The Score 160723
The score is where you will find all the big time results from our past and present students not just here at home, but right around the world. We have some amazing performances each and every week. So check out the score.
It’s been another good week for our MSA and College community both current and past. Here are their performances:
Athletics
Celeste Mucci has continued her good form in Europe, this time in Belgium, finishing second in a time of 12.91 only 7 hundredths of a second off her personal best in the 100m hurdles.
Baseball
Congratulations to current year 12 Maribyrnong College student Declan Speirs who has been signed by MLB team the Philadelphia Phillies to played in their affiliated minor league teams.
Badminton
Congratulations to Om Neelam who has won the U15 Australian Badminton Championship over the weekend 2 sets to 1. Not only did Om win the Singles championship, but he also won the Boys doubles and Mixed Doubles as well, making him the overall National champion. Meanwhile Tanvi Mushini is also celebrating after having won the National Women’s U15 Doubles Championship and the U15 Mixed Doubles. 12 year old Smrithi Adepu was runner up in the U15 girls Singles Competition. We also congratulate Ava Wong, Ria Bairy, Tavi Mushini and Om Neelam. All 4 were part of the winning State team at the championships.
Volleyball
Former MSA volleyball athlete Mitch Croft has finished 5th with partner D’Artangnan Potts at the U21 Asian beach volleyball championships in Thailand. The pair made the Quarter Finals but were not able to advance any further. Australia though, did win Gold in both the Men’s and Women’s competition.
AFL
Western Bulldogs v Sydney Swans
Rhylee West had 11 disposals and 5 marks in the Bulldogs 2-point loss to Sydney.
Melbourne v Brisbane
Joel Smith was the sub for Melbourne and had 5 disposals and 2 marks after coming on in the 3rd quarter. Cam Rayner had 9 possessions and 3 tackles for Brisbane in their 1-point loss.
Collingwood v Fremantle
Luke Ryan continued racking up the stats, with 23 disposals, 6 marks and 598 meters gained in the Dockers loss to Collingwood by 46 points.
Gold Coast Suns v St Kilda
Gold Coast captain Touk Miller had another impressive week in his teams 26-point victory over the Saints. Touk had 25 disposals, 8 marks and 5 tackles.
Carlton v Port Adelaide
Blues defender Jordan Boyd had a mixed game in Carlton’s 50-point win over the Power at Marvel Stadium. Boyd had 12 disposals and took 3 marks, but was also sighted by the Match Review officer for a tackle on Power player Darcy Byrne-Jones. Zak Butters had 17 disposals, 5 tackles and kicked a goal for the Power.
Geelong v Essendon
Peter Wright had 7 disposals and kicked a goal for the Bombers in their 77-point loss to the Cats.
Nth Melbourne v Hawthorn
Paul Curtis kicked 2 goals and had 7 possessions in the Kangaroos 48-point loss to Hawthorn at Marvel Stadium.
School Holiday Medals
We have had some great performances over the school holidays at championships around Australia for our current student/athletes. Let’s take a look:
We have had some great performances over the school holidays at championships around Australia for our current student/athletes. Let’s take a look:
Volleyball
The Victorian U19 Boys and Girls teams and the Victorian U23 Girls team all won bronze medals at the Australian Junior Volleyball Championships held at Sydney’s Olympic Park last weekend.
Congratulations to the MSA athletes who played for their state.
U19 Girls: Luella Greer (Captain), Cat Smith
U19 Boys: Morris Armstrong and Callen Fowler
U23 Girls (Former Students): Marija Lukic (Captain) and Isabella Maticevski
Taekwondo
There were 3 major events for our Taekwondo Athletes to compete in during the school holidays and our student/athletes represented MSA to the highest standard, bringing home plenty of medals.
Australian Open
The standout performance was from year 12 student Jamie Cefai in the senior division, winning 3 fights and just losing to the World number 4 in the final. Also a special mention to year 8 student Sara Wong who had her first sparring competition after transitioning from poomsae. A very bright future!
Our medal Winners: Lucas Sabljak – Gold/Junior, Lacie Gleeson – Gold/Cadet, , Leo Hollis – Gold/Junior, Jamie Cefai – Silver/Senior, Mason Harrison – Silver/Junior, Ava Tang – Silver/Junior, Aavik Shrestha – Bronze/Cadet, Sara Wong – Bronze/Cadet, Teddy Kaing – Bronze/Cadet, Beau Brecely – Bronze/Junior.
Presidents Cup
Once again we had some amazing results in this tournament including Xavier Nikolovski who was defeated 2-1 in the Quarter Final by the World Championship Silver Medallist.
Our Medal Winners: Mason Harrison – Gold/Junior, Lacie Gleeson – Gold/Cadet, Leo Hollis – Silver/Junior, Teddy Kaing – Bronze/Cadet, Jobe Stewart – Bronze/Junior, Grace Siwek– Bronze/Junior, Ava Tang – Bronze/Junior.
Also congratulations to Lacie Gleeson, Lucas Lai and Teddy Kaing on their gold medals in the World Championship Selection event. They will now be part of the team that is going to the Cadet World Championships in Bosnia.
AFL
We had Students representing Victoria in the Australian Rules National Championships. Congratulations to the following players:
U16 Vic Metro - Tom McGuane – Vic Metro won the Championships.
U18 Vic Metro – Jordan Croft and Lucca Grego – This competition is still being played.
U18 Girls Vic Metro – Sierra Grieves – This competition is still being played.
Basketball
Congratulations to the following Student/Athletes who competed in the Basketball National Championships in Perth.
U16 Vic Country girls - Lilly Impey – The team finished 6th
U16 Vic Country Boys- Sonny Maxwell – The team finished 5th
Netball
MSA competed in the Victorian Schools Netball Championships at Waverley Netball centre over the holidays.
Senior Girls finished 3rd in their Competition.
Junior Girls finished 2nd in their Competition losing the Final to Rowville Swifts 33-16.
Tennis
Year 11 student Bridget Mihulka travelled to Europe to play in 3 tournaments. While her singles matches didn’t go past the first round in the main draw she did get to a doubles Semi-finals at a tournament in Bruchkoebel, Germany. Bridget’s ITF Junior Singles World Ranking is currently sitting at 421.
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As the Northern summer continues, so do the great performances from our Alumni. Click here to read more
As the Northern summer continues, so do the great performances from our Alumni. Have a look at these great efforts:
Athletics
After nearly 6 weeks off, Celeste Mucci has come back to competition with a strong second placing at an international meet in Montgeron, 14kms outside of Paris. Celeste ran a sub 13 sec time in the 100m Hurdles in what is her first led up race to the World Championships, held in Budapest in mid August.
Badminton
Gronya Summerville made it through to the round of 16 in the Super 500 Canadian Open in the Women’s doubles, and the round of 32 in the mixed doubles.
Meanwhile current year 10 MSA student Shrey Dhand has finished off an amazing U19 Australian National Championships with a Silver in the Boys Doubles, Bronze in the Men’s Singles and Bronze in the Team Event.
Basketball
Johnny Furphy and Sa Pilami were a part of the NBA Global Academy tournament in Atlanta, Georgia They played for the Basketball Australia Centre of Excellence team which went onto win the whole event.
AFL
Western Bulldogs v Collingwood
Rhylee West had 16 disposals, 4 tackles and 3 goal assists in the Bulldogs 12 loss to the Premiership favourites Collingwood at Marvel Stadium.
Brisbane v West Coast
Cam Rayner had 21 disposals, 6 Marks and kicked a goal in the Lions demolition of the West Coast Eagles by 81 points.
St Kilda v Melbourne
Joel Smith was subbed on late in the Demons 21point victory against the Saints.
Port Adelaide v Suns
Three MSA Alumni figured prominently in the game, including Suns Captain Touk Miller, who has made a welcomed return to football collecting 20 possessions, 1 goal and 7 marks in his sides 33 point loss to the Power. Meanwhile teammate Rory Atkins had 26 touches, 8 marks and gained 762m for the Suns.
For the Power, Zak Butters had 22 touches, 4 tackles and 5 clearances in another solid performance.
Geelong v Nth Melbourne
Paul Curtis had 10 possessions and 6 tackles in Norths 62 point loss to the Cats.
Essendon v Adelaide
Peter Wright kicked 3 goals 3 behinds and took 8 marks in the Bombers 18 point victory over the Crows
Fremantle v Carlton
Jordan Boyd had 10 disposals for the Blues, meanwhile Luke Ryan had 35 disposals, 10 marks and gained 880m for the Dockers in their 47 point loss to the Blues.