See the players who will line up for each school in the 2023 GPS basketball season plus round 1 selection highlights

GPS Basketball round 1: Boom Toowoomba and Gregory Terrace big men plus Gold Coast star point guard unleashed for Saturday’s season opener. The teams revealed here, along with selection highlights.

Watch for Kurt Siwek (Churchie), Lachlan Curtin (Brisbane Grammar), Ben Tweedy (The Southport School), and Kailen Sales (Brisbane State High) to make an impact in this year's GPS basketball competition.

The Southport School are a good chance to challenge for the GPS First V premiership this season, but the competition is shaping up to be the tightest in years.

After TSS, Brisbane State High, and Toowoomba Grammar shared last year’s premiership, a bumper season looms.

The www.couriermail.com.au will be covering the action – look out for a story on Sunday.

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The reason TSS can go back-to-back is because they have Anthony Peach as coach and their core back again after last year’s success.

The slashing Jaylen Pitman, the bucket getting Ben Tweedy, the hot hand of Jack Foley and the two-way wizardry of Indy Cotton, who is in Year 10, will provide a cocktail for success.

And of course they have Nikos Karathanosopolous and Jackson McCabe down low.

Tweedy will be a handful for opposition defenders, and right man Pitman, an athlete, will also be hard to contain.

They will have to get past the Jason Ralph coached Ipswich team who have Justin Ventic, Mikel Tokiyawa, James Casaquite and Harrison McAuliffe ready to rock.

But, if last year is anything to go off – the premiership is up for grabs.

Brisbane Grammar will have rebound king Lachlan Curtin leading them into the fray, and there is no one more suited to the job.

He has passion, game, and a knack for getting offensive rebounds. Helping him with scoring will be the shifty Lebron Brooks – A player who can really get it going.

Facilitating, while doing a bit of everything for his team will be the crafty Max Balthes, the perfect point guard.

Watch for other Brisbane Grammar boys to step up.

In round 1 Brisbane Grammar face BBC, a team capable of causing a ripple in the competition.

Shooting guard Daniel Graham showed out as a Year 10 last season and will be confident leading into this year. He can shoot the lights out.

Emerson Juhasz is sure to bob up, as is Year 10 Charlie Winks, the captain of Queensland South’s Under 16s team at the recent Nationals.

Terrace coach Matthew Hamilton-Smith has at his disposal the Trego twins, Hunter and Phoenix, as well as big man Paul Papacostas.

That is a good team with energy sure to come from Jacob Shaw – a bench player last year ready for a more prominent role in 2023.

The three-point shooting Papacostas will have his hands full in round 1 when he confronts Towoomba’s Samuel Geu – one of the players of the year last season.

Samuel Geu for Mountaineers. Toowoomba Mountaineers vs Sunshine Coast Phoenix. Photo by Nev Madsen

Geu, a tall, athletic centre, should feel invincible in his second year of First V hoops. Alongside him, watch for Tawana Ngorima and James Nugent to make an impact.

Expect a top four finish.

And at Churchie, the home side face a new-look Brisbane State High outfit.

They no longer have Mason Amos, Jimmy Ellis, Elijah Kamu and other stars of 2022.

Kailan Sales is back however, a terrific player. Selfless on the court, Sailes will get to his spots and finish.

CJ Amos, the younger brother of Mason, is also a walking bucket.

Churchie are brimming with talent.

Caleb Cronn, McKenzie Jolly, Ed Storen, Jensen Tafe and Kurt Siwek are returning from last year. Add in Jake Miles-Wrency who is back from injury looking to make a dint, and new impact player Oskar Olechnowicz, who has a wealth of representative basketball experience.

They are serious players.

Kurt Siwek.

ROUND 1 TEAMS

BGS:

Max Malthes, Lennon Bann, Rohan Barlow, Lebron Brooks, Brendan Cheng, Toby Choi, Lachlan Curtin, Marcus Forbes, Orlando Geary, Austen Harry, George Mercer

BBC:

L.Scroggie, Emerson Juhasz, Daniel Graham, L. Van Der Westhuizen, Z.Byrne.

TSS:

James Burdett, Will Pickett, Alex Walker, Riley Oberman, Indy Cotton, Ash McGrath, Hunter Clements-Kupsch, Cayden Brown, Nikos Karathanosopolous, Xavier Eddington, Angus Wilkie, Jackson McCabe, Ben Tweedy, Jaylen Pitman, Jack Foley.

IGS:

Peja Ahwang, Dylan Atkinson, James Casaquite, Harrison Jensen, Harrison McAuliffe, Joel Mynott, Suwani Nona, Seth Pask, Mikel Tokiyawa, Justin Ventic.

Churchie:

Caleb Cronn, Macca Jolly, Ed Storen, Jensen Tafe, Nash Harding, Kallen Mattssen, Oliver Crum, Jake Miles-Wrency, Kurt Siwek, Connor Davidson, Oskar Olechnowicz.

BSHS:

Kailan Sales, Carter Waldon, Geoffrey Robertson, Makai Green, Kian San Jose, Jasraj Singh, Charlie Moody, Sulu Teofilo, Cody Rogers, Eli Murray, Jaylen Stanton.

Gregory Terrace:

Hunter Trego, Jacob Shaw, Phoenix Trego, Corey Laffan, Paul Papacostas, Archie Marshall, Ethan Sun, Logan Siolo, Will McDonald, Xavier Rees, Luca Anderson, Ethan Marks, Baxter Elis, Dylan Ryan, Mason Connelly, Denver Loli.

TGS:

Round 1

Sat, 15 Jul 2023 BGS v BBC BGS

Sat, 15 Jul 2023 TSS v IGS TSS

Sat, 15 Jul 2023 ACGS v BSHS ACGS

Sat, 15 Jul 2023 GT v TGS GT

Sat, 15 Jul 2023 NC v Bye

Round 2

Sat, 22 Jul 2023 NC v IGS NC

Sat, 22 Jul 2023 BGS v ACGS BGS

Sat, 22 Jul 2023 GT v TSS GT

Sat, 22 Jul 2023 TGS v BSHS TGS

Sat, 22 Jul 2023 BBC v Bye

Round 3

Sat, 29 Jul 2023 BBC v ACGS BBC

Sat, 29 Jul 2023 NC v GT NC

Sat, 29 Jul 2023 TGS v BGS TGS

Sat, 29 Jul 2023 BSHS v TSS BSHS

Sat, 29 Jul 2023 IGS v Bye

Round 4

Sat, 5 Aug 2023 IGS v GT IGS

Sat, 5 Aug 2023 BBC v TGS BBC

Sat, 5 Aug 2023 BSHS v NC BSHS

Sat, 5 Aug 2023 TSS v BGS TSS

Sat, 5 Aug 2023 ACGS v Bye

Round 5

Sat, 12 Aug 2023 ACGS v TGS ACGS

Sat, 12 Aug 2023 IGS v BSHS IGS

Sat, 12 Aug 2023 TSS v BBC TSS

Sat, 12 Aug 2023 BGS v NC BGS

Sat, 12 Aug 2023 GT v Bye

Round 6

Sat, 19 Aug 2023 GT v BSHS GT

Sat, 19 Aug 2023 ACGS v TSS ACGS

Sat, 19 Aug 2023 BGS v IGS BGS

Sat, 19 Aug 2023 NC v BBC NC

Sat, 19 Aug 2023 TGS v Bye

Round 7

Sat, 26 Aug 2023 TGS v TSS TGS

Sat, 26 Aug 2023 GT v BGS GT

Sat, 26 Aug 2023 NC v ACGS NC

Sat, 26 Aug 2023 BBC v IGS BBC

Sat, 26 Aug 2023 BSHS v Bye

Round 8

Sat, 2 Sep 2023 BSHS v BGS BSHS

Sat, 2 Sep 2023 TGS v NC TGS

Sat, 2 Sep 2023 BBC v GT BBC

Sat, 2 Sep 2023 IGS v ACGS IGS

Sat, 2 Sep 2023 TSS v Bye

Round 9

Sat, 9 Sep 2023 TSS v NC TSS

Sat, 9 Sep 2023 BSHS v BBC BSHS

Sat, 9 Sep 2023 IGS v TGS IGS

Sat, 9 Sep 2023 ACGS v GT ACGS

Sat, 9 Sep 2023 BGS v Bye