A SS Tourney Teams
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One got a national title. The other did not. But both went home with MVP awards.
Taumarunui High’s Waeana Ngarongo and Rotorua Lakes High’s Lisa Adams earned Most Valuable Player honours from the A Secondary Schools National Championships in New Plymouth on Saturday.
Ngarongo, and older brother Daniel Ngarongo, were tournament team selections for back-to-back 1-A national champions Taumarunui, who defeated Paeroa College 89-63 on Saturday night at TSB Stadium.
Paeroa had inside powerhouse Michael Aitken and Frano Huett named to the 10-man tourney team, while semifinalists Hato Paora College had Te Pasu Thomas and Karetai Williams-Paul selected and Tongariro School Ben King.
The girls tournament team was dominated by zone two schools, with only Buller High’s Elle Ngatai coming from outside the mid-North.
Although Adams’ Rotorua Lakes High lost the girls final, 55-42 to Church College, she took home the MVP award, also joining team-mate Terere Pa Walden in the tournament team. Church College had Courtland White and Rea Wolfgram named to the tourney team.
A Secondary Schools National Championships
Tournament Teams
BOYS
Te Pasu Thomas (Hato Paora College), Karetai Williams-Paul (Hato Paora College), Waeana Ngarongo (Taumarunui High), Tom Mulvihill (Dunstan High), Daniel Ngarongo (Taumarunui High), Ben King (Tongariro School), Michael Aitken (Paeroa College), Andrew Ford (St Paul’s Collegiate), Callum Jones (Buller High), Frano Huett (Paeroa College)
Most Valuable Player
Waeana Ngarongo (Taumarunui High)
GIRLS
Stephanie Pollock (Te Aroha College), Houma Tapiate (TKKM o Te Koutu), Leone Keith (Paeroa College), Renee Tana (Paeroa College), Elle Ngatai (Buller High), Kate Dixon (Ruapehu College), Courtland White (Church College), Rea Wolfgram (Church College), Lisa Adams (Rotorua Lakes High), Terere Pa Walden (Rotorua Lakes High)
Most Valuable Player
Lisa Adams (Rotorua Lakes High)
