SPORT REPORT
AUSTRALIAN SCHOOLS CHAMPIONSHIPS - CANBERRA 2014
The Intermediate Girls and Boys Basketball teams represented the school in Canberra from 30 November – 5 December at the Australian Schools Basketball Championships.
The boys team coached by Mr Bridges won each of their five pool games to qualify for the Semi-Final in which they defeated Wedderburn but unfortunately lost in the Grand Final to Berwick Grammar to become Runners Up.
Monday 1 December
McKinnon defeated Braemar College 68-47
McKinnon defeated Weeroona College Bendigo 96-32
Tuesday 2 December
McKinnon defeated UHS Junior 82-37
Wednesday 3 December
McKinnon defeated Denmark HS 54-38
Thursday 4 December
McKinnon defeated Mountain Creek SHS 55-50
Semi Final - McKinnon defeated Wedderburn 73-44
Friday 5 December
Grand Final - lost to Berwick Grammar 59-51
The girls team coached by Miss Schmidt won two of their pool games to qualify for the Semi Final for 5th place in which they defeated Boort and they defeated Wedderburn again 69-39 to finish in 5th place. The girls were only 3 points (lost to Bendigo) from finishing in 2nd place so technically they were the 3rd best team in the competition.
Monday 1 December
McKinnon lost to CGGS 68-24
Tuesday 2 December
McKinnon defeated Wedderburn 50-33
Wednesday 3 December
McKinnon defeated Denmark Senior High School 45-28
McKinnon lost to Bendigo South East Dragons 50-47
Thursday 4 December
Semi Final for 5th place - McKinnon defeated Boort 46-34
Friday 5 December
Playoff for 5th place - McKinnon defeated Wedderburn 69-39
James Bridges
Coach
YEAR 8 BASEBALL TEAM
Since taking out the Southern Metro Finals way back in May, it has been a nervous wait for the Year 8 Baseball team... that is until Thursday 27 November.
Being crowned the Year 7 Baseball State Champions, there was a lot of expectation leading into this season. The team were undefeated leading into Southern Metro Finals and came up against a resolute opponent, coached by none other than our very own Mr McConnon, which they steadily overcame in the 3rd innings. Having a six month wait until State Finals, the kids went into hibernation for the winter.
When they awoke, they had three weeks of training to prepare. When State Finals finally came around last Thursday, McKinnon saw off their first opponent, Wodonga Catholic College 18 runs to 3.
In the second game, McKinnon was down 7 runs to 3 with the last inning looming. In a bizarre twist of fate, the opposition, Camberwell High, changed their pitcher, believing that they had the game done and dusted. McKinnon capitalised on this pitching change and charged ahead, meaning that their opposition's tactic had backfired. McKinnon won 12-7.
The third game went much like the first. McKinnon prevailed over Thornbury, 16 runs to 8. This brought them to the Final!
The final obstacle in the hunt for back to back State Titles was Strathmore Secondary College. The game was a see-sawing affair. McKinnon batted first and were up by 2, then down by 1, up by 3, down by 2 and then up by 1 at the last batting change. They had to defend a 1 run lead. First batter - strikeout. The second batter - advanced to second base. Third batter - strikeout. Strathmore just needed 1 more run to tie it up and we needed 1 out to win. Their batter smashed one into centre field but, McKinnon hurled the ball back into the infield where the pitcher tagged out the runner 2 metres from home plate. McKinnon Win. Everyone goes crazy!
Below are the back to back State Title winning Year 8 Baseball Team:
Cruiz Leech
Ben Krieser
Jarryd Dale
Josh Meyer
Su-Yong Oh
Kevin Lee
Kosei Liu
Jakub Folynowicz
Jesse Scholz
Daron Dembo
Joseph Inglis
Josh Cukierman
Coach
YEAR 7 GIRLS CRICKET
On Monday 1 December and Wednesday 3 December the Year 7 Girls Cricket team competed in two separate State Finals, having won through in both Cricket, from Term 1 and Super 8s in Term 4. The girls progressed through all previous rounds undefeated after comfortably defeating arch rivals Avila College 111 to 80 in the Southern Metro Region Final.
The State Final of the Super 8s was played on the hallowed turf of the MCG. This was a fantastic experience for all of the girls, especially Jessica Ponsford whose great-grandfather has both a statue and grandstand honouring him at the ground.
Unfortunately the girls had to settle with Runners-Up after being defeated in the Final by Clonard College 121 to 90. The leading run scorers for McKinnon in the Final were Lilly Felder and Katrina Gill whilst Paris Hooper-Duffy and Lucy Van Amrooy were the pick of the bowlers.
Congratulations to all of the girls who competed on the two days.
Brendan Hislop
Coach