey, LEP 5pm.

FRIDAY: Basketball, premier girls (all 6pm), Massey v Rosehill, Massey, Manurewa v Northcote, Manurewa, AGGS v WGHS, MAGS, Rangitoto v Avondale, Rangitoto. Premier boys (all 7.30pm), KBHS v Dilworth, Massey, St Kentigern v WBHS (non-comp), Manurewa, MAGS v AGS, MAGS, Rangitoto v Avondale, Rangitoto.

SATURDAY: Aerobics, NZSS Championships, Rotorua Civic Centre, heats from 9.30am, finals from 6.30pm.

Netball, Auckland premier, 8.30am: AGGS v Baradene, Macleans v MAGS, Penrose v Botany Downs. 11.30am: Diocesan v Otahuhu, Kings v MRGS, MRGS 1 v EGGS.

Rugby, Auckland 1A (all 2.30pm), AGS v Tamaki, KBHS v Otahuhu, MAGS v De La Salle, Sacred Heart v St Pauls, St Kentigern v Kings, Tangaroa v St Peters. North Harbour (all noon), 1A (top eight, final round), TGS v Massey, Rosmini v Birkenhead, Mahurangi v WBHS, Rangitoto v Orewa. 1B, Glenfield v Massey 2, Long Bay v WBHS 2, Kaipara v Northcote. 2nd grade (all 9.30am), WBHS 3 v TGS 2, Kristin v Rangitoto 2, Rosmini 2 v Massey 3.

Soccer, A1 (all noon), AGS v St Kentigern, Kings v St Peters, Macleans v Rangitoto, MAGS v WBHS.

MONDAY: Rugby, North Harbour girls, semifinals (home team first), Northcote v Kaipara 4pm, Massey v WGHS time tbc. For 5th and 7th, Long Bay v Rangitoto, Mahurangi v Orewa, times tbc.


College results

BASKETBALL

PREMIER

Boys: Avondale 83 AGS 75, Dilworth 112 v St Kentigern 41, Rangitoto 75 MAGS 72, WBHS 90 KBHS 65.

Girls: Avondale 59 AGGS 51, Northcote 63 Rangitoto 50, Massey 87 WGHS 64.

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CURLING

Birkenhead Team Seo 12 Massey Strikers 1, Massey Shooters bt WGHS Team Stilwell by def, Birkenhead Team Nui 7 Massey Frosties 4, Birkenhead Team Edwards 4 Papakura High boys 3.3

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CYCLING

AUCKLAND SS TIME TRIALS

Fifth round.-

Junior boys: Macleans 22m 50s 1, AGS, WBHS 22m 52s equal 2.

Junior girls: Diocesan 1, WGHS 2.

Senior boys: St Kentigern 20m 59s 1, AGS 2, WBHS 3.

Senior girls: Diocesan 1, St Cuthberts 2, EGGS 3.

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HOCKEY

INTERCITY

Final points.-

Boys, pool A: AGS 12, WBHS 9, Pukekohe 4, St Kentigern 3, Waiuku 1.

Pool B: Kings, Massey 8, Rangitoto 7, Macleans 2, Rosehill 1.

Girls, pool A; WGHS 12, St Cuthberts 9, Rosehill, Macleans 4, EGGS 0.

Pool B: Diocesan 12, Rangitoto 9, St Cuthberts 2 4, Pukekohe 3, Massey 1.

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NETBALL

AUCKLAND PREMIER

AGGS 37 Howick 30, St Cuthberts 25 MAGS 21, EGGS 34 Pakuranga 28, St Marys 32 Macleans 28, Diocesan 27 Onehunga 23, St Kentigern 32 Baradene 24.

Points: AGGS 32, MAGS, St Cuthberts 28, EGGS 25, Howick, St Kentigern 22, Pakuranga 20, Diocesan 6, Baradene 5, Onehunga, St Marys 4, Macleans 0.

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RUGBY

AUCKLAND 1A

Kings 16 Tamaki 10, AGS 16 St Peters 13, KBHS 25 St Kentigern 18, De La Salle 18 Tangaroa 7, MAGS 23 Sacred Heart 18, St Pauls 18 Otahuhu 11.

Points (with one round to play): AGS 41, Kings 36, MAGS 31, KBHS 30, De La Salle 29, St Peters 26, St Pauls 23, Tangaroa 18, Tamaki, Sacred Heart 16, St Kentigern 14, Otahuhu 8.

NORTH HARBOUR 1A

TGS 15 Orewa 9, WBHS 16 Rangitoto 3, Rosmini 35 Mahurangi 0, Massey 27 Birkenhead 0.

Points: Massey, TGS 23, Rosmini 22, WBHS 13, Rangitoto 12, Orewa 9, Birkenhead 3, Mahurangi 2.

1B, WBHS 2 20 Massey 2 15, Glenfield 20 Kaipara 7, Long Bay 18 Northcote 12.

Second grade: Kristin 14 TGS 5, WBHS 3 Massey 3 3, Rosmini 2 20 Rangitoto 2 6.

Points: Rosmini 29, Rangitoto, Kristin 24, TGS 13, WBHS 9, Massey 2.

Girls: Northcote 47 Long Bay 14, WGHS 27 Rangitoto 0. Points: Northcote 32, WGHS 24, Massey, Kaipara 20, Long Bay 18, Rangitoto 12, Mahurangi 8, Orewa 4.

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SOCCER

SENIOR A1

Kings 1 WBHS 0, St Kentigern 1 Macleans 4, St Peters 1 Rangitoto 0, MAGS v AGS postponed.

SENIOR A2

Avondale 9 Liston 1, MRGS 0 KBHS 3, Onehunga 4 Kristin 2, Pakuranga v Howick postponed.

Points: Avondale 28, KBHS, Howick 19, MRGS 15, Onehunga 13, Liston 6, Kristin 5, Pakuranga 3.

SENIOR A3

Long Bay 1 Lynfield 1, Massey 3 TGS 1, Northcote 2 Birkenhead 2, Sacred Heart 0 Rosmini 2.

Points: Long Bay 23, Rosmini 20, Massey, Sacred Heart 18, Birkenhead 10, Northcote, Lynfield 8, TGS 7.

GIRLS, APC SEMIFINALS

Senior: Diocesan 1 MAGS 0, Glendowie bt EGGS 5-4 in a penalty shootout.

Junior: Long Bay 3 EGGS 1, Orewa 4 WGHS 1.