Verdon boys suffer hockey loss

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APPROACHING THE BAR: Southland Boys' High School's Dylan Duncan trying to stop Otago Boys' High School's Tom Rowe, during a match in the senior boys' basketball zone 4 AA tournament at Stadium Southland.

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Hockey
At the Coaches Cup boys tournament in Greymouth, Verdon suffered a 4-1 loss at the hands of Grey High School, while St Peter's beat Kavanagh College 1-nil.

Verdon, which qualified in the top eight of the competition, will now play off today for places from fifth to eighth, while St Peter's will play off for places ninth to 12th.

At the Marie Fry trophy in Nelson, Gore High beat Epsom Girls Grammar 2-nil with goals to Lyndal Blatch and Megan Winsloe.

Gore High will now play Villa Maria at 12pm today for a place from ninth through to 13th.

At the Johnson Cup tournament for boys in Invercargill, James Hargest College and Southland Boys' High School both suffered losses yesterday to miss out on the top four.

Hargest came back from 2-nil down against Shirley Boys but lost 3-2, while Boys' High lost 2-1 to John McGlashan.

Waiuku will now play Nelson College and St Bedes will play Shirley Boys in today's semi-finals. Hargest will play Waikato Boys and try to finish in fifth place.

At the Mary Clinton girls tournament in Timaru, Southland Girls' High School beat St Peter's 2-nil with Annabel Tayles scoring both goals. Girls' High now plays in the semi-finals tomorrow.

Rugby
Gore High School went one better than last year to win the South Island co-ed under-15 rugby tournament in Nelson.

After losing 8-5 to St Andrews in last year's final, Gore High earned some revenge with a 13-nil win over the same team in this year's final to finish the tournament without having had a point scored against it.

Three players were named in the tournament team including Tyler Koning, Morgan Mitchell and Hamish Cook, although Cook will have some painful memories of the final after dislocating his wrist early in the second half.

In the division two section of the co-ed tournament, Central Southland beat James Hargest College 22-5 in the final. Central Southland's Ben Preston was named most valuable player for the tournament.

Southland Boys' High School will look to defend its South Island under-15 title in Dunedin today when it takes on Shirley Boys from 12.15pm.

Boys' High completed its pool play unbeaten yesterday with a 34-3 win over Marlborough Boys' College.

Netball
St Peter's College have made the top four at the South Island secondary school netball tournament in Dunedin.

The Gore-based school is unbeaten going into today's semi-final, after beating Christchurch Girls' 32-27, then beating Craighead 36-33.

The latter match was a nail-biter, with the scores even going into the final quarter, but St Peter's wasn't about to let Craighead keep it out of the top four as it had done for the last couple of years, and pulled through for a win.

St Peter's will play St Kevin's College in their semi-final today.

Last year's South Island and national champion, Verdon College, was ousted from the top four by just one goal.

Verdon cruised to a 41-22 win over Geraldine High School and it's next game — a physical encounter against St Kevin's College — could have gone either way.

A questionable call saw St Kevin's take the honours 27-26 and eliminate Verdon from the top four and from a place in the nationals for the first time in years.

Verdon, which included four players in year 10 or younger, will play off for fifth place today.

RESULTS
A grade: Verdon College 41 Geraldine 22; St Peter's 30 Christchurch Girls 26; Craighead 37 Southland Girls 20; Central Southland 28 Menzies College 17; St Andrews College 24 Taieri College 28; Burnside 36 James Hargest 34; Verdon 26 St Kevins 27; St Peter's 36 Craighead 33; Christchurch Girls 21 Southland Girls 23; Waitaki Girls 34 Central Southland 25; Mt Hutt College 22 Menzies College 19; Waimate 14 Taieri College 36; James Hargest 30 Rangiora 26.

B grade: Dunstan High School 27 Bayfield 30; Ellesmere 25 Wakatipu High School 24; Roncalli 24 Blue Mountain College 21; Gore High 26 Riccarton 18; Mt Aspiring 32 Westland 20; Avonside 35 South Otago High School 26; Hillmorton 33 Roxburgh Area School 16; Greymouth 37 Catlins Area School 17; Fiordland College 32 Cromwell College 28; Dunstan High School 16 Columba College 26; Wakatipu 37 Kaikoura 19; Roncalli 22 Gore High 40; Blue Mountain 25 Riccarton 21; Avonside 28 Mt Aspiring 19; Westland 36 South Otago 28; Roxburgh Area School 12 McKenzie College 24; Catlins 26 Golden Bay 26; Kavanagh 36 Fiordland College 22; Cromwell 26 Kaiapoi 25.

C grade: Tapawera 34 Tuatapere College 14; Queen Charlotte 40 Tokomariro High School 21; Bayfield 28 Aparima College 32; East Otago High School 27 Maniototo Area School 24; Oxford 16 Aparima College 41; Bayfield 27 East Otago 30; Collingwood 17 Maniototo 29; Tuatapere 18 Tokomariro 38.

Basketball
Fiordland College fought out a 70-67 win over Cromwell College yesterday, then lost 44-108 to Mairehau High School at the national boys qualifying tournament in Timaru.

The results mean Fiordland is likely to play off for fifth place today.

Results for the senior boys and girls zone 4 AA basketball tournament in Invercargill were unavailable last night.

Football
The Linwood Cup South Island boys soccer tournament winner will be decided in Invercargill today.

James Hargest is the top placed Southland school, after beating South Otago 2-1, then losing to Rangiora 1-3 yesterday, and will play off for third place.

Wakatipu will play for fifth after it bet Opihi 4-nil then bet Ashburton College 3-1 yesterday.

Verdon lost 1-8 to St Thomas's yesterday before beating St Peter's College 9-nil and will play for ninth place, while St Peter's lost nil-5 to Edgewater and will play for 11th place today.

South Island secondary school girls football satellite tournament results, day 3, Balclutha, quarter-final and semi-final matches: Craighead 1, James Hargest High 2; St Hildas 1, Southland Girls High School 0; Otago Girls High School 4, Papanui 1; St Andrews College 6, Central Southland College 0; Columba College 1, Kaikorai Valley 0; Queens High 5, South Otago High School 4 (on penalties); Taieri College 1, Hornby 0; James Hargest 0, Otago Girls High School 2; St Hiladas 1, St Andrews 0; Craighead 2, Papanui 3; Southland Girls High School 2, Central Southland 3 (on penalties); Columba College 2, Villa Maria College 0; Queens 4, Taieri College 3 (on penalties); South Otago High School 4, Hornby 1.

Golf Gore High School pupil Vaughan McCall hit a 72 yesterday morning, to record the fourth best score of the first round.

Gore High School was in 10th place after the first round, but full results from the second round were not available last night.

Ice hockey
Wakatipu High School blitzed its pool in the South Island ice hockey tournament in Dunedin yesterday.

It eased past Dunedin's John McGlashan College 21-nil then bet Burnside-Shirley 19-1 to cement its place in today's semi-final.

Gore High-St Peter's lost 2-6 to Lincoln High School yesterday morning and were scheduled to play a quarter-final against Christchurch Boys last night.