Basketball New Zealand

October 4, 2012

Three into two don’t go – as Cashmere HS girls found to their horror at the NZ Secondary Schools Championships in Nelson.

See updated draw and results here.

When quarterfinal spots were handed out at the end of Day Three, Cashmere, New Plymouth GHS and Westlake GHS all wound up with identical 4-1 records in Girls’ “AA” Group One.

The Christchurch school had dragged themselves into the three-way tie on Wednesday afternoon after their superb upset 75-72  win over Westlake, who had beaten top-seeded New Plymouth 74-65 the night before.

But Cashmere wound up on the wrong end of the countback, courtesy of their 13-point loss to the team from Taranaki on Day One.

While most pools went roughly to form – top seeds Westlake BHS, champions Rosmini College and Hutt Valley BHS barely survived late scares to emerge unbeaten among the boys, while Hamilton GHS, Fraser HS and Rangitoto College matched among the girls – not everything went according to plan.

As the late results came through, Boys’ “AA” Group Three was still heading for a possible three-way 3-2 tie for the quarterfinal spots.

There was still a little more heartache to come from the cut-throat nature of tournament pool play. As it was, Nayland College and Tauranga Boys won their final games to keep their title hopes alive.

Perhaps the most mouth-watering QF match-up on Day Four will see Rosmini face Auckland Grammar in a replay of last year’s boys final.

2012 NZ Secondary Schools Championships Programme

NZ Secondary Schools Championships
Nelson

Boys “AA”
Thursday, October 4
Quarterfinals
12.30pm – Westlake Boys 95 (Joshua Howe 17, Jaylen Gerrand 15, Tai Webster 12) Tauranga Boys 71 (Ashton McQueen 50, Connor Johnston 9, Bradley Fullerton 6) (MX9 1/8)

Fraser 82 Nelson 73 (MX5 9/16)

2.15pm - Rosmini 79 (Stephen Robertson 28, Tohi Smith-Milner 24, Derone Raukawa 9) Auckland Grammar 69 (Mark Kelly 21, Damian Harris 14, Jaydn Duff 12) (MX10 1/8)

Massey 70 Lynfield 48 (MX1 17/24), St John’s 73 Melville 60 (MX6 9/16)

4pm – Nayland 70 (Angus Riley 21, Scott Cameron 15, Laughlan Campion 14) Burnside 67 (Oli Davies 29, Nick Erwood 17, Tom Liu 6) (MX11 1/8)

St Kentigern 65 Hastings 51 (MX7 9/16)

5.45pm – Hutt Valley 70 New Plymouth 62 (MX12 1/8), St Patrick’s 50 Palmerston North 45 (MX8 9/16), Otumoetai 54 Otago 88 (MX2 17/24)

7.30pm – Cashmere 63 Onehunga 85 (MX3 17/24) , Aranui 71 Wanganui 73 (MX4 17/24)

Girls “AA”
Thursday, October 4
Quarterfinals
9am – Kavanagh 55 St Peter’s 46 (WX1 17/24)

10.45am – Hastings 58 St Mary’s 52 (WX2 17/24), Waikato Diocesan 35 Kristin 48 (WX3 17/24), Wanganui 55 St Cuthbert’s 53 (WX4 17/24), Cashmere 59 Hawera 61 (WX5 9/16)

12.30pm – Buller 54 Tauranga 53 (WX6 9/16), Rangiora 50 Rotorua 46 (WX7 9/16), Christchurch 70 Marlborough 57 (WX8 9/16)

Westlake Girls 60 (Akiene Reed 15, Tiarna Clarke 14, Deena Franklin 9) Auckland Girls 66 (Ora Keung 21, Wuanyei Ah Hing 15, Tangi Nicholls 11) (WX9 1/8)

2.15pm - Hamilton Girls 86  (Shemaiah Parai 24, Jayelin Hawea 22, Chelseah Savage 12) Wellington Girls 48 (Meaghan Wilby12, Caitlin Grice 9, Tegan Graham 8) (WX10 1/8)

4pm – Rangitoto 68 (Penina Davidson 21, Brooke Blair 19, Jaycin Tini 13) New Plymouth Girls 25 (Theresa Hunter 8, Monique Hornby  5, Rebecca Atkins 4) (WX11 1/8)

5.45pm – Fraser 47 Mt Albert 69 (WX12 1/8)

Boys “A”
Thursday, October 4
Playoffs
9am – Michael Park 65 Greymouth 61

10.45am – Dunstan 102 (Callum Clark & Harry Paulin 27, Liam Mulvihill 21) Garin 61 (Brodie Sidwell 42, Joel MacManus 11, Ambrogino Lynch 4) (SF1)

Te Aroha 75 (Alex Robinson 31, Troy Kururangi 19, Kerrod de Boer 7) Nga Taiatea 51 (Te Ahuru O’Brien-Pari 17, Pikiao Tairua-Bracken 11, Tawhiri Gilbert & Hikitia Te Aho 6) (SF2)

2.15pm – Waimate 62 Mana 69 (5/6), Buller 48 Michael Park 57

4pm – Garin 107  Nga Taiatea 87 (3/4)

Final - Dunstan 64 (Jaydin Aburn 20, Liam Mulvihill 15, Harry Paulin 11) Te Aroha 68 (Toby Skilton 20, Alex Robinson 16, Troy Kururangi 15)

Q1 15 –8

HT 25-25  (10-17)

Q3 40-45 (15-20)

FT 64-68 (24-23)

Officials - Joshua Boyd (referee), Brendon Menhennet (umpire)

Mens Tournament Team - Tawhiri Gilbert (Nga Taiatea), Liam Mulvihill (Dunstan), Alex Robinson (Te Aroha), Troy Kururangi (Te Aroha), Hikitia Te Aho (Nga Taiatea), Josh Turner (Te Aroha), Callum Clark (Dunstan), Harry Paulin (Dunstan), Te Ahuru O’Brien-Pari (Nga Taiatea), Brodie Sidwell (Garin)

MVP – Josh Turner (Te Aroha)

 

Girls “A”
Thursday, October 4
Playoffs
9am – Mana 47 Te Aroha 55 (SF1), Melville 57 Nga Taiatea 39 (SF2), Waimate 37 Taumarunui 92 (5-8 SF1), Paeroa 80 Greymouth 21 (5-8 SF2)

4pm – Taumarunui 49 Paeroa 54 (5/6), Waimate 52 Greymouth 51 (7/8)

5.45pm – Mana 63 Nga Taiatea  34 (3/4)

Final – Te Aroha 53 (Amy Bottcher 20, Keiran Leahy 16, Kaycee Bottcher 7) Melville 46 (Ocean Hereaka  17, Kelsey Watene 11, Kendall Smiler 9)

Q1 – 15 -9

HT 25-22  (10-13)

Q3 36-33 (11-11)

FT53-46 (17-13)

 Officials - Raghav Pratap (referee),  Tina Vao (umpire)

Womens Tournament Team - Shyann de Theiry (Paeroa), Celine Selwyn (Taumarunui), Amy Bottcher (Te Aroha), Hawaiki Harris (Mana), Meg Skilton (Te Aroha), Kendal Smiler (Melville), Waimirirangi Koopu-Stone (Nga Taiatea), Kelsey Watene (Melville), Kaycee Bottcher (Te Aroha), Ocean Hereaka (Melville)

MVP – Amy Bottcher (Te Aroha)