Bailey Flavell scored 68 points as Takapuna Grammar won their Auckland Secondary Schools Girls Premier Grade Round 5 clash with Rangitoto College. There were also wins for Westlake Girls, Manurewa High and St Kentigern. Bailey Flavell scored a career high 68 points as Takapuna Grammar School won the North Harbour derby at Rangitoto College 100-79. Flavell’s stunning performance keeps Takapuna inside the top four on the Prems ladder. With Mela Andrews scoring 6 points Rangitoto trailed by just 21-19 at quarter time. However with Flavell and Manaia Watson in good scoring touch Takapuna began to ..read more

There were dominant wins for Northcote College and Westlake Girls High in Round 3 of the Auckland Secondary Schools Girls Premier competition. It was a third straight victory for Westlake whereas it was a first victory of the season for Northcote. There was also a first win for Manurewa High School and a second success for Takapuna Grammar. Zenthia Stowers (U18) and Kodee Williams-Sefo (U17) were named earlier in the week to New Zealand age group teams and both were in good form as Westlake logged a century at St Kentigern College to claim a 100-47 win. Williams-Sefo added 6 steals to 19 poin ..read more

The two unbeaten teams had contrasting wins in Round 3 action in the Auckland Secondary Schools Boy’s Premier competition. Auckland Grammar were comfortable winners against Mt Roskill Grammar while Westlake Boy’s had to scrap all the way to come away with a victory at St Kentigern College. Auckland Grammar flew out to a 29-14 first quarter lead and extended that to 52-26 at the half as they dominated the scoring on their home court against Mt Roskill Grammar before going on to win 91-51. Skipper Ryan Hunt led the way for AGS with 21 points, ably supported by Lawson Pryor, Roman Ma’afu-Moerua ..read more

After two rounds of the Auckland Secondary Schools Girl’s Premier Grade competition only Westlake Girls High, St Kentigern College and Rangitoto College boast 2-0 records and with St Kent’s set to host Westlake next Friday one of the early frontrunners will suffer a loss. Epsom Girls Grammar held a 16-15 early lead before being outscored 27-9 in the second quarter by Takapuna Grammar with Amy McKenzie and Manaia Watson combining for 20 points. Natalja Burton and Bailey Flavell extended the Takapuna advantage in the third prior to Draun Forbes and Olivia Edhouse providing a late scoring flouri ..read more

Auckland Grammar School and Westlake Boys High School are the only two teams to  come through unscathed after two rounds of the highly competitive Auckland Secondary Schools Boy’s Premier Grade competition. The pair are two from two over the opening two weeks with all other teams having lost at least once. Auckland Grammar won an entertaining early season tussle at Rosmini College 96-89. There was little between the teams in the early exchanges – Rosmini ahead 46-45 at half-time. Grammar made their move in the third as they established a double figure lead (67-57) and that was still the ..read more

Newly promoted Manurewa High School and Rangitoto College had mixed fortunes in Round 1 of the 2024 Auckland Secondary Schools Premier Grade competition. Manurewa hosted Mt Albert Grammar School and went down 72-55 to last season’s runners-up who were paced by Sahara Katene’s 22 points. Meiya Lemafa and Peyton Uri leant helping hands with 13 points each. Emily Tanira top scored for Manurewa with 18 points while Taisha Tanira netted a dozen and Beautiful Campbell sunk 11. Rangitoto College, under new coach Brooke Blair, enjoyed a return to the top flight with a resounding 78-36 victory against ..read more

No fewer than four head coaches took charge of their teams for the first time in Friday night’s opening round of the Auckland Secondary Schools Boy’s Premier Basketball competition, and a fifth was pacing the sideline for his first Premier game. Martin Windsor has overseen the Mount Roskill Grammar School Boys programme for the past six years but the visit to Westlake Boys was historic for him, the team and the school with Roskill having last played in Prems back in 1995! However they will have to wait a little longer for their first win in the top grade in almost 30 years after going down 96 ..read more

Numbers plus entertainment suggest retaining Parker Jackson Cartwright is a must for the BNZ Breakers. Renowned basketball scribe Marc Hinton ranks Parker Jackson-Cartwright as the second best import that the Breakers have ever had behind multiple championship winner Cedric Jackson. https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/350198433/parker-jackson-cartwright-goes-so-too-do-nz-breakers-nbl-playoffs It’s hard to pick between the singular Jackson and the hyphenated version as the numbers below tend to show but what is certain is that they are the two best import point guards to play for the Breakers. Ced J ..read more

Will McDowell-White is the 17th Breakers player to play 100 games for the club. He joins an illustrious group: Tom Abercrombie (426 games) Mika Vukona (354) Paul Henare (250) Alex Pledger (238) Corey Webster (236) Dillon Boucher (220) CJ Bruton (179) Finn Delany (181) Kirk Penney (160) Rob Loe (145) Cedric Jackson (130) Aaron Olson (130) Oscar Forman (125) Tim Behrendorff (118) Reuben Te Rangi (103) Shea Ili (100 ..read more

From schoolboy star to star Breaker and Tall Black below is a condensed look at the achievements of one of New Zealand’s finest basketball players. Diving into his formative years it’s easy to forget how much Abercrombie has achieved and how good a junior athlete he was. 7 major Australasian championships, numerous Breakers all-time records, 100+ Tall Blacks appearances including 3 World Cup trips plus many other accolades and records broken in the past 20 years. 2002 (Year 10) Westlake Boys Runners-up at Secondary Schools Nationals. North Harbour Runners-up at U18 Nationals – named to Tourna ..read more