Year 8s remain undefeated at Sandhurst Basketball

School Sports Victoria – Sandhurst Division

Year 8 Basketball

On Monday 28 August, the Year 8 Basketball teams played in the Sandhurst Division competition at Red Energy Arena in Bendigo. Teams were divided into two pools for the day and the top team from each pool played off in the Grand Final.

Year 8 Girls

All girls demonstrated excellent teamwork and hunger for the ball throughout the matches. Lots of sound skills were on display and encouragement for each other was high. CMC remained undefeated throughout the pool games and won the Grand Final against Marist College Bendigo.

Mia Harvey was a fantastic assistant coach who helped take the girls through their warmups and set plays.

Results:
Game 1 – CMC 33 def Bendigo South East College 2
Game 2 – CMC 15 def 15 Girton Grammar School 5
Game 3 – CMC 46 def East Loddon P-12 College 2
Game 4 vs Victory – CMC 30 def Victoria Christian College 5
Grand Final – CMC 21 def Marist College Bendigo 12.

TEAM: Mia Harvey, Lexie Fennell, Chella Fitzgerald, Rhylie Jones, Alannah Prowse, Rachel Winfield (Coach), Rania Jackson-Leahy, Tully Place, Jordan O’Bree, Lannah Mayman, Seonah McGregor

Year 8 Boys

The boys played against Weeroona College, Marist College Bendigo, Castlemaine Secondary College and Eaglehawk Secondary College in their initial Pool A and performed very well, winning all matches.

In the first game, the boys took on Weeroona College, all members of the team came bursting out of the gates and dominated the competition, CMC defeated Weeroona 61-8.

The rest of the matches continued in a similar fashion, with victories over Marist, Castlemaine and Eaglehawk, scoring 38-10, 39-6 and 30-9 respectively. Unfortunately, during the match against Marist, Jett Bissett injured his ankle and was out for the rest of the day. Nick Harvey did a great job leading by example and getting the team through their games without too much hassle. Throughout the day we had Brooklyn Smith, Andrei Bertulfo and Charlie Harrop sub in for the starters for much-needed breaks and showed great defence and offence that re-invigorated the team.

Winning this pool put the boys into the Grand Final to play against the winner of Pool B, Bendigo South East College. This was the boys’ toughest competition of the day, with some solid defence from the opposition making it hard to score. There were some very robust performances from Will Petersen, Nick Harvey, Jett Craig, Max Connick and Mykhail Geary.  The final score of 22-12 was an amazing result for the team, culminating in the boys remaining undefeated and now advancing to the next round of competition.

An amazing effort from all the boys who represented CMC with great sportsmanship, competitiveness, and respect for the other teams. A special mention to Jake Gribble, Blaine Schelfhout, Zain Al-Rawi for a great job umpiring matches throughout the day, including the finals.

TEAM: Shannan Merrett, Charlie Harrop, Jett Craig, Mykhail Geary, Max Connick, William Petersen, Jett Bisset, Brooklyn Smith, Nicholas Harvey, Andrei Bertulfo, Izaiah O’Meara