Category: Basketball

Lacey Lowdown: Rosmini College turned the tables on local rivals Rangitoto College to win the Schick Zone 1 Premierships Final 70-67 at North Shore Events Centre on Saturday. The result is a reversal of the College Sport Auckland Premier final and will give Rosmini number one seeding at the Schick National Championships in October. The result of a closely fought encounter was in doubt until the final play of the game. Rehana Maxwell-Topia was presented with a couple of free throws with 7 seconds remaining on the clock and his…

Read More

Lacey Lowdown: Auckland Girls Grammar School completed the double of AA Zone 1 Premierships and College Sport Auckland Premier titles after withstanding a spirited Westlake Girls High challenge to win 70-66 at North Shore Events Centre on Saturday. AGGS, benefitting from double figure contributions from Mele Latu and Elianna Tuaiti, appeared to be heading for a comfortable victory when they led 57-43 at the three-quarter mark. However WGHS produced a string of baskets courtesy of Jess Moors and Emme Shearer to reel in the AGGS lead and when Shearer, who…

Read More

Stuff: Somewhere up above a proud mum must have been bursting with pride. Maybe there really were tears in heaven. It’s six months since former Silver Fern netballer Tania Dalton was so cruelly taken from this world, at the age of 45, after collapsing from a brain aneurysm during a game of touch. But her spirit undoubtedly lives on. How else can you explain the remarkable sporting feats in Auckland this week of 15-year-old Tayla, the oldest of the three Dalton children left behind to soldier on with life under…

Read More

College Sport Media: ​The Auckland Girls’ Grammar School basketball team won the regular season title in Auckland Premier Basketball and entered Friday’s final against Mount Albert Grammar School at the North Shore Events Centre as favourites to defend their overall championship. However for much of the game it was MAGS who led. AGGS player Mele Latu attempts to explain the difficulty in shrugging MAGS and how the coaches addressed the quandary. “We weren’t awake. I don’t know why, maybe we were nervous. The coaches were outspoken and demanded us to…

Read More

Lacey Lowdown: By their lofty standard a 9-5 regular season effort in the College Sport Auckland Premier competition was nothing to write home about for Rangitoto College. However those following the fortunes of the National Champions know that the team has been plagued by injuries this season. All the leading Premier teams have had to cope without key players at various stages but Rangi have probably been the hardest hit. Comfortably securing the fourth play-off spot they took care of business in the semi-final last week against Auckland Grammar School…

Read More

Lacey Lowdown: The College Sport Auckland Premier Girls Basketball final at North Shore Events Centre on Friday night was a match up between traditional foes Auckland Girls Grammar School and Mt Albert Grammar School. With Auckland Girls having won both regular season tussles it was something of a surprise scoreline at quarter time with Mt Albert ahead 22-10. A trey from Riana Rangi-Brown and half a dozen points from Jodeci Joseph did most the damage for MAGS. The regular season champions responded via 7 straight points from Rionne Papa and…

Read More

College Sport Media: Nothing is conceded charitably in Rosmini College versus Westlake Boys’ High School sporting contests and that fact was categorically illustrated in the Auckland Premier basketball semi-final last Friday night. The excellent Lacey Lowdown blog was giddy in its praise of the match stating: “It was a game that had outstanding individual performances, two passionate teams, a thundering climax, and all played out in front of two sets of ardent fans that turned North Shore Events Centre into a cauldron of noise and colour.” With 95 seconds left,…

Read More

College Sport Media: North Shore Schools have dominated high school basketball in recent seasons, winning six of the last eight national titles. However a new contender from the City of Sails has emerged in 2017. Auckland Grammar School won the Auckland Minor Premiership last week and will tackle National champions Rangitoto College in the premier semi-finals on Friday night. Grammar has only won a single National title in 1979, but has beaten Rangitoto twice in three previous meeting this year. “There is a long way to go in the season,…

Read More

Lacey Lowdown: As expected the top of the table clash between Auckland Girls Grammar and Mt Albert Grammar was a close uncompromising affair eventually won 60-52 by the defending champions Auckland. Mt Albert made a sluggish start only managing six points in the opening stanza – Teneva Ropati exceeded that on her own for Auckland as they carved out a 14-6 lead. A couple of threes from Jada Manase triggered a good run in the second from Mt Albert with the scores locked at 25 apiece at half-time. Forward Mele…

Read More

Newshub: The next generation of basketball stars have hit the courts in Dunedin for the under-15 National Championships. The sport’s enjoying a huge growth in popularity among school students. 14-year-old Mt Roskill Grammar School student Levic Kerr is head and shoulders above the rest. Click here to see more…

Read More