Carterton Maroon’s Bailey Potangaroa in action against Gladstone. PHOTO/JADE CVETKOV
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Wairarapa College showed they won’t give up their Wairarapa premier one title without a fight in a narrow 53-55 loss to unbeaten Harcourts on Friday night.
In a back-and-forth match where the teams swapped goals for pretty much the whole four quarters, Waicol had the opportunity to equalise in the last minute, but Harcourts forced a turnover and scored from the ensuing play to secure the four points.
Waicol coach Keely Riwai-Couch was happy with her team’s effort in pushing the experienced Harcourts to the end.
“They all contributed well and how I expected. We tried something different and that was good too,” Riwai-Couch said.
“I was pleased with the game, and we’ve still got extra in the tank I believe.”
Riwai-Couch said there were solid performances from shooters Taylor Riwai-Couch and Maggie Shields and Savaia Sabutu and Ella Forster were strong in defence. Jayla Brown came on in the second half and performed well in mid-court.
Celtic virtually guaranteed their place in the top four with their 46-29 win over Greytown Holmes Construction, and Jo Kelly and Co Carterton Maroon easily dispatched Gladstone Gladiators 60-30 in a one-sided encounter.
In premier two, Harcourts Elite top the table after their 27-24 win over Opaki Vixens, Jo Kelly and Co Carterton Rebels had a 22-21 victory over St Matthew’s, and Legends won the Carterton club derby over Panthers
37-27.
POINTS
Premier One: Harcourts 32, Jo Kelly and Co Carterton Maroon 23, Wairarapa College 22, Celtic 13, Gladstone Gladiators 8, Greytown Holmes Construction 1.
Premier Two: Harcourts Elite 26; Jo Kelly and Co Carterton Rebels 24; St Matthew’s, Jo Kelly and Co Carterton Legends 21; Opaki Vixens 9; Jo Kelly and Co Carterton Panthers 1.
