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Church College and Rotorua Lakes girls continued on course for a title-deciding showdown on the final day of the Furnware NZ “A” Secondary Schools Championships at North Harbour.

Last year’s finalists both scored wins over Wairoa College on Day Three of the tournament and will face each other in the event’s final game to decide the finishing order. If anything, 2008 runners-up Rotorua Lakes have been slightly more impressive in their results, accounting for Wairoa 54-19 yesterday.

Church’s scoreline against the same opponents was 86-62.

Meanwhile, Nga Taiatea Wharekura gained inside running in the three-way battle for boys’ honours, beating Rotorua Lakes 76-70. They can secure the championship with a win over Dunstan HS this morning.

Furnware NZ “A” Secondary Schools Championships

North Harbour

Thursday, October 1

Boys
10.45am
1st-3rd
Nga Taiatea Wharekura 75 (Kane Manara 30) Dunstan HS 74 (Thomas Mulvihill 36)

4th-6th
Buller HS (Andrew McMillan 27) 71 Paeroa College 63 (Te Rongopai 32)

12.30pm
7th-9th – Tolaga Bay v Stratford, Court 3

2.15pm
4th-6th – Taumarunui v Paeroa, Court 3

4pm
1st-3rd – Rotorua Lakes v Dunstan, Court 1

Girls
10.45pm
Paeroa College 69 (L Keith & R Tana 19) Buller HS 63 (Rata Ngatai 22)
Te Aroha College 98 (Natalie Mora 34) Mairehau HS 23 (Kirsty Walters 5)

2.15pm
Paeroa v Wairoa, Court 1
Buller v Mairehau, Court 2

5.45pm
Church v Rotorua Lakes, Court 1

Wednesday, September 30

Boys
1st-6th
Rotorua Lakes HS 61 Taumarunui HS 58
Dunstan HS 71 Paeroa College 67
Nga Taiatea Wharekura 75 Buller HS 55

7th-9th – Stratford College 67 Pinehurst School 57

1st-3rd – Nga Taiatea 76 Rotorua Lakes 70

4th-6th – Buller 93 Taumarunui 85

7th-9th – Tolaga Bay 100 Pinehurst 59

Girls
Rotorua Lakes 54 Wairoa 19
Church 89 Buller 59
Paeroa 59 Te Aroha 50
Church 86 Wairoa 62