KEY POINTS:
Charlotte Bass, of Macleans College, was in outstanding form at the Auckland Secondary Schools aerobic gymnastic championships, posting an impressive score of 19.2667 points to take the major honours.
The championships, which attracted 140 competitors (in 10 categories) to the Epsom Girls' Grammar School-hosted event, produced some close competition, especially in the level one, two and three competitions for newcomers.
St Kentigern dominated at all levels, taking the level one team title and finishing second behind Macleans at level two.
Jessica Thwaites headed a big field to win level one, while Rachel Skelton led the level two field.
With no competitor back to defend their titles, all winners took the honours for the first time.
ARCHERY
The inaugural indoor competition at Nicholson Park went to the wire with St Peter's eventually heading close neighbours Auckland Grammar on a countback after both schools won two and lost one in the four-school division one contest.
Kings won division two from WBHS A and will join St Peters, AGS and Senior College in division one next year, with AGS B dropping down to division two.
In a rare achievement for a junior, AGS captain Jay Gong has been selected to represent New Zealand in the world-ranking Australian Open in October.
BASKETBALL
A big win over Northcote and an equally important 14-point victory over MAGS had WBHS as the big movers in the premier boy's double-header played on Friday and Monday.
After leading 25-4 after the first quarter there was no stopping Westlake, who went on to win 121-36.
Liam Munday led the scoring with 24 points while Corey Tagaloe, with 14, was Northcote's leading scorer.
Dilworth led Papakura 14-10 after the first quarter. They had the same margin at the end of the game winning 72-68. Dilworth's Jeremiah Makavilitogia continued his season-long goalscoring form in bagging 22 points - two more than teammate David Dyer. Hina Farrow (18) led Papakura's scoring.
Papakura were back to winning form three days later, however, beating Northcote 90-61 after leading 27-16 after the first quarter. Dennis Tawhiti scored 15 of his 30 points in that period.
WBHS won the first quarter against MAGS, who hit back to outscore their opponents in the second. Westlake pulled away in the second half to win 75-61, with Scott Campbell in scintillating form scoring 40 points including 13 of 15 free throws.
Jason Goodwin (21) was MAGS' leading scorer.
Dilworth, too, won two from two following their first-up win over Papakura with an equally-impressive 83-59 win over KBHS. Makavilitogia again led the way, scoring 23 points - one more than Dyer.
RUGBY
A strong second half in which they restricted AGS to just one penalty goal paved the way for 1A leaders MAGS to storm back from a halftime deficit to win 31-16 - their first win on Auckland Grammar soil in 12 years.
An early Aaron Collins try converted by Rocky Khan gave the visitors the lead, but AGS hit back with a Rowan Hurinui try. Alister Hitchcock converted and added a couple of penalties for a handy 13-7 lead which the visitors reduced to just one point when Milford Keresoma touched down just before halftime.
With the wind behind them in the second half, AGS looked to build on that halftime lead. An early penalty stretched the lead to 16-12 but also signalled a MAGS comeback.
Tries to Tyrone Ngaluafe, Kolo Faleafa and Steven Luatua - with two converted by Khan - took MAGS to their eventual 31-16 win. The bonus point helped them extend their lead over De La Salle, who edged St Pauls 10-8, to nine points with Sacred Heart a further four points back in third.
De La Salle needed a late penalty from captain Kelekolio Hifo to beat St Pauls, who had led 3-0 with an early penalty. De La Salle hit back with a converted try scored by No 8 Fa'afetai Leuluaialii to make it 7-3.
The score remained unchanged until late in the game when outstanding flanker John Palavi broke the line and sprinted 50m to score and give St Pauls their 8-7 lead which they held until the last minute.
One Elijah Niko try was enough to get Sacred Heart home 5-0 over KBHS, while Kings College had the biggest win on a day of tricky underfoot conditions, beating Tangaroa 25-0.
Rosmini confirmed their status as favourites in North Harbour with a 22-13 away win over WBHS.
Well-worked tries to Richard Haddon and Alfred Tuiaki helped Rosmini to their 14-13 lead at the break.
Jarrod Soar and an outstanding individual effort from Lyle Davenport kept the home side in the hunt.
Rosmini, however, scored the only second-half points.
Northcote were made to work all the way before holding off Orewa 7-6 after Orewa, playing at home, had led 3-0 at halftime. Andrew Fegan scored the only try of the match with Roydon Campbell kicking the winning conversion. Phillippe McConnell kicked two penalties for Orewa.
Massey began the championship round with a hard-fought 18-6 win at home to Rangitoto. Shane Tuala and man of the match Kane Moors scored tries for Massey.
Daniel Foetua kicked two penalties. Rangitoto's points came from two Richard Mills penalties.
In a major surprise, Long Bay beat Mahurangi 15-8 to reverse the result of their last clash earlier in the season.
TABLE TENNIS
Led by In-Lingnan Kong and Kevin Wu, St Kentigern were too good for Macleans College in the virtual final of the premier winter competition. The pair won both their singles and doubles and laid the foundation for the victory over the only other unbeaten team in the competition.
Macleans had good singles wins from Steven and Terry Zeng to pick up their two points in the first clash between the eastern schools.
In beating Mt Roskill Grammar 4-3 in a tight contest, AGS A claimed third place from the Macleans B team who thumped AGS B 7-0.
