The Score 180424
Once again, some great results in the past couple of weeks from our current and past MSA students. Here is how they went.
Once again, some great results in the past couple of weeks from our current and past MSA students. Here is how they went.
AFL
Melbourne v Brisbane: Brisbane won the game by 22 points at the MCG with Cam Rayner having 25 disposals, 5 marks, 4 tackles, 9 clearances and 412 metres gained.
Western Bulldogs v Essendon: The Bombers won the game by 29 points at Marvel Stadium. For the Bulldogs Buku Khamis was solid in defence with 13 disposals and 5 marks, while teammate Rhylee West had 12 disposals, 2 marks and 4 tackles.
Carlton v Adelaide: The Crows just held onto win by 2 points in a thriller at Marvel Stadium. Jordan Boyd had 17 disposals, 8 marks and 2 tackles for the Blues.
Gold Coast v Hawthorn: The Suns were too good for the Hawks winning by 53 points. For the Suns Touk Miller had 28 disposals, 8 marks and 5 clearances. While for Hawthorn Massimo D’Ambrosio had 18 disposals, 2 marks and 2 tackles.
Port Adelaide v Fremantle: The Power held on to win by 3 points at Adelaide Oval, with both MSA Alumni having strong games. Zak Butters had 24 disposals, 4 marks, 9 tackles and 512 metres gained for the Power. Luke Ryan had 24 disposals, 11 marks and 645 metres gained for the Dockers.
Geelong v North Melbourne: The Cats had a strong 75-point victory over the Kangaroos. Paul Curtis had 10 disposals, 3 marks, 4 tackles and a goal.
Football
A-League
Western United v Adelaide: United had a 3-3 draw with Adelaide at AAMI Park. Seb Pasquali and Matthew Grimaldi both started for Western United with Grimaldi scoring a goal in the 19th minute.
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A-League Women Finals
Melbourne Victory v Central Coast Mariners: The Elimination Final went into penalties after a scoreless draw from the first 120 minutes. Central Coast won the match 4-2 on penilties. Annabel Martin started for the Melbourne Victory.
Western United v Newcastle Jets: The Jets claimed victory 4-2 in this Elimination Final with MelindaJ Barbieri starting for Newcastle.
Overseas, Crystal Palace had a 1-0 win over Birmingham City in the FA Women’s League div 2 with Polly Doran starting on the bench on her return from injury. FC St Pauli lost to SV Elversberg 4-3 in the Bundesliga 2 on the weekend. Connor Metcalfe started for FC St Pauli.
Volleyball
One current and two former MSA students have received the great news that they have been included in the squad for the 22nd Asian Women’s U20 Champs held in Jiangmen, China.
At just 17 years of age, the selection of current MSA student Sakura Nakadai is a significant achievement. Alumni Gemma McNamara and Cat Smith - both currently attending the Australian Volleyball Academy in Canberra – were also selected.
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In news over the holidays
Basketballers Sonny Maxwell, Sa Pilimai & Sam Haslett won bronze at the National Champs in the U/18 Vic Country Team coached by MSA Head Coach Brenton O’Brien.
Dylan Brasher & Farzan Chowna both made the Premier Cricket Team of the Year.
Judo athlete Mia Sazdov competed in her first tournament post ACL injury, The Melbourne International, and won the junior women’s section!
Gab Pezzimenti received best on ground awards at the Hockey National Champs in 2 of her 6 games with the Vics finishing 5th. Gab is a bottom age player.
Nye Roberts and Sam Lowndes were selected in the U21 Australian Hockey squad.
George Eaves received his first start in a Premier League game for Essendon Hockey Club last weekend.
2023 Vic Sports School Awards
The 2023 Victorian Sports Schools Awards (Sporting Blues) were announced at the Melbourne Cricket Club members dining room just before the end of term 1 and once again Maribyrnong Sports Academy students have done extremely well.
The 2023 Victorian Sports Schools Awards (Sporting Blues) were announced at the Melbourne Cricket Club members dining room just before the end of term 1 and once again Maribyrnong Sports Academy students have done extremely well.
Congratulations to the following students for their achievements in 2023.
Jamie Cefai competed in the 2023 Taekwondo World Cup Team Championships in Korea. He was presented with an Outstanding Sporting Achievement Award for his exceptional commitment to his sporting pursuits in 2023.
Other winners included:
AFL – Jordan Croft and Piper Dixon
Volleyball – Lucas Maticevski and Sakura Nakadai
Golf – Charlie Roylance and Georgia Schwartz
Badminton – Sai Tanvi Mushini
Baseball – Declan Speirs
Cricket – Bailey Toseland
Swimming – Rosie Bilszta
Tennis – Gabrielle Villegas
Tennis with a Multi Class – Jin Woodman
We congratulate all winners on the day and look forward to our Student Athletes having a succesful 2024.
Johnny Furphy in Paris 2024 Squad
Johnny Furphy, the big 6 foot 9 (205cm) MSA Alumni, has been selected in the Australian Boomers training squad for the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Johnny Furphy, the big 6 foot 9 (205cm) MSA Alumni, has been selected in the Australian Boomers training squad for the 2024 Paris Olympics.
In early July, the 22-man squad will be reduced to 12 players who will then go onto represent Australia in Paris from July 26 to August 11. Ten members from Australia’s 2020 bronze medal team at the Tokyo Olympics are also vying to make the 2024 final squad.
Furphy is a freshman at Kansas University and has been a star player for the team in his first year playing college basketball. He started in 19 games for the season, with 18 of those being in the final 19 contests. Furphy averaged 11.4 points and 6.1 rebounds in Big 12 play. He also led Kansas with 44 three-point field goals made in the season.
Before heading off to college, Johnny spent time at the Basketball centre of excellence at the Australian Institute of Sport which also included the NBA Global Academy. Johnny has been touted as a first-round draft pick in the 2024 NBA Draft, by plenty of experts.
We wish Johnny all the best in the upcoming months and hope he makes it all the way to Paris later this year.