Sport
Marist Netball – Bendigo Carnival Wrap-Up
Our Marist Netball Team has returned from a great campaign at the 2026 Marist Netball Carnival in Bendigo, finishing 7th in the Championship Division after a week of determination, growth, and exceptional teamwork.
Day 1 – Undefeated in Pool Play
The team made a strong start to the carnival, finishing Day 1 undefeated and securing Seed 2 heading into the Championship Division.
Day 1 Results:
- Defeated OLSH 26–3
- Defeated Trinity Beenleigh 22–8
- Defeated St John’s Woodlawn 15–13
- Defeated Marist Regional College (Burnie) 22–11
Defeated Assumption 16–8
The girls represented the College with pride and continued to improve with every game throughout the day. A special congratulations goes to Mia Ballinger, named Player of the Day, who led the team beautifully both on and off the court as one of our captains.
Day 2 – Championship Division
Day 2 brought a significant step up in competition as the team faced the top sides in the tournament. While the results didn’t go our way, the girls showed tremendous resilience, composure, and teamwork against very strong opposition.
Highlights included a remarkable comeback from five goals down to draw with Marist Bendigo, as well as a narrow two-goal loss to local rivals Marist-Sion.
Day 2 Results
- Lost to Trinity Lismore 14-19
- Lost to Sacred Heart Adelaide 21-12
- Lost to St John's Woodlawn 18-14
- Draw against Marist Bendigo 18-18
- Lost to Lavalla 26-13
Lost to Marist-Sion 23-21
Congratulations to Mahli Stothers, who was named CCS Player of the Day for her outstanding leadership and performance across the court.
Final Day
The team finished the carnival strongly, placing 7th in the Championship Division after a determined final day of play.
The girls won three of their final four matches, including impressive wins over Assumption and St John’s Woodlawn, and pushed eventual grand finalists Cardijn College to a tight 17–14 finish.
Final Results:
- Defeated Assumption 21–13
- Lost to Cardijn College 17–14
- Defeated Assumption 21–13 (Finals 8 v 9)
Defeated St John’s Woodlawn 17–14 (Finals 7 v 8)
The team improved immensely across the tournament and proudly farewelled our eight Year 12 students with a fantastic final showing.
Awards & Recognition
A huge congratulations to:
- Mahli Stothers, selected in the All Australian Marist 10 Team, a well-deserved recognition of her exceptional talent and impact on the court. Mahli has been a standout contributor to CCS Netball and will be greatly missed next year.
- Natalie Begovic, recipient of the Champagnat Award for the team. Natalie embodied the true Marist spirit throughout the carnival, consistently encouraging her teammates and demonstrating outstanding positivity and sportsmanship both on and off the court.
A big thank you to Coach Kirralee Carstairs, Assistant Coach Jo Gieschen and Team Manager Chloe Felsbourg for their coaching and assistance with the team over the week.
We are incredibly proud of the way the team represented the College throughout the carnival. Their growth, determination, and unity reflect the very best of Marist Netball.
SSV Cross Country
CCS has 27 students who have qualified for the SSV Gippsland Finals to be held at Drouin this week, following some excellent results at the recent Wellington Division Finals. Conducted at the DWWWW Football ground in Alberton West, a significant number of students registered top ten finishes in their respective age category. Some of the more outstanding results included:
- Oliver Sullivan and Sam Crouch – 1st and 2nd in the 16 Years Boys event
- Jack Alcock & Josh Morton – 1st and 3rd in the 14 Years Boys event
- Grace Griebenow – 2nd in the 16 Years Girls event
- Susie Coleman, Grace Rowell and Stef Worcester – 2nd, 3rd and 4th in the 17-20 Years Girls event
SSV Soccer – Inter & Senior Teams
The College is incredibly proud of all students who represented CCS at the recent SSV Senior and Intermediate Soccer competition in Traralgon. The College entered a Senior Boys, Senior Girls and Intermediate (Year 9/10) Boys team. What stood out most was their outstanding spirit, behaviour, unity, and pride. From the bus ride to the final whistle, students showed maturity, respect, and strong teamwork, consistently supporting and encouraging one another.
Our Senior Boys competed with great determination in all matches, while the Senior Girls made the most of their opportunity, displaying resilience and team spirit.
The Year 9/10 Boys team were exceptional, demonstrating discipline, organisation, and sportsmanship. They achieved impressive results, with several strong wins throughout the day leading to a total of 19 goals scored, narrowly missing first place by goal difference against an impressive Lavalla team. Despite this, every student represented the school with pride, dignity, and commitment, and they should be congratulated for their efforts and behaviour throughout the day.
A big thank you to Mr Freeman, Mr Bain and Ms McNaughton for their coaching of these teams.
SSV AFL – Two CCS teams off to State Quarter Finals
The College wishes to congratulate its Senior Girls (Year 11/12) and Intermediate Boys (Year 9/10) Football teams on progressing through to the SSV State Quarter Finals, following a series of impressive games at the recent SSV Gippsland competition. Hosted at our own College Ovals on May 21 and May 28, both teams went undefeated across their respective days.
Our Senior Girls had wins against Bass Coast Wonthaggi, Nagle College Bairnsdale and Drouin Secondary College. Despite having a few key players out, our team was able to match it with the best from around Gippsland through their determination and discipline.
Best players were Taylah Mizzi, Lucy Hannah, Nat Begovic, Issie Goldsmith, Charlotte Dillow, Charlotte Sage and Shylah Coleman.
Our Intermediate Boys put in an outstanding team performance with many selfless acts, particularly across our backline. All playing important minutes in our wins against Wonthaggi, Bairnsdale and Warragul.
Best players for the day were: Hunter Wynd, Jett McDonald, Max Cox, Lewis Phillips, Nat Brady, Oli Sullivan, Ace Burgiel and Cooper Hole.
We wish these two teams all the best of luck on August 12th (Senior Girls) and August 13th (Inter Boys), when they take on the best from around Victoria at Elgar Park in Box Hill.
Year 8 Boys, Junior Girls and Senior Boys Football
Wednesday 20 May saw the Year 8 Catholic College Sale Football team compete in the SSV Gippsland Regional football finals at Yinnar. Up against Bass Coast first up, and both teams played a very skillful brand of football in cold and slippery conditions. Unfortunately, CCS went down by four points losing 2.4.16 to 3.2.20. In Game 2, CCS played against a very strong and well-drilled team in Lowanna. CCS was challenged throughout the game, but we never stopped trying, eventually losing the game to Lowanna by 22 points. In the final game CCS played Nagle College Bairnsdale. We played a skillful and fast brand of football with Hudson Cromb combing with Bentley Johnston and Rob Sullivan to set up many scoring opportunities for Cooper Marsden and Brax Wilson. The team would eventually win the last game by 42 points in a great team performance.
Across the day, CCS best players were; Hudson Cromb, Cooper Marsden, Brax Wilson, Bentley Johnston, Sam Gately, Rob Sullivan, Jack Alcock, Jude Dyer and Jensen Vera. We sincerely thank Mr Hogan for his coaching and wonderful mentoring of this team.
Our Year 7/8 Girls and Year 11/12 Boys also made it as far as the Gippsland Region Finals. Our Senior Boys fell just short against an athletics and well-drilled Lowanna College side, while Our Junior Girls managed a win against Nagle College Bairnsdale across their three games.
We thank Mr Butcher, and Mr Hogan for their coaching of these two teams.
SSV Cross Country
The College had some terrific results at the SSV Gippsland Cross Country Finals in Drouin on Thursday 4 June.
We wish to highlight the following students on their amazing results, achieved in less-than-ideal weather & track conditions at Drouin Golf Course:
Jack Alcock – 1st in the 14 Years Boys event in a time of 10:26.83 (3kms)
Susie Coleman – 3rd in the 17-20 Years Girls event in a time of 12:58.77 (3kms)
Oli Sullivan and Sam Crouch – 1st and 2nd in the 16 Years Boys event (5kms) in times of 16:49.54 and 17:30.10, respectively.
Other CCS top ten finishers, who have qualified for SSV State Finals:
- Evie Jones – 9th in the 15 Years Girls event
- Grace Rowell – 8th in the 17-20 Years Girls event
- Sam Lummins – 7th in the 16 Years Boys event. Sam and Noah Broughton will make up the other members of the 16 Year Boys team who placed first (with Oli and Sam) and will progress to State Finals as the first placed team at the Region round.
We congratulate all these students and wish them the very best at the next stage – State Finals on Thursday 16 July at Yarra Glen.
Big thanks to Lachie Jones for braving the conditions to support the team with me yesterday.
