Every Sydney All-Star team revealed from the Basketball Australia Schools Championships
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FOUR Sydney schools took home gold medals in last week’s Basketball Australia School Championships.
Knox Grammar School and Westfield Sports High School secured the Under 20 Division 1 titles for Men’s and Women’s respectively, while Saint Dominic’s College won the Under 17 Boys Division 2 gold, and Reddam House claimed top spot for the Under 15 Boys Division 2.
Check out who made our All-Star Five for every age division at the Basketball Australia Schools Championships.
Under 15 Boys
Eden Zahra - Reddham House (div 2 Winners)
Total tournament points - 132
Average points-per-game - 18.86
Highlight - Recorded over 20 points in 4/7 games, including a tournament high of 24 against Chisholm College
Benjamin Murray - Shore School (div 1)
Total tournament points - 83
Average points per game - 13.83
Highlight - Netting a team-best total of 24 points against St Joseph‘s College in their 47-69 group stage loss
Oluwakorede Olutayo - Scots College (div 1)
Total tournament points - 65
Average points per game - 10.83
Highlight - Scoring a team-best 23 points in his side’s final match against Barker
Nick Wendt - Shore School (div 1)
Total tournament points - 50
Average Points per game - 8.3
Highlight - Recording 17 points in the side’s 47-38 win over Barker, before being fouled out
Aydin Cheng - Barker College
Total tournament points - 37
Average points per game - 6.17
Highlight - Banking 5 field goals including 1 3-pointer to total 13 points against Shore
Under 17 Girls
Keira Hudson - Barker College (div 1 runners-up)
Total tournament points - 97
Average Points per game - 16.7
Highlight - Recording 20 of her team’s total 43 points in their group round loss to Berwick College
Jasmine Rintoul - Reddam House (div 2)
Total tournament points - 79
Average points per game - 15.8
Highlight - Scoring more than half of her team’s points in their 52-38 win over Northpine Christian College in their second group match with 28
Emily Weber - Blue Mountains Grammar (div 1)
Total tournament points - 62
Average points per game - 10.33
Highlight - Scoring a massive 15 points in the 21-65 loss to Barker College
Leah Fowler - Barker College (div 1 runners-up)
Total tournament points - 63
Average points per game - 9
Highlight - Barker’s highest scorer in their group stage thrashing of Blue Mountains Grammar with 22 points
Maya Wilks - Barker College (div 1 runners-up)
Total tournament points - 55
Average points per game - 7.86
Highlight - Adding 16 points to her side’s narrow 2-point loss to Rowville Secondary College in the Gold Medal match
Under 17 boys
Starting side
Steven Hall - Westfield Sports High School (div 1)
Total tournament points - 140
Average points per game - 23.33
Highlight - Picking up 37 points against Hillcrest Christian College, including four 3-point shots
Mabok Makoi - St Dominic’s College (div 2 winners)
Total tournament points - 121
Average points per game - 20.18
Highlight - Contributing 29 points in his side’s 69-47 win over St Joseph’s College
Hugh Lucas - St Augustine’s (div 4 runners-up)
Total tournament points - 94
Average points per game - 15.67
Highlight - Recording 22 points in the Final against Avondale before fouling out
Adam Taleb - Trinity Grammar (div 2)
Total tournament points - 81
Average points per game - 13.5
Highlight - Adding a team’s best of 22 points as his side narrowly went down 55-61 to Trinity College Beenleigh
Roman Stathis - Scots College (div 1)
Total tournament points - 61
Average points per game - 12.2
Highlight - Recording the highest personal total of 18 points in the team’s 5-point loss to Westfield Sports High School, despite fouling out
Bench players
Mitch Fenton - St Dominic’s (div 2)
Total tournament points - 71
Average points per game - 11.83
Charlie McBeath - Westfield Sports High School (div 1)
Total tournament points - 66
Average points per game - 11
Finn Inchley - St Augustine’s (div 3)
Total tournament points - 54
Average points per game - 10.8
Under 20 Women
Kira-May Filemu - Westfield Sports High School (div 1 winners)
Total tournament points - 151
Average points per game - 21.57
Highlight - 34 points recorded against Loreto, along with contributing 17 points in the final against Marsden State High School
Emilie Bessell - Redlands (div 1)
Total tournament points - 130
Average points per game - 18.57
Highlight - Scoring 32 points in the opening round win over Loreto College Ballarat
Jessie-May Hall - Westfield Sports High School (div 1 winners)
Total tournament points - 110
Average points per game - 18.33
Highlight - Scoring the second-highest number of points with 32 in the final against Marsden State High School
Makayla Minshall - Westfield Sports High School (div 1 winners)
Total tournament points - 97
Average points per game - 13.86
Highlight - Netting 22 points in the semi-final win over Loreto College Ballarat
Yvette Volk - Pymble Ladies College (div 2)
Total tournament points - 69
Average points per game - 11.5
Highlight - Recording a team-best 25 points in the 59-35 group stage win over Mater Christian College
Under 20 Men
Starting side
Jett Hickson - St Dominic’s (div 1)
Total tournament points - 122
Average points per game - 24.4
Highlight - Scoring a massive 39 points in the second-round win over Trinity
Will Mortimore - Knox Grammar (div 1 winners)
Total tournament points - 129
Average points per game - 21.5
Highlight - Recording 30 points against Brisbane Boys College to help seal third place
Ben Mackie Pawson - St Andrew‘s Cathedral School (division 3 runners-up)
Total tournament points - 131
Average points per game -21.83
Highlight - Adding an impressive 34 points to the team’s 91 in the 91-60 group stage win over The Scots College, as well as contributing 18 points in the Grand Final loss to Erindale College
Sam Stoyles - Scots College (div 3)
Total tournament points - 81
Average points per game - 20.25
Highlight - Contributing 25 points for the team’s final group stage match against Willetton Senior High School
Jesse Edwards - Trinity Grammar (div 1)
Total tournament points - 78
Average points per game - 19.5
Highlight - Recording a game-leading 35 points in the final match against The King’s School
Bench players
Remy Davis Warrington - Scots College (div 3)
Total tournament points - 97
Average points per game - 19.4
Oliver Kesby - Redlands (div 4)
Total tournament points - 127
Average points per game - 18.14
Saxon McWilliam - The King’s School (div 1)
Total tournament points - 87
Average points per game - 17.4
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