Sports News
Students shine in Cross Country and Touch Football
In Cross Country, four of our dedicated athletes made the Northern side at state level. Our Year 7 student Jack Oberg placed second in the 13 Boys Division with a 3km time of 11m11s. Our Year 7 student Shailee Mewha won the 13 Girls Division with a blistering 3km time of 10m 49s. Year 10 student Millie Groom placed second in the 15-years girls 4km with a time of 16m46s. Our Year 10 student Peppa Geisel was absent, but was selected in the side as her previous times were submitted for selection. All of our runners showcased their endurance, determination, and sportsmanship across the challenging courses.
In Touch Football, our Year 7 student Nate Sheather was selected as a Northern representative and demonstrated great skill and leadership on the field. His speed, agility, and game awareness were key contributors to his selection.
Congratulations to Jack, Shailee, Millie, Peppa, and Nate on your outstanding sports achievements!
Cricketers blitz the field at Mackay Gala Day
On Monday, 26th May our Junior Boys Cricket Team travelled to Mackay and participated in the Mackay/Whitsunday Gala Cricket Day.
In the first 15 over game our boys played Catherine McAuley College 1 (CMC) and batted first. Alex Valmadre and Emmerson Baker opened the batting. Emmerson was first to be dismissed which brought Reg Davies to the crease. Reg and Alex had a solid partnership taking the score to 65 before Alex was caught for a well-constructed 29. Kobi Whitty joined Reg and they added another 11 runs before confusion reigned and Reg was left stranded half way down the pitch being run out for a solid 22. Lucas Appleton came in and contributed 10 to the total before being dismissed LBW making us 4-98 with one over remaining. Kobi was bowled on the last ball of our innings for 9 taking us to a total of 100 off our 15 overs.
Our opening bowlers, Ben Hope and Brad Hetherington started well. Alex Valmadre took the first wicket in the third over having CMC at 1-14 after three overs. Sean then took his first wicket in the fourth over to have them at 2-18. Kobi, Lucas and Emmerson all bowled tight over following restricting the score to 2/25 after six overs. Harry Camm picked up a wicket second ball of his over and not to be outdone Oscar Kelly repeated it next over having CMC now 4-31 after eight overs. Cabe Manley and Sean then kept the screws on over the next 2 overs before Ben Hope returned for his second over, again getting a wicket with his second ball, plus a run out to have CMC in real trouble at 6-43 after 11 overs. Brad followed up with his first wicket before Lucas took his wicket in the last over. Catherine McAuley 1 finished at 8–69 for a solid win to our boys.
In the second game we played Catherine McAuley College 2 (CMC2) and sent them in to bat. Alex Valmadre struck in the third over to have them at 1-12 after three. From there we didn’t take any more wickets while the opposition's two best batsmen made solid progress. After nine overs they had progressed to 1-39 having us in a strong position to chase. Unfortunately, their strongest batsmen put his foot down and raced to 54 before retiring in the thirteenth over and the other strong batsmen accelerated to finish unbeaten on 39 taking them to a final total of 124.
Emmerson and Alex opened again with Alex making the early departure this time for three having us 1-22 in the third over. Oscar joined Emmerson and they scored freely until Emmerson was dismissed for 24 making us 2–52 in the sixth over. Oscar continued to score at a run a ball and Lucas just about matched his scoring rate advancing our total to 86 before Oscar was dismissed. Brad Hetherington joined Lucas and after a slow start steadily scored his nine while Lucas progressed to 17 before being bowled in the last over. We fell just short making 109 from our 15 overs.
We had a great day with the biggest highlights being a brilliant catch by Kobi Whitty in the first game and the way our boys managed and organised themselves to ensure all players were equally involved. It was lovely to be represented by such keen enthusiastic young cricketers. Well done boys!
Silver medal at State Championships for Jaylynn
