The Score 200324
It was another big week in sport for our MSA Alumni. Here is how they went.
AFL
Carlton beat Richmond by 5 points. Jordan Boyd for the Blues had 13 Disposals, 4 marks and 3 tackles.
Essendon defeated Hawthorn by 24 points. Masimo D’Ambrosio played his first game for Hawthorn after being traded by the Bombers last year. Masimo had 29 disposals, 4 marks and 2 tackles. Peter Wright kicked 2 goals and had 8 disposals for the Bombers also.
The GWS Giants defeated North Melbourne by 39 points. Paul Curtis for the Kangaroos had 9 disposals and 3 marks kicking 2 goals 1.
Melbourne defeated the Western Bulldogs by 49 points at the MCG. Buku Khamis had 8 disposals, 2 marks and a tackle, meanwhile Rhylee West had 12 disposals, 6 marks and 3 tackles also for the Bulldogs.
The Gold Coast Suns defeated Adelaide by 6 points. Touk Miller leading the way with 29 disposals, 2 marks and 9 tackles.
Port Adelaide defeated the West Coast Eagles by 50 points. Zak Butters had a strong start to the for the Power with 27 disposals, 8 marks, 2 tackles and a goal while also posting 327 metres gained.
Fremantle defeated Brisbane by 23 points, Cam Rayner had 14 disposals, 3 marks and 5 tackles for Brisbane while Luke Ryan had 33 disposals, 10 marks and 1 tackle for the Dockers.
Congratulations to former students Dylan Landt and Jake Toa who played for the St Mary’s football team in Darwin on the weekend. St Mary’s won the NTFL Grand Final against Southern Districts by 29 points winning their 33rd NTFL premiership.
Football
Connor Metcalfe played for FC St Pauli in their win over Numberg 2-0. FC St Pauli remain on top of the Bundesliga 2 table by 5 points as they continue to look to be a promoted of the topflight Bundesliga competition next season.
MelindaJ Barbieri started for Newcastle in the A-league Women’s competition against Western United. Newcastle winning the game 3-1 with MelindaJ playing a strong role in defence.
Annabel Martin started for the Central Coast Mariners in their 4-1 victory over Canberra
Seb Pasquali and Matt Grimaldi played for Western United in their 2 all draw against Melbourne Victory
Cycling
Lucas Plapp finished 6th overall in the Paris to Nice race 2 weeks ago. Luke help the yellow jersey for a period of time during the race as the overall leader but fished the final stage 10th and a total of 3 minutes and 8 seconds off the winner Matteo Jorgenson.
Cricket
Kieran Elliott made 2 and 12 with the bat while taking 1/65 and 2/14 with the ball in Tasmania’s loss to South Australia. Tasmania now play Western Australia in the Shield Final at the WACA.
NBL
Melbourne United defeated the Tasmanian Jack jumpers 104-81 in the first game of their best of 5 Championship series matches. Zac Tripplet had minimal court time.
The Score 200224
Our Alumni and current Student Athletes have had an amazing week claiming medals and putting in high level performances. Here is how they went.
Our Alumni and current Student Athletes have had an amazing week claiming medals and putting in high level performances. Here is how they went.
Cricket
What an amazing week for MSA Alumni Kieran Elliott who played his first Sheffield Shield match with the Tasmanian Tigers against West Australia. Kieran claimed the wickets of Test player Cameron Green and Josh Phillippe. Kieran took 2 for 58 in the first innings then he took 0/41 in the second. He scored 21 and 2 with the bat. The match ended in a draw.
Badminton
Year 11 MSA student-athlete Shrey Dhand, at just 16 years old, finished runner up in the men's singles to the number 1 ranked New Zealander, going down in straight sets 21-16, 21-16. MSA Alumnus Jacob Schueler taking home the bronze.
Meanwhile Gronya Somerville won the gold medal in the mixed doubles with her badminton partner Kenneth Choo.
Athletics
Bianca Puglisi, in her first representative race for Australia, ran at the World University Cross Country Games in Oman, was the highest finishing Australian in 21st position. Bianca’s time of 36.26 for the 10,000m race was just over two mins slower than the South African lady who won the event.
Our Simplot Games team had a fantastic 3 days of competition and will bring home 2 medals. Year 11 student Thushana Deenathayalan finished 2nd in the girls triple jump with a best jump of around 11.5 meters. Her jump in the final was longer than her qualifying jump.
Year 12 student athlete Raveen Alwis finished 2nd overall in the Men’s Long Jump with a jump of nearly 7 meters in the final. Raveen’s jump in the final was a foot longer than his qualifying measure.
Also, congratulations to Lara Sacaner, Sebastian Weickhardt, Ella Leith and our girls 4 x 200m relay team who all finished in the top 7 of their respective competitions.
Football
Connor Metcalfe come into the game between FC St Pauli and Eintracht Braunschweig in the 65th minute. FC St Pauli won the game 1-0 and remain on top of the Bundesliga table.
Taekwondo
MSA Alumni Reba Stewart has won a bronze medal in the U.S. Open. While Leon Sejranovic Lucas Sabljak have both won a bronze medal at the Canadian Open.
Baseball
Congratulations to Roman Coote and Robinson Smith for making the Australian squad that will travel to the USA for a series of games in September and October. Roman has been selected in the U16 team while Robinson will play in the U18 team.
Simplot Games 2024
Maribyrnong College has now competed in 8 Simplot Games and our athletes continue to represent our school and our country with great distinction. Here is how they went this year.
Once again, Maribyrnong College was well represented at the 2024 Simplot Games held in Pocatello, Idaho in the United States. It was the 8th year Maribyrnong College had been invited to the Games, the largest indoor High School Athletics meet in America.
Our team consisted of 8 of Maribyrnong’s finest athletes who competed in numerous events throughout the 3-days of competition, against some of America’s best High School Athletes in below zero temperatures outside the stadium.
Our team came away with outstanding results, with 2 silver medals and numerous top 8 finishes in the finals. All athletes made a final in at least 1 event.
Year 11 student Thushana Deenathayalan finished 2nd in the Girls Triple Jump with a best jump of around 11.5 meters. Her jump in the final was longer than her qualifying jump.
Year 12 student athlete Raveen Alwis finished 2nd overall in the Men’s Long Jump with a jump of nearly 7 meters in the final. Raveen’s jump in the final was a foot longer than his qualifying measure.
Year 12 student athlete Lara Sacaner placed 4th in the final of the Girls 1600m race.
Year 12 student athlete Sebastian Weickhardt finished 6th in the Triple Jump, year 10 student athlete Ella Leith was 6th in the Girls High Jump and our Girls 4 x 200m relay team finished 7th overall.
An amazing effort by our students who travelled 20 hours to get to Pocatello and, for most of the athletes, had never competed on the wooden indoor track.
Congratulations to our team and all involved in this experience.
Once again, we thank Simplot Australia for all their outstanding support and help in getting our team over to America to compete in this unique event.