KEY POINTS:
Led by an impressive match double from captain Imogen Temm, third seed Baradene upset favoured Diocesan in their semifinal of the NZCT girl's cricket qualifying tournament at Melville Park.
There was an equally eye-catching effort with bat and ball from fourth seeded Westlake GHS' Courtney Manning but her effort in the end proved fruitless as they lost to top seeds EGGS.
Baradene and EGGS will meet in the local final in term four and both will play in the national tournament in Christchurch.
In a change from earlier years, this year's tournament was played on the Twenty20 format which produced many keenly-fought matches.
After seeding qualifying matches at Keith Hay Park, the top eight teams progressed to the quarter-finals and semifinals at Melville Park.
Batting first, WGHS reached 88 with Manning top scoring with 32. The EGGS attack gave little away with Carly Eklund and Ellen Tocher taking seven wickets between them.
In reply, EGGS reached 89/7. Manning was the best of the Westlake attack with 4-13.
Temm carried her bat as Baradene posted an impressive 137/8. Temm (58no) and Katie Johnson (22) piled on 53 for the first wicket to lay the match-winning foundation.
In reply, second seeds Diocesan managed 177 with Victoria Fahey claiming 3-21 and Temm 2-15 from her eight overs. Fittingly, she finished the match with a splendid catch.
ARCHERY
Kings College continue to set the pace in the outdoor series.
Led by New Zealand junior representative Manasvi Narula, Kings added 45 points to their match one score in an impressive record-breaking effort at Nicholson Park.
Ahead of AGS by 55 points at the end of the first quarter, Kings went on to win by almost 100 points from AGS who were without key competitor Li Wang. The series ends Sunday week.
COLLEGE SPORT
After many years at the helm of NZSS Sport, well-known cricket commentator Peter Sharp is to move on.
He will be replaced as the council's executive director in July by former Opunake High principal Garry Carnachan who has also served in a variety of roles at Queen Elizabeth College (Palmerston North) and Spotswood College (Taranaki).
Away from school life, Carnachan served as team manager for the Junior All Blacks last year and has been on the board of the New Plymouth Oilers basketball team.
CRICKET
Runs continue to flow in the keenly-contested Waikato 1st division 50-over championship.
Fifth round centuries for Mitchell Green and Cameron Barker helped their Matamata College and Hamilton BHS Emerging teams to big wins on a day on which the bat, rather than the ball, held sway.
Batting first, Matamata reached 252 on the back of Green's 106 - his maiden century at this level. He combined with opening batsman Lance Knyvett - his 65 his first half-century - in a solid second wicket partnership.
They lost their way somewhat in the middle order as left-armer Troy Bourke took centre stage bagging 5-25. Only a defiant unbeaten 34 by Andrew Wright restored the innings.
Despite some useful knocks, St John's College were rarely in the chase and finished 85 runs short of their 253-run target.
Barker scored 108 not out as Hamilton BHS Emerging posted 243/4 with the second wicket partnership again the key as Barker and Nikhil Vishwanath added 126.
The school's development team were never in the chase despite modest contributions from Harry Corkill, Eli McKillop and Matthew Turton and were dismissed in the 42nd over with Andrew Lowe, 4-19, the best of the Emerging bowlers.
Another commendable William Kokaua double steered Hillcrest High to their seven-wicket win over Te Aroha College and a three-point lead at the top of the table.
Sent in, Te Aroha reached 212 before being dismissed in the 44th over despite useful efforts from Dan Frischknecht and Jatinder Singh. With opening bowler Kokaua wrecking havoc at the top and bottom of the innings, Hillcrest were left with a gettable chase.
Kokaua turned the flagging innings around scoring 84 not out. That, and the 71 scored by Dennis Kirkby, proved match winners.
St Peter's School cruised to the biggest win of the round. Needing just 136 to beat Cambridge High, St Peters got home without the loss of a wicket as Kurt James (53) and Jarrod Mongston (50) hit off the winning runs for a 10-wicket win.
Morrinsville managed a hardly-threatening 136 but that proved sufficient as they then dismissed Fraser High for 132 to win by four runs.
DRAGON BOATS
Honours were spread far and wide as the crews took to the water on Sunday at Lake Pupuke for the national secondary schools championships.
The mixed title was won by Wellington's Upper Hutt College, Christchurch school Shirley BHS took the boy's title while EGGS took the girl's section.
GOLF
North Harbour schools continue to dominate the premier boy's competition with Rangitoto College and WBHS winning through to Monday's final at the Remuera GC.
In this week's semifinals, bringing together the top schools from both sides of the harbour, Westlake BHS edged home 38-34 over AGS while Rangitoto had a slightly more comfortable 40-32 win over Mount Albert Grammar School.
KARTSPORT
The budding Scott Dixons and Wade Cunninghams will be out in force at the annual Auckland championship meeting at the Rosebank Domain complex on Sunday.
The meeting, at which St Kentigern College and Albany Primary will defend their titles, is a lead-up to July's national championships in Dunedin. St Kentigern, led by Mitchell Evans, will be challenged by Kings College with Pukekohe HS the dark horse.
Gates open 7am with the first race scheduled at 11am.
YACHTING
Rangitoto College Year 13 student Andy Maloney made the short trip to Takapuna Beach to contest the World Laser radial Youth Championships and went home a champion. In second-equal place after day one, Maloney took the lead in the 85-boat international fleet on the second day.
* asbcollegesport.co.nz
