Welcome to the Ballarat High School Sports Corner where all the results for school events, School Sport Victoria (SSV) events, BAS After School events and highlighting significant external sporting achievements from present and past students.

SSV Eureka Year 8 Futsal

On Tuesday 19th November BHS also took two teams (Year 8 Boys & Year 8 Girls) to the SSV Eureka Year 8 Futsal competition at Woodsman Hill Secondary. Not an official SSV sport the SSV Eureka Division adds several futsal events on at the end of the year. The winners of the event would be declared the SSV Eureka Champions!

The Year 8 Boys competition had 6 teams in a round robin + a finals series. They played matches against Woodmans Hill Secondary College (2 goals to 0 goals), Mount Clear College (2 goals to 0 goals), Daylesford College (4 goals to 1 goal), Mount Rowan Secondary College (3 goals to 1 goal) and Phoenix Community College (2 goals to 0 goals). The team secured enough wins to lock in the #1 seed going into the Semi Finals where they played Phoenix College. The team held their nerve with a fast-finishing Phoenix College winning the match 2 goals to 1 goal, they now qualified for the Grand Final against Mount Rowan Secondary College.

In the Grand Final the team got off to a quick 2 goal lead and added a late 3rd goal to go on and win the match 3 goals to 0 goals. The Year 8 Boys team was declared the SSV Eureka Champions for 2024

The Year 8 Girls competition had 4 teams in a round robin + a finals series. They played matches against Mount Clear College (0 goals to 0 goals), Beaufort Secondary College (0 goals to 0 goals), Phoenix Community College (0 goals to 1 goal). The team secured the #3 seed going into the Semi Finals where they played Mount Clear College. Two handball penalties gifted Mount Clear College a couple of goals that the team couldn’t convert on the other end, the team went down 0 goals to 2 goals and failed to qualify for the Grand Final. The team had finished in 4th place.

Coach Katie McAloon indicated that it was a disappointing result as the BHS team had most of the attacking possession for all the matches they played but just couldn’t get one past the keeper.

Students involved:

Year 8 Boys: Xavier Andanar, Hugh Compton, Xavier Dawson, Harrison Drain, Kevin Gleeson, Oscar Marcollo

Year 8 Girls: Gabriella Cabral-Williams, Oliviah Cooper, Isabella Danziger, Eloise Hansen, Bridie Kells

Coaches: Katie McAloon, Nelsan Salvatore

School Sport Victoria (SSV) Events

SSV Intermediate Boys State Basketball Championships

On Monday 18th November BHS took our Intermediate Boys Basketball team to the SSV Intermediate Boys Basketball Championships at the State Basketball Centre in Wantirna South. The Intermediate Boys are one of three teams to qualify for the SSV Basketball State Finals this year!

This championship brings together the 8 best SSV teams to decide the SSV State Champion.

BHS were drawn into Pool A alongside Berwick Secondary College, Catherine McAuley College and Greensborough High School. Notre Dame College, Templestowe College, Lavalla Catholic College and Maribyrnong College made up Pool B.

The team got off to a fantastic start when they clutched up against Greensborough College winning the match 44pts to 40pts. The next match was a return to reality when they played Berwick Secondary College going down 25pts to 45pts, Berwick ended up qualifying for the Grand Final. In the final game against Catherine McAuley College the team had a close half time deficit but let the lead blow out further to finish the match 14pts behind 41pts to 56pts.

The team finished with a record of 1-2 which wasn’t enough to qualify for the Grand Final and had finished in 6th place for the competition.

All the boys really enjoyed the challenge that the SSV State Championships provided and are looking to make a run back to the State Championships next year in the Senior Boys Division.

Students involved:

Students: Sean Barclay, Floyd Brooks, Hudson Cunningham, Fletcher Farnsworth, Thomas Nynininpiy, Jackson Obrien, Max Thomson, Zakai Van Elsen, Aiden Wiltsher

Coaches: Courtney McLean, Jacob Borner

SSV Year 8 Girls State Basketball Championships

On Tuesday 19th November BHS took our Year 8 Girls Basketball team to the SSV Year 8 Girls Basketball Championships at the State Basketball Centre in Wantirna South. This team will be the final BHS team competing at an SSV State Final this year.

This championship brings together the 8 best SSV teams to decide the SSV State Champion.

BHS were drawn into Pool A alongside Berwick Secondary College, Catherine McAuley College and Mount Ridley College. Catholic College Wodonga, Rowville Secondary College, Lowanna College and Maribyrnong College made up Pool B.

The matches started with Mount Ridley College where the students got a decent reality check of the opposition school depth where they went down 36pts to 51pts. The tough matches didn’t stop there when the team played the strong Berwick Secondary College to be defeated 13pts to 41pts. In the final game against Catherine McAuley College the team showed their true capabilities only going down by 11pts (30pts to 41pts) to the overall state champions.

The team finished with a record of 0-3 which wasn’t enough to qualify for the Grand Final and had finished in 7th place for the competition.

Coach Kristy Trahair-Merrett indicated that the team was significantly outsized and that regardless of the match results their was certainly great signs for the future of the these girls with BHS basketball.

Students involved:

Matilda Benn, Hannah Branson, Alana Burns, Casey Butterworth, Mia Hayne, Myah Johnston, Dakodah Pearce, Eve Simpson, Kate Thomson, Lena Wiltsher

Coach: Kirsty Trahair-Merrett, Jane Douglass

AFL Victoria AFL 9’s Competition

On Wednesday 20th November BHS took 2 teams (Year 8 Boys, Year 7/8 Boys) to Vic Park for and AFL Victoria hosted Goldfields AFL 9’s competition against other local secondary schools in the Ballarat area. The competition consisted of a Year 8 & Year 7 Boys competition which include St Patrick College and Mount Clear College teams.

The Year 8 competition had 6 teams in a Round Robin + Grand Final. They played matches against St Patricks College Team 4 (45pts to 39pts), St Patricks College Team 2 (78pts to 37pts), St Patricks College Team 1 (31pts to 62pts), St Patricks College Team 3 (51pts to 34pts) & Mount Clear College (47pts to 47pts). The team finished with a 3-1-1 record and finished in second place behind St Patricks College Team 4, both qualified for the Grand Final. In the Grand Final it was a hot start for the BHS team going into the half time with a 4 goal lead. St Patricks College rallied back in the second half slotting 6 goals to BHS’s 1, going on to win the match by 10pts. The final score was 43pts to 53pts.

Coach Ash Baker was disappointed with the final result after surrendering the half time lead and losing focus towards the end of the match, on the plus side Ash was excited at some of the prospective students who will be playing Intermediate Boys football next year.

Jacko Moneghetti, Jake O’Rourke & Raiyan Bin Abdullah were amongst the best for the competition.

The Year 7 competition had 6 teams in a Round Robin + Grand Final. They played matches against St Patricks College Team 3 (43pts to 14pts), St Patricks College Team 1 (32pts to 30pts), Mount Clear College Team 2 (52pts to 26pts), St Patricks College Team 2 (74pts to 25pts) & Mount Clear College Team 1 (70pts to 25pts). The team finished with a 4-0-0 record and finished in first place and qualify for the Grand Final against St Patricks College Team 1. In the Grand Final the Year 7 team had the game on their terms throughout the duration of the match, a late surge by St Patricks College wasn’t enough as the BHS side ran away with a 21pt lead to win the match 65pts to 44pts

Denham McMahon, Cooper Johnston & Hunter Leedham were amongst the best for the competition.

Students involved:

Year 8 Boys: Raiyan Bin Abdullah, Alby Davies, Jack Knight, Archer Mason, Mitchell McArthur, Jacko Moneghetti, Jake O’Rouke, Rock Roberts, Cooper Robertson, Bourne Sri Dargon

Year 7/8 Boys: Louis Clark, Rhys Cox, Kane Harwood, Cooper Johnston, Hunter Leedham, Denham McMahon, Klay Roberts, Brock Waters, Harry Harrison

Coaches: Ashley Baker, Katie McAloon

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