Boys on track for semis spot - July 2015
ON THE RISE: The WHS 1st XI Boys' Hockey team is heading for the division one secondary school semifinal. The team is (back,left) Sam Pilet, Ben Luff-Scott, Ben Pilet, Joseph Redpath, Tom Adkins, Jack Pilet, Reuben Gedye, Bryn Lewis Jones; (front,left) Ronan Spence, Jimi Blinkhorne, Jordan Cohen, Ethan Cohen, Ryan Gray, Lochlan James, Travis Bayler.
The Wanganui High School 1st XI hockey boys are competing well in the 1st Division Secondary School Competition in Palmerston North on Thursdays.
They travel each week to Palmerston North and, with two weeks until semi-finals, are equal first with Waiopehu College.
They played Freyberg last week and won 9-0. The boys are on track to secure a place in the semifinals on August 13.
They are also working towards winter tournament week in Hamilton at the end of August. Last year they were fifth and this year they are aiming for a top two finish and to be promoted to the top grade of the competition for next year.
Only three of the players are Year 13 students, who will finish school at the end of this year, so the team has plenty of depth and has also got young up-and-coming Year 8 and Year 9 players, who take part in senior training sessions to develop for the coming season and beyond.
(College Sport page, Sport Whanganui)
IN CONTROL: WHS senior A1 goal shoot Sammy Murphy uses her height in the circle against NPGHS, while team mate and goal attack Renee Butler awaits any rebounds.
Wanganui High School hosted New Plymouth Girls' High School last week in the annual inter-school fixture.
Teams that played included senior and junior A1 and A2 netball, badminton, senior and junior A1 basketball, hockey 2nd XI and football 1st XI.
All games were great spectacles with Wanganui High School winning the senior A1 netball 37-30 and junior A1 netball 29-24. The WHS senior A2 netball team had a close finish going down to NPGHS 22-21.
On the basketball court, the WHS Senior A1 girls only lost 66-61 against NPGHS, who are No 1 in NZ. Other results for the day were: WHS junior A1 basketball lost 74-17, WHS junior A2 netball lost 46-4, badminton lost 8-0, football 1st XI lost 10-0 and hockey 2nd XI lost 4-0.
A big thanks has gone out to all the staff, students, coaches and managers.
(College Sport page, Sport Whanganui)