Heat is on in schools finals

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TOUGH DEFENCE: James Hargest College's Jason Cocker (centre) trying to get through the tough defence of Mountainview's Ryan Hutton (left) and Ben Pimm during the playoff for third in the South Island boys Linwood Cup tournament at O'Rorke Park, near Invercargill.

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Tournament week continued for many southern schools yesterday and many sports wrapped up their week with finals. Southland schools were in action and several are coming home with wins.

Rugby
Southland Boys' High School won the South Island under 15 tournament in Dunedin, beating Shirley Boys' in the final 13-nil.

Southland Boys' was up 6-nil at halftime, courtesy of two penalties from Jackson Wallace and its defence was outstanding against the strength of some big Shirley Boys' players.

A second-half try to Billy Soper was converted by Wallace and the game was sealed, giving Southland Boys' their second consecutive tournament title.

Golf
Gore High School's Vaughan McCall finished the Youthtown New Zealand secondary schools golf tournament tied as the leading individual after shooting a six-over 146. McCall shot 72 in his first round to be in fourth place going into the second round and shot 74 in the afternoon to share the honours with Ashburton College's Mark O'Malley.

New Plymouth Boys' High School won the Wellington-hosted tournament, and Gore High finished eighth out of 14 teams.

Netball
St Peter's College missed a place in the final of the South Island secondary schools tournament in Dunedin by two goals, losing to St Kevin's 34-36 and placed fourth overall after losing 32-34 to Motueka yesterday afternoon.

Both games were tough, rugged contests and in the semi-final against St Kevin's, St Peter's was narrowly up going into the final quarter. However, it just couldn't hold the lead and a vital call went against it, opening the door to the final for St Kevin's.

Two St Peter's players were named in the talented players squad — Ashleigh Smith and Bridget Chamberlain.

Verdon finished sixth, after beating Craighead Diocesan 34-32, then losing 19-39 to Rangi Ruru.

Villa Maria College won the final, beating St Kevin's 39-28. Gore High was second in the B grade.

Final placings — A grade: Villa Maria College 1, St Kevin's College 2, Motueka High School 3, St Peter's College 4, Rangi Ruru Girls' 5, Verdon College 6, Craighead Diocesan 7, Marian College 8, Southland Girls High 9, Nayland College 10, Geraldine High School 11, Nelson Girls' 12, St Margaret's College 13, St Hilda's Collegiate 14, Christchurch Girls' 15, Waimea College 16, Otago Girls' High 17, Lincoln High School 18, James Hargest College 19, Waitaki Girls' 20, Ashburton College 21, Taieri College 22, Marlborough Girls 23, Central Southland 24, St Andrew's College 25, Burnside High 26, Mount Hutt College 27, Queens' High 28, Rangiora High 29, Menzies College 30, Waimate High School 31, Timaru Girls' High 32.

B grade: Columba College 1, Gore High 2, Cashmere High 3, Avonside Girls' 4, Mt Aspiring College 5, Bayfield High 6, Ellesmere 7, Roncalli College 8, Blue Mountain College 9, Dunstan High 10, Wakatipu High 11, Westland High 12, Middleton Grange 13, South Otago High 14, Riccarton High 15, Kaikoura High 16, Greymouth High 17, John Paul II High 18, Hillmorton High 19, Kavanagh College 20, Papanui High, 21 Golden Bay High 22, Fiordland College 23, Darfield High 24, Opihi College 25, MacKenzie College 26, Garin College 27, Cromwell College 28, Catlins Area 29, Mountainview High 30, Kaiapoi High 31, Roxburgh Area 32.

C grade: Kaikorai Valley 1, Tapawera Area 2, Queen Charlotte 3, Tokomairiro High 4, Linwood High 5, Tuatapere College 6, East Otago High 7, Aparima College 8, Maniototo Area 9, Collingwood Area 10, Oxford Area 11, Bayfield High 12.

Ice hockey
Wakatipu High School won the South Island ice hockey tournament in Dunedin, beating St Andrew's in the final 2-nil.

Wakatipu cruised into yesterday's semi-finals, then beat Christchurch Boys' 7-3 to gain a place in the final. Up by one goal until the final moments in what was a tense game against St Andrew's, Wakatipu scored to seal the deal and take home the overall trophy.

Gore High School lost its quarter-final against Christchurch Boys' 2-7, but won its playoff for fifth place against Kings High School 4-1.

Football
James Hargest College finished fourth in the Linwood Cup boys football tournament at O'Rorke Park, near Invercargill.

The Invercargill school lost 4-1 in the playoff for third against Mountainview.

Wakatipu High School finished sixth after losing 4-3 on penalties to Waitaki, Verdon College finished ninth, beating Opihi 3-1, and St Peter's College finished 12th losing 4-3 on penalties to South Otago.

Final placings: Rangiora 1, St Thomas 2, Mountainview 3, James Hargest 4, Waitaki Boys' 5, Wakatipu 6, Edgewater 7, Ashburton 8, Verdon 9, Opihi 10, South Otago High 11, St Peter's 12.

James Hargest also finished top of the Southland schools at the South Island schoolgirls satellite tournament in Balclutha yesterday, finishing fourth overall after losing to 1-2 to St Andrews.

Central Southland College finished sixth after losing 1-5 to Papanui and Southland Girls' High School finished eighth, losing to Craighead nil-1.

Final qualifying matches: Columba College 0, Queens High 1; Villa Maria 1, Taieri College 0; Kaikorai Valley 0, South Otago High School 1; James Hargest 1, St Andrews 2; Papanui 5, Central Southland 1; Craighead 1, Southland Girls' High School 0.

Final placings: Otago Girls' High 1, St Hilda's 2, St Andrews 3, James Hargest 4, Papanui 5, Central Southland 6, Craighead 7, Southland Girls' 8, Queens 9, Columba 10, Villa Maria 11, Tairei 12, South Otago High 13, Kaikorai 14, Hornby 15.

Hockey
Verdon College will play for fifth place today In the Coaches Cup boys tournament in Greymouth after beating St Kevin's College 4-1.

St Peter's College will play for ninth place, after beating Darfield High 4-2 yesterday.

In the Marie Fry girls tournament, Gore High lost 2-3 to Villa Maria College and will play for 11th place today, while Southland Girls' High School is into the finals of its tournament after beating the Gore High second 11 2-nil. Annabel Tayles and Stephanie Roughan scored in the second half. The final is to be played in Feilding today.

In the Johnson Cup boys hockey competition in Invercargill, James Hargest College beat Waitaki Boys 3-1 and it will play off for fifth place today. Southland Boys' High School beat Timaru Boys' 3-nil, and was to face Gore High last night to determine who would play for ninth place.

Results: Southland Boys' High 3 Timaru Boys' 0; Otamatea College 5 John McGlashan 1; Scotts College 1 Bayfield High 0; James Hargest 3, Waitaki Boys 1. Semi-finals: Nelson College 2, Waiuku College 1; Shirley Boys' 1, St Bedes 0.

Basketball
Fiordland College finished sixth in the New Zealand boys basketball qualifying tournament in Timaru.

Fiordland lost 47-84 to Cromwell yesterday, which put Cromwell in fifth place.

Senior schools AA zone 4 results: Kavanagh College 102, Wakatipu High School 28; Marlborough College 56, Southland Girls' High School 36; Marlborough Boys' High School 73, Wakatipu High School 46; Christ's College 73, James Hargest College 52; St Bede's 65, Cashmere 57; Aranui 69, Waitaki 60; Waimea 62, Marian 57; Rangi Ruru Girls' 46, St Margaret's 28; Cashmere Girls 79, James Hargest 52; St Andrew's 81, Nelson 63; Waimea 86, Southland Boys' High 57.