State Champion Swimming Team

Last Thursday, Nicholas Lindsay, Zander Lillehagen and Blake Lillehagen represented our school in the State Championship SAPSASA Swimming Competition. Nicholas came 4th in butterfly, 6th in backstroke and 12th in freestyle. Overall he competed in five swims and one relay. The Lillehagen boys represented the district in the freestyle relay and displayed a fantastic effort for their stroke. The team spirit and comradery of these three boys have done our school proud.

Little Athletics State Individual Championships

On the 23rd and 24th March, 5 students from PPN were chosen to represent their athletic club (Enfield & TTG) to compete in the Little Athletics State Individual Championships. This is the pinnacle event for the top track and field athletes in the state, with very strict qualification standards. All 5 students did well and we are very proud of them. Here are their events and achievements.
(1) Dillon Hong (Year 3) - qualified for 5 events (Under 9 Boys - 60m Hurdles, 70m, 100m, 200m, LongJump) and made it into 3 finals
(2) Ashton Hong (Year 5) - qualified for 4 events (Under 11 Boys - 100m, 200m, LongJump, HighJump), made it into all 4 finals and finished 2nd in the 100m sprint finals
(3) Tanveer Dunduli (Year 5) - qualified for 5 events (Under 10 Girls - 70m, 100m, 200m, 400m, 1100walk) - came 4th in the 1100walk
(4) Alanna Robson (Year 5) - qualified for 2 events (Under 11 Girls - 200m, 400m) and made it into the 400m finals
(5) Seth Robson (Year 5) - qualified for 1 event (Under 11 Boys - 400m)

Well done to you all! We are excited to hear how you continue to use your talents and grow from new opportunities. 

Basketball

WILDCATS WELCOME NEW TALENT

Last week Prescott’s Wildcats, Under-12 basketball team welcomed Simon (transferring from the Radioactive Cheeseballs), and were instantly bolstered by his speed, maturity, skill and athleticism (before he fouled out early).

With Jonah relegated to the sideline, Zukiah really stepped up his game, top scoring for the Wildcats and attracting some unsportsmanlike attention from SFX’s number 28…

Half time scores were tied (although the Wildcats lead the foul-count 8:3 in the first half and 10:4 in the second - a fair indicator of effort).

Scout, growing in skill and confidence, made some deft intercepts halting SFX’s transitions and got in great position at both ends. He also contributed 4 Wildcats points.

Tanner added a classy steal of his own, and raced away for a couple of fast breaks, while Kaitlyn, benefitting from some extra big-brother coaching, continued to score and win key-way possessions.

Sade played with courage, and earnt a great jump-ball.  Gem held strong on defence, forcing a couple of SFX errors and overcame some double and triple teams, managing to deliver the ball into Wildcats hands.

With a 3 point Wildcats lead and only minutes remaining, SFX ramped up their intensity and edged ahead by one, before intentionally fouling and stifling play, to see out the final minutes for their win.

Overall, a valiant Wildcat effort worthy of praise.

Thanks to Mrs Koczwara for scoring and transporting kids and to Mr Lomax (sports reporter extraordinaire) for last week’s stellar game review.

Coach Hatchard

CHEESEBALLS TACKLE TOP TEAM

A mash-up Radioactive Cheeseball team gave the league-leading Bullets a run-for-their-money, down a few key players (due to Year-5 camp), but back-filled by Wildcat players, Kaitlyn, Scout and Zukiah along with new gun-recruit, Alex.

Alex, not phased playing against much older and bigger kids, blocked Bullet shots, stole the ball, won rebounds and managed 4 points on debut.

While Cheeseball regulars, Nate, Farid and Gawar all chipped in to keep the half time margin to a manageable 5 (Gawar shooting at 100% from the foul line for the first half, and top scoring for the Cheeseballs with 10 for the game).

When on court, Kaitlyn adopted an increasingly defensive strategy, doing her utmost to own the small-‘D’, and was assisted in the paint by Gawar, stuffing some Bullet shots and yoinking rebounds.

An alternating zone / scrambling Bullet defence kept the Cheeseballs on their toes, who were also hampered by a flawed coaching strategy.

Late in the game the Cheeseballs clawed back to be within 3, but lost momentum and went down by 8 at the finish.

A “still-learning”, Coach Hatchard