The condition of a teenage boy injured in an out of control brawl at a rugby match this morning has improved. The fight was believed to have involved between 30 to 40 people, including members of both teams, family members and spectators.

Wesley First XV had to withstand a storming finish from Manurewa to beat the visitors 17-13 and preserve their unbeaten record in Counties Manukau premier schools play.

Rangitoto won their fifth game out of six in the North Harbour 1A with a gritty 21-17 home victory over Takapuna Grammar.

For those who like their schoolboy rugby laced with tradition and tension, Auckland Grammar School was the place to be on Saturday afternoon.

Two 12-year-old boys flown to hospital, with one thought to have serious injuries. Teammates "all lined up as the boys were carried through on stretchers".

Auckland Grammar kept the heat on St Kentigern, grinding out a 13-7 win over Kelston on Eden Park in atrocious conditions on Saturday evening.

Bryony Botha is in Australia this week. Earlier this year, she was in Colombia. In August she'll be in Kazakhstan. Her trusty track bike will be with her.

Holly Stewart is the embodiment of Selwyn College's tennis programme - young and on the rise.

Cole Evans didn't have Mark Sorenson's number in his phone when the Black Sox coach called with the news he will be the youngest in the New Zealand softball squad.

The final of the Maadi Cup served up a classic encounter as Hamilton Boys' High School edged Christ's College by half a canvas.

Each week from now until the annual ASB YSPOTY awards dinner in November, we will profile two of the past winners as we count down to the 25th annual event which honours the top young college....

At next week's Maadi Cup on Lake Karapiro, two Westlake Girls' High School lightweight double scullers will lie still in the water.

There are rumblings of discontent in the Auckland schools tennis ranks, but there is some light at the end of what is a murky tunnel.

Mackenzie Vellenoweth is tough, physically and mentally. That much is apparent from a 15-minute chat with her at her Hobsonville Point Secondary School.

St Paul's Collegiate School student Ryan Ballantyne threw a 5kg shot put 19.08m, breaking the Waikato record, at last Tuesday's central zone athletics championships held at Porritt Stadium in Hamilton.

Dresden is a city in the east of Germany. It will be at the forefront of Nathan Brown's mind as he prepares to compete there at an international youth diving competition late next month.

Westlake Boys' High School's new cork and rubber-based FieldTurf NZ artificial turf is one of the first to be installed in New Zealand and the recent opening event was a fitting tribute to mark the celebration of this milestone in Westlake sporting histor