May 29, 2023
After the Boy’s Senior A Round 4 action Northcote College and Mt Roskill Grammar remain a perfect 4-0 with their upcoming Round 5 match up one to look forward to.
The individual performance of the round belonged to Selwyn College guard Ashton Muraahi.
Muraahi scored a stunning 49 points to pace Selwyn College to a 102-78 win at Avondale College. He scored 21 points in the opening quarter as Selwyn eased to a 27-13 lead and he had 33 as the half-time lead stretched to 60-29.
The Selwyn guard had good support from Charlie Barnfield and Alfred Casiple while for Avondale Liam Takenaka-Wesley scored a team high 20 points.
Avondale 78 – Takenaka-Wesley 20, Deul Lelaulu 16, AJ Tsukada 13, Akram Al Wakeel 8, Raymond Korboe 6
Selwyn 102 – Muraahi 49, Barnfield 11, Casiple 10, Zavier Atatoa 9, James MacDonald 8
Northcote won a high scoring affair at home against Liston College 104-82 with Aaron Sievert lighting up proceedings with 45 points.
Liston, led by Rasheed Ieremia’s 30 points, had few issues at the offensive end but couldn’t keep Northcote at bay. The hosts, after opening a 25-19 lead won every quarter as they claimed a fourth straight victory.
Northcote 107 – Sievert 45, Tane Cook 15, Shunta Shinzaki 13, Jake Talaic 9, Ethan Ray 8
Liston 82 – Ieremia 30, Gia Helu 15, Dhon Lao 14, Manuel Tuaere 11, Jeyden Ale 8
Mount Roskill Grammar are also unbeaten after a 68-52 home win against Kelston Boys High School.
Roskill put the defensive clamps on in the first half restricting Kelston to just 19 points to lead by 20 at the interval.
17 points from Sam Tuitupou and 16 from Real Wheaton helped Kelston shade the second half but the damage had been done earlier.
Haisem Osman had a game high 18 points for Roskill with Mitch Greenaway posting 16.
Mt Roskill 68 – Osman 18, M Greenaway 16, Dan Greenaway 9, Ezra Ogbuze 7, Ngawaka Rakete 6
Kelston 52 – Tuitupou 17, Wheaton 16, Alec Phillips 7, Rodman Fuaivaa 7
The Dilworth v Manurewa High School fixture has been postponed to Thursday June 1
Standings
4-0 Northcote, Mt Roskill
3-1 Selwyn
2-2 Liston
1-3 Manurewa, Kelston
0-3 Dilworth
0-4 Avondale
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In the Auckland Secondary Schools Girls Senior A competition Rangitoto College and Manurewa High School sit atop the table with perfect 4-0 records.
Rangitoto won the North Shore derby on the back of a stunning fourth quarter effort. Trailing Carmel College 48-37 at three-quarter time they outscored their opponents 24-7 down the stretch to claim victory. Maddy Skelton was the instigator of the recovery scoring 12 of her 19 points in the closing ten minutes.
Earlier, on the back of 23 points from Ruby Railton and a dozen from Imogen O’Rourke, Carmel had made all the running leading at the end of every quarter except the all-important fourth.
Rangitoto 61 – Skelton 19, Esther Roberts 9, Tamsin McAsey 7, Mela Andrews 7, Kyree Rakena 6
Carmel 55 – Railton 23, O’Rourke 12, Annie Gaylard 9, Zahara Tibbotts 7
Manurewa High School joined Rangitoto at the top of the table after an 85-44 away win at One Tree Hill College.
Manurewa got off to a good start establishing an 18-8 lead at quarter time.
Beautiful Campbell, headed to a game high 35 points, and Bella Manu Moore dominated the middle stages as Manurewa steadily built a match winning lead.
Harriate Heta led the way for One Tree Hill with 16 points. OTH scored almost half their points from beyond the three-point arc – Melaia Tuisuva knocking down a trio of treys!
Despite having just five players Manurewa were able to close out a fourth straight win.
One Tree Hill 44 – Heta 16, Tuisuva 11, Sophia Govind 5
Manurewa 85 – Campbell 35, Moore 22, Shirley Tuilimu 14, Zhendy Li 8, Alyssa Uluheua 5
With five players scoring in double figures Auckland Girls Grammar School eased to a comfortable 85-39 win at Avondale College.
AGGS built a 10-point cushion in the opening quarter, gradually increasing their advantage in each period.
Hayley Abbott scored a game high 18 points for Avondale but the balanced AGGS effort, led by Ryn Nikoia (17 points), proved to be the recipe for success.
Avondale 39 – Abbott 18, Shiloh Caffery 10, Zion Mann 4
AGGS 85 – R Nikoia 17, Julia-Rose Fiesher-Martin 16, Faith Hurt 16, Grady Nikoia 12, Harmony Hurt 10, Zara Leavasa-Avauli 6, Geavani Barnes 6
Bree and Nelly Ioane scored all of Mt Roskill Grammar’s first quarter points as they opened up a 17-6 lead over Massey High School.
The pair would go on to dominate proceedings with 20-point games as Roskill went on to win 70-29.
Lucy Ward was a standout for Massey tallying 13 points.
Mt Roskill 70 – N Ioane 22, B Ioane 20, Allie O’Callaghan 8, Tamara Viviani 8, Havana Iaea 8
Massey 29 – Ward 13, Cyntalia Schuster 8, Valentine Tausi 4
Standings
4-0 Rangitoto, Manurewa
3-1 Carmel
2-2 Mt Roskill, AGGS
1-3 One Tree Hill
0-4 Avondale, Massey
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