WENTY GO BACK TO TOP OF MASSEY CUP The Wentworthville Magpies returned to the top of the Ron Massey Cup table with a hard fought 30-20 win over the Auburn Warriors in their catch up postponed game at Lidcombe Oval on Wednesday Night. In a match that ebbed and flowed a number of times, the Magpies twice got out to handy leads – only to be reeled in twice by Warriors comebacks. The Magpies started on fire with centre David Sisifa scoring in Wenty’s first set of the match for a four-nil lead after just two minutes. Sisifa then finished another backline movement in the 16th minute to bag an early double and extend the Magpies lead to 10-nil with Lindon McGrady’s conversion. The Warriors then came back for the …show more content…
Davis converted to close out the 32-22 win. The Concord-Burwood match against Auburn Warriors set down for last Thursday night at Lidcombe Oval was again postponed after Auburn Council officials declared the surface unsafe late last Thursday afternoon due to surface water from recent rains. As detailed by Matt Buxton in his report here, the Ron Massey Cup representative team narrowly went down 11-4 to the Queensland Rangers side in the annual Representative match last Sunday at Pizzey Park, Queensland. The Rep. team were more than competitive for long periods in a far better and closer contest than their 2015 defeat – and had their chances after Asquith Magpies backrower Jordan Latham got Chris Yates’ men to 10-4 with the only try for the Blues mid way through the second half. Wentworthville lead the Massey Cup over Western Suburbs on percentages following their Wednesday Night win with both teams on 28 points, with Mounties in third on 26 and St Marys in fourth on 20
In a heartbreaking loss in game one, Centenary rallied from an 8-2 deficit to take a 9-8 lead in the bottom of the eighth. However, Trinity scored two in the ninth for the thrilling 10-9 win. With Centenary down 8-2 in the fifth, the Maroon and White erupted for five runs to cut the deficit to one. Quintanilla walked and Schimpf singled to put runners on the corners. With one out, Crowder singled up the middle for an RBI. Russell singled to load the bases, and a bases-loaded walk with two outs plated the second run. Junior Ian Graham delivered the big blow, doubling down the leftfield line to clear the bases. However, he was thrown out trying to take third
A bit of magic from the Bears halves in the opening minute of the second half led to a Nicholls try, which immediately increased their lead to 28-12.
The Kennedy and Martin combination was working wonders, and they linked up again for another try soon afterwards. Kennedy drifted right, and threw a brilliant cut-out ball to Martin to finished in the right corner to extend Mounties lead to 26-10.
Centenary and eventual champion Texas Lutheran both led the tournament by ending a pair of team’s seasons. With the Ladies finishing third, freshmen Nichole Aldridge (pitcher) and Margeux Smith (designated player) were both named to the SCAC All-Tournament team.
Game two saw Grambling State jump out to an 8-0 lead heading into the bottom of the fifth. However, Centenary scored four runs to cut the deficit in half. LeBlanc walked, stole second, and scored on senior Lizzie Moran’s bunt single between the pitcher and third baseman. Grambling State threw home, and Moran took second. A wild pitch moved Moran to third, and she scored on Dunn’s second sacrifice fly of the day.
At the start of the 2nd quarter, the score was 8-16, Wellington in the lead. One of the impressive skills that Wellington has
This game started off as tough as they come both teams getting good looks, and making their shots. We were all waiting to see who was going to go cold first. Highland Springs only had a one point lead at the end of the first quarter with a score of 21-20. Springers were killing Princess Anne from the three-point line shooting 50%. Lady Cavaliers were hot as well, they were
After a Frey kill put herself on serve, an assisted block by Lawson and sophomore Michaela Brantley, followed by a Frey ace, cut the deficit to one. After both teams sided out, a Tiger’s attack error and a Lawson kill put Centenary up 10-9. Tied at 17 later in the set, two East Texas Baptist errors around a Lawson kill put Centenary up 20-17. Centenary led 22-18, but a mini-service run by the Tiger’s Paige Miller, including a pair of aces, knotted the set at 22. Miller led the home team with 27 digs, 10 kills, and six service
Game one started easy enough when junior Ian Graham was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded in the bottom of the first. However, Centenary exploded for 17 runs in the bottom of the third – believed to be the most runs scored in a single frame by the Gents in team history. Senior Michael Schimpf walked and scored on junior Chris Zapata’s home run down the
This past weekend as the top seed in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Tournament, the Gents beat Southwestern 6-4 on Friday before knocking off Trinity 5-3 on Saturday in the winner’s bracket final. In the championship, Centenary fell to Trinity 10-9 in the first game before knocking off the Tigers 13-3 in seven innings in the if necessary game.
The next game was a little closer at a score of 12-6 win over the York B team
Dominic Stephens collected four hits in five at bats, as the Dragons defeated Paulding County 20-12 in the second game of
The 11-play,65-yard drive ended with a 2-yard touchdown run by, Chapman. The point after kick by,Nathan Liesen was good, making this a,20-7 game, with 43.6 left in the half.
Emotion can carry a team just so far and that's how this one started. On the Bulldogs first drive their multi-talented quarterback,Aaron Latiolais was sacked by,Connor Sheehan. Sheehan has been injured on and off this season, so to see the young guy get involved early was nice. Latiolais recovered nicely as he connected with, #3 Brock Williams all the way to the Green Wave one-yard-line, with 3:37 left in the quarter. From there the Heath line blew up a large hole for Latiolais to walk threw, to give Heath a,6-0 lead, The point after kick by #17 Tayte Duncan, to make this a,7-0 lead at the 3:23 mark.
Up 5-4 after four innings, Zapata and Graham drew bases loaded walks to push the Centenary lead to three. Graham drew the walk after falling behind 1-2 in the count.