College sport: Dunning key to win for Rosehill

Kushla Dunning again played the vital role in sparking Rosehill College to a hard-fought 50-47 win over Auckland Girls Grammar in their premier basketball clash.

Dunning scored 23 points, backing that with 12 defensive rebounds to spearhead her team's win. Ayla Hoeta was the standout for AGGS.

Despite scoring 17 points, Chevannah Paalvast could not get her Massey High team across the line as they struggled against the impressive Northcote College team, who won 117-56.

Rangitoto beat Westlake GHS 64-60 away.

In premier boys action, Avondale College, led by Benny Anthony, were down by 12 points after the first quarter, but beat Dilworth 80-69.

Dilworth led 24-12 and with strong play from Zach Makavilitogia and Tony Pulu, were in it for a long time.

Westlake BHS too finished strongly in their battle of the Shore to edge Rangitoto College 76-65 after the scores were level with three minutes to play.

Corey Webster top-scored with 22 points. In scoring the last 11 points, WBHS won by that margin.

All premier teams now face a testing week with full rounds on Friday and Monday nights.

Athletics

The popular cross-country championship will be run over the testing St Kentigern College courses this afternoon.

More than 800 runners will go to the line for races over varying distances from 3km (junior girls) to 6km (senior boys).

Curling

The extensive coverage the New Zealand team received in their none-too-successful Winter Olympics campaign has not deterred Auckland school pupils from flocking to the ice in increased numbers.

Even with many teams rebuilding after the departure of senior players, an additional 32 teams have entered the Auckland SS competition.

The upsurge in interest has brought problems however with restricted ice time. Teams are guaranteed only three games in pool play this winter. The top teams will then play sudden death.

The season opened with a high-scoring game as Long Bay Gliders edged Kelston Boys High Ford 9-7. The lead changed several times after Long Bay had scored three on the first end. Kelston replied in like manner on the second. After a see-saw battle, Kelston led 7-5 but gave up four on the last end to go down.

On very keen ice, the other Kelston Boys and Long Bay teams struggled to find their draw weight. The more experienced Long Bay Nuggets beat Kelston Butler 5-1.

In girls' action, Massey Strikers beat Epsom Girls Farley 8-3, scoring two shots on the last two ends.

And in difficult conditions and with the girls struggling to make the house, EGGS Smith beat WGHS Park 4-2.

Kartsport

St Kentigern College are set to dominate again if results from the Auckland championships are a pointer of things to come.

With a first and second in the championships at Auckland's Pallet Company Raceway, St Kentigern took overall honours for the third time in four years, helped by clean-sweeps in the senior 100cc Yamaha Light (Ben Dallas) and 125cc Rotax Max Light (Simon Evans) classes.

Underlining their superiority, a second pairing of Scott Fountain and Andrew Waitt tied for second overall with Mt Albert Grammar's Alan Dunkley and Dillon Grant.

Interest now switches to the national schools championships in Blenheim on July 8-9.

Multisport

The strength of Auckland schools is reflected in the selection of New Zealand teams named to contest the July 30 World Duathlon Championships in Newfoundland, Canada.

Rangitoto College seventh-former Rebecca Spence will lead the Kiwi challenge as she tries to defend the title she won last year.

Joining Spence are schoolmates Kate Mitchell and Scott Buswell. Others from Auckland schools are Sian Walker (Diocesan), and Ryan Sissons (Macleans). Other pupils Isobel Light (Palmerston North Girls), Emma Peterson (St Peters, Cambridge) and Tama Christensen (Freyberg High) will be joined by Renee Holtom (ex-Howick College), Brendon Blacklaws (Wellington) and Tom Francis (Wanganui).

Rugby

With both teams scoring three tries, goalkicking was the key as Mt Albert Grammar beat Kings College 25-20 - Ray Laulala's boot the difference.

Tangaroa shrugged off the disadvantage of playing a man short for 10 minutes in each half to beat Kelston 15-12. Kelston scored tries both times Tangaroa had a player in the bin before Tangaroa hit back to win with a last-minute try.

Sacred Heart led Tamaki College 3-0 at halftime, capping a strong performance with one successful penalty.

The failure to convert two other such opportunities cost them a 9-0 lead.

Tamaki hit back early in the second spell with a Tomuhine Halanukonuka try converted by Kaniata Halanukonuka. A second try, dotted down by Efi Te-o following a chip kick, and a converted 80m intercept try for Ateli Pakalani sealed it.

Ken Griffen marked his debut for Auckland Grammar with two tries and helped his team to a 14-8 win over St Pauls. Ash Moeke converted both tries as AGS got home with a strong second-half effort.

St Pauls hit back with a try from a long-range counter-attack.

St Peters continued their winning start to the season with a hard-fought 10-8 victory over Otahuhu. Captain Peter Saili opened the scoring and Sam Nash converted. The teams exchanged penalties before Otahuhu grabbed a late unconverted try.

Led by their five-eighths pairing of Kelekolio Hifo and Faiga Vaega, De La Salle got home 25-12 over St Kentigern. In the forwards inspirational captain Fa'atiga Lemalu too played a key role.

In top-of-the-table North Harbour action, Westlake Boys won the battle of the only unbeaten teams in swamping Takapuna Grammar 33-0.

Westlake now lead by three points from Massey who beat Rangitoto 21-0.

Soccer

Like Mt Albert Grammar before them, Auckland Grammar found promoted McLeans a handful before getting home 3-2, the same score in their opening round loss to MAGS.

AGS were given a dream start when Jacob Mathews scored after just 16 seconds. Diego Rinquest made it 2-0 with a few minutes. Macleans got one back in the 16th minute and were given a further advantage two minutes later when Mathews was sent off.

Chikara Morimoto increased Auckland Grammar's lead to 3-1 five minutes into the second spell. A late Macleans goal closed the gap.

John Niyonsaba (2) and Tom Spragg scored for Kings in their 3-0 win over Rangitoto.

Westlake Boys were untroubled in beating St Kentigern 6-0 in a game brought forward two days to allow WBHS to play, and win, their first round Chatham Cup match.

MAGS too began with a win and will have to catch-up on their postponed clash with St Peters.

RESULTS

BASKETBALL

Premier.-

Boys: Avondale 80 Dilworth 69, MAGS bt James Cook by def, AGS 94 KBHS 72, WBHS 76 Rangitoto 65.

Girls: Rosehill 50 AGGS 47, Northcote 117 Massey 56, Rangitoto 64 WGHS 60.

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CURLING

Long Bay Gliders 9 KBHS Team Ford 7, Long Bay Nuggets 5 KBHS Butler 1, Massey Strikers 8 EGGS 3, EGGS Smith 4 WGHS Park 2.

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HOCKEY

Auckland open A boys.-

Kings 7 MAGS 0, St Kentigern 5 MRGS 1, AGS 12 Howick 0, Macleans 3 AGS 2nd X1 0.

Points (after four rounds): AGS, Kings 12, St Kentigern 7, MRGS 6, MAGS, Macleans 4, AGS 2nd X1 1, Howick 0.

Auckland open A girls.-

Diocesan 5 Kings 0, Macleans 5 St Kentigern 0.

North Harbour boys.-

Massey 9 Northcote 1, Mahurangi 4 Birkenhead 0, WBHS 2nd X1 2 Kristin 0, WBHS 1 Rangitoto 0.

North Harbour girls.-

WGHS 6 Mahurangi 0, Massey 1 WGHS 2nd X1 0, Northcote bt Carmel by def, Kristin 1 Rangitoto 1.

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KARTSPORT

Cadets: P. Blomqvist (Parnell) 1, S. Kelly (St Marks) 2, J. Herbert (Albany) 3.

Junior restricted 100cc Yamaha: M. Evans (St Kentigern Prep) 1, N. Cassidy (Murrays Bay), A. Hodgson (Somerville Int) 3.

Junior 100cc Yamaha: M. Kinsman (Howick), G. Smyth (Rutherford) 2, T. Vickers (Northcote) 3.

Formula junior: Smyth 1, R. Moore (Kings) 2, H. Williams (Massy) 3.

Senior 100cc Yamaha Light: B. Dallas (St Kentigern) 1, A. Dunkley (MAGS) 2, A. Waite (St Kentigern) 3.

Rotax Max Light: S. Evans (St Kentigern) 1, J. Hughes (WBHS) 2, S. Fountain (St Kentigern) 3.

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LEAGUE

1st X111: St Pauls 32 Waitakere 16, St Pauls 30 MAGS 12, Otahuhu 48 James Cook 12, Sir Edmund Hillary 32 Mangere 18.

College A: Aorere 64 Green Bay 2, Southern Cross 23 Rutherford 16, Manurewa 18 Tamaki 10.

Under-15 9-aside: Hato Petera 20 Green Bay 0, St Pauls 58 Mangere 10, Penrose 44 Manurewa 34.

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NETBALL

Auckland, premier, 2nd round.-

AGGS 33 St Kentigern 29, MAGS 45 Onehunga 19, Pakuranga 35 Baradene 28, St Cuthberts 38 Macleans 28, Howick 38 St Marys 17, EGGS 33 Diocesan 15. Points: EGGS, MAGS, Howick, AGGS, Pakuranga, St Cuthberts 8, Baradene, Diocesan 1, St Kentigern, Macleans, St Marys, Onehunga 0.

North Harbour, collegiate 1.-

Rangitoto 1 33 Rangitoto 2 17, WGHS 45 Kaipara 21, TGS 28 Orewa 26, Mahurangi 35 Kristin 21, Northcote 41 Long Bay 33, Carmel 29 Birkenhead 24.

Points (after three rds): Rangitoto 1, WGHS, Mahurangi 12, Northcote, Carmel 9, Rangitoto 2 8, Orewa, TGS 5, Kristin 4, Kaipara, Long Bay, Birkenhead 0.

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RUGBY

Auckland 1A.-

MAGS 25 Kings 20, St Peters 10 Otahuhu 8, Tangaroa 15 KBHS 12, AGS 14 St Pauls 8, Tamaki 19 Sacred Heart 3, De La Salle 25 St Kentigern 12.

North Harbour 1A.-

WBHS 33 TGS 0, Rosmini 36 Mahurangi 5, Massey 21 Rangitoto 0.

Points (after three rounds), WBHS 13, Massey 10, TGS, Rosmini 9, Rangitoto 4, Mahurangi 0.

IB.-

WBHS 2 15 Kaipara 0, Birkenhead 10 Long Bay 0, Orewa 15 Massey 2 0, Northcote 25 Glenfield 7.

Points, pool A, Birkenhead 13, WBHS 2 9, Long Bay 6, Kaipara 0. Pool B, Orewa 13, Massey 2 8, Northcote 4, Glenfield 0.

Counties Manukau 1A.-

Waiuku 12 Wesley 3rd XV 10.

Auckland girls: Onehunga 39 St Marys 0, Tangaroa 7 McAuley 7, Penrose 50 EGGS 5, Manurewa 32 James Cook 0, Otahuhu 69 Aorere 5.

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SOCCER

Premier boys.-

Kings 3 Rangitoto 0, WBHS 6 St Kentigern 0, AGS 3 Macleans 2.

Senior A2: Avondale 1 Howick 1, MRGS 2 Kristin 0, Onehunga 3 Liston 2, Pakuranga 0 KBHS 3. Points: KBHS 6, Avondale 4, MRGS, Onehunga 3, Howick, Liston, Pakuranga 1, Kristin 0.

Senior A3: Birkenhead 4 Lynfield 2, Long Bay 1 Massey 1, Northcote 2 Sacred Heart 3, Rosmini 2 TGS 1. Points: Rosmini 6, Long Bay, Sacred Heart 4, Birkenhead, Lynfield 3, Massey 2, Northcote, TGS 0.

New Zealand under-15 secondary schools team to tour Vanuatu in September: A. Barlow, E. Jones, N. Vujevich (Hamilton BHS), D. Bennetto, N. Branch (AGS), G. Darkwa, S. King, B. Meakin (WBHS), P. Iosefo (Bishop Viard), M. Kramer, J. Nelson (Tauranga BC), J. McPeake (Hutt International), E. Morta (St Pats Silverstream), C. Sanders (Upper Hutt), Z. Sole, P. Te Anau-Kumar (MAGS). Non-travelling reserves: C. Day (Otago BHS), N. Paterson (AGS), S. Wallace (St Kentigern), C. Wood (St Pauls Collegiate).

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TABLE TENNIS

Premier A grade.-

Macleans 6 MAGS 1, AGS 6 Avondale 1, Macleans B 7 AGS B 0, St Kentigern 4 Mt Roskill 3.

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UNDERWATER HOCKEY

Boys

Junior open: MAGS 12 Western Springs 0, Avondale 7 Northcote 2, Glendowie 6 Western Springs 1.

Senior open: Howick 4 Northcote 0, Avondale 9 MAGS B 1, Glendowie 12 Western Springs 0.

Girls

Junior: Howick 14 Diocesan 0, EGGS 10 Northcote 0, Glendowie 4 Macleans 3, MAGS 3 EGGS 1.

Senior: Diocesan A 7 Howick 0, Diocesan B 6 MAGS 0, EGGS 5 Macleans

COMING UP

TODAY: Athletics, Auckland secondary schools cross-country championships, St Kentigern College, from 1pm (junior girls) to 3pm (senior boys).

League, (all 4pm, home team first), premier 1st XIII, Avondale v Waitakere, St Pauls B v St Pauls A, Sir Edmund Hillary v James Cook, Otahuhu v Mangere. College A, Manurewa v Rutherford, Green Bay v Southern Cross, Aorere v Tamaki. Under-15 9-aside, St Pauls v Manurewa, Mangere v Green Bay, Hato Petera v Penrose.

Soccer, premier girls, Central east (4pm, home team first), EGGS v AGGS, Glendowie v Diocesan, St Kentigern v St Cuthberts. North Harbour, Carmel v WGHS senior, WGHS junior v TGS. Counties Manukau, Macleans v Papatoetoe, Waiuku v Rosehill, Pukekohe v Howick.

TOMORROW: Curling, Paradice Avondale, WGHS Stillwell v Birkenhead College Choi, Papakura boys v Birkenhead College Niu, Long Bay girls v EGGS Ky, KBHS Bowen v Henderson HS.

FRIDAY: Basketball, premier boys (7.30pm), AGS v Avondale, AGS, KBHS v WBHS, Massey HS, MAGS v Rangitoto, MAGS, James Cook v Dilworth, Manurewa HS. Premier girls (6pm), Northcote v Rangitoto, AGS, Massey v WGHS, Massey HS, AGGS v Avondale, MAGS, Rosehill v Manurewa HS, Manurewa HS.

SATURDAY: Netball, North Harbour collegiate 1 (all Onewa), Rangitoto 1 v Kaipara 9.45am, Orewa v Mahurangi 9.45, Northcote v Birkenhead 9.45, Carmel v Long Bay 9.45, WGHS v Rangitoto 2 10.30am, Kristin v TGS 10.30.

Rugby, (2.30pm, home team first), Auckland 1A, AGS v Otahuhu, De La Salle v KBHS, St Kentigern v St Pauls, St Peters v Kings, Tamaki v MAGS, Tangaroa v Sacred Heart. 1B (noon), Dilworth v Aorere, Sir Edmund Hillary v Edgewater, Macleans v MRGS, Papatoetoe v Liston, Avondale v Onehunga, Mangere v Marcellin, Penrose v Southern Cross, Waitakere v Howick. North Harbour 1A, WBHS v Rosmini, Massey v TGS, Mahurangi v Rangitoto. 1B, Birkenhead v Massey 2, Orewa v WBHS 2, Long Bay v Glenfield, Kaipara v Northcote.

Soccer, senior A1 (noon, home team first), AGS v MAGS, Macleans v St Kentigern, Rangitoto v St Peters, WBHS v Kings.

SUNDAY: Cycling, Auckland SS time trials, rd 2, Mechanics Bay 7am.

MONDAY: Basketball, premier boys (7.30pm, home team first), AGS v MAGS, Avondale v Rangitoto, Dilworth v KBHS, WBHS v James Cook. Premier girls (6pm), Northcote v Manurewa HS, AGS, Avondale v Rangitoto, Avondale, Massey v Rosehill, Dilworth, WGHS v AGGS, WBHS.

Rugby, North Harbour girls (4pm, home team first), Glenfield v WGHS, Mahurangi v Long Bay, Orewa v Rangitoto, Kaipara v Massey.