Under 17 Nationals 2011 - North Harbour

Men

Day One:

Mid Canterbury def by Auckland Blue 60-62
Otago A def by Tauranga City 70-79
Canterbury Red def by WWABi Prem 52-88
Waikato def by Hutt Valley Gold 55-70
Harbour def Palmerston North 114-39
Wellington def Counties 87-67
Palmerston North def by Otago 46-93
Southland def by Hawkes Bay 51-74
Hutt Valley Gold def Mid Canterbury 103-50
Harbour def Tauranga City 116-43
Rotorua def WWABi A 62-58
Waikato def Auckland Blue 78-57
WWABi Prem def Counties 118-40
Wellington def Canterbury Red 91-56
Rotorua def Southland 75-40
Hawkes Bay def by WWABi A 65-50

Day Two:

WWABi A def Southland 80-62
Hawkes Bay def Rotorua 81-67
WWABi Prem def by Wellington 74-83
Counties def by Canterbury Red 53-61
Tauranga City def Palmerston North 90-56
Otago A def by Harbour 48-121
Auckland Blue def by Hutt Valley Gold 52-57
Mid Canterbury def by Waikato 57-108

Day Three:

Otago def Mid Canterbury (Bottom 8 QF2) 80-49
Auckland Blue def Palmerston North (Bottom 8 QF4) 92-38
Canterbury Red def Southland (Bottom 8 QF1) 63-60
Wellington def Rotorua (QF1) 97-51
Harbour def Waikato (QF2) 101-58
WWABI A def Counties (Bottom 8 QF3) 111-87
Hawkes Bay def by WWABI Prem (QF3) 71-78
Hutt Valley def Tauranga City (QF4) 76-55
Canterbury Red def Auckland Blue (P9-12 SF1) 75-72
Southland def Palmerston North (P13-16 SF1) 59-58
Otago def by WWABI A (P9-12 SF2) 55-73
Mid Canterbury def by Counties (P13-16 SF2) 84-96
Wellington def Hutt Valley (SF1) 62-59
Rotorua def Tauranga (P5-8 SF1) 77-51
Harbour def WWABI Prem (SF2) 76-65
Waikato def Hawkes Bay (P5-8 SF2) 90-81

Day Four:

Southland def by Counties (P13th/14th) 72-77
Palmerston North def by Mid Canterbury (15th/16th) 81-82
Canterbury Red  def by WWABI A (P9th/10th) 58-66
Auckland Blue def Otago A (P11th/12th) 89-56
Rotorua def Waikato (P5th/6th) 60-50
Tauranga City def Hawkes Bay (P7th/8th) 79-75
Hutt Valley def by WWABI Prem (P3rd/4th) 62-68
Wellington def Harbour (GF) 87-75

Final Standings

1st  Wellington
2nd  Harbour
3rd  WWABI Prem
4th  Hutt Valley
5th  Rotorua
6th  Waikato
7th  Tauranga City
8th  Hawkes Bay
9th  WWABI A
10th  Canterbury Red
11th  Auckland Blue
12th  Otago A
13th  Counties Manukau
14th  Southland
15th  Mid Canterbury
16th  Palmerston North

Men’s Tournament Team

Nico Buckrell (Wellington)
Josh Howe (North Harbour)
Mark Kelly (Waitakere)
Kwain Kirau (Wellington)
Jamal Mikaio (Wellington)
Sesilili Palei (North Harbour)
Harlan Solomon (Hawkes Bay)
Jackson Stubbins (Hutt Valley)
Caleb Vautier (Waitakere)
Tai Webster (North Harbour)

Most Valuable Player

Nico Buckrell (Wellington)

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Women

Day One:

Harbour B def by Nelson 36-80
Harbour A def Ngati Porou 68-39
Hawkes Bay def Tauranga City 61-55
Waikato def New Plymouth 79-60
Canterbury Red def by Hutt Valley 63-66
WWABi def Otago 81-38
Counties def by Porirua 40-68
Buller def Thames Valley 90-31
WWABi def Hawkes Bay 75-38
Waikato def Harbour B 109-21
Hutt Valley def Ngati Porou 72-64
Tauranga City def Otago 54-40
Nelson def New Plymouth 70-52
Harbour A def Canterbury Red 69-46
Porirua def Thames Valley 104-32
Buller def Counties 75-53

Day Two:

New Plymouth def Harbour B 66-45
Nelson def by Waikato 39-73
Porirua def Buller 88-78
Thames Valley def by Counties 24-59
Ngati Porou def by Canterbury Red 34-72
Hutt Valley def by Harbour A 58-61
Tauranga City def by WWABi 42-73
Otago def by Hawkes Bay 27-56

Day Three:

New Plymouth def Otago (Bottom 8 QF3) 70-37
Tauranga City def Harbour B (Bottom 8 QF1) 64-48
Canterbury Red def Thames Valley (Bottom 8 QF2) 114-31
Counties def Ngati Porou (Bottom 8 QF4) 41-39
WWABI def Nelson (QF1) 70-38
Harbour A def Buller (QF2) 73-48
Waikato def Hawkes Bay (QF3) 65-42
Porirua def by Hutt Valley (QF4) 54-69
Tauranga City def by Counties (P9-12 SF1) 36-56
Harbour B def by Ngati Porou (P13-16 SF1) 43-73
Canterbury Red def by New Plymouth (P9-12 SF2) 56-61
Thames Valley def by Otago (P13-16 SF2) 44-50
WWABI def Hutt Valley (SF1) 72-44
Nelson def Porirua (P5-8 SF1) 73-63
Harbour A def Waikato (SF2) 64-35
Buller def Hawkes Bay (P5-8 SF2) 59-54

Day Four:

Ngati Porou def Otago (P13th/14th) 60-41
Harbour B def Thames Valley (15th/16th) 60-51
Counties def New Plymouth (P9th/10th) 60-42
Tauranga City def by Canterbury Red (P11th/12th) 35-77
Nelson def by Buller (P5th/6th) 55-83
Porirua def Hawkes Bay (P7th/8th) 78-55
Hutt Valley def Waikato (P3rd/4th) 63-58
WWABI def Harbour A (GF) 70-68

Final Standings

1st  WWABI
2nd  Harbour
3rd  Hutt Valley
4th  Waikato
5th  Buller
6th  Nelson
7th  Porirua
8th  Hawkes Bay
9th  Counties Manukau
10th  New Plymouth
11th  Canterbury Red
12th  Tauranga City
13th  Ngati Porou
14th  Otago
15th  Harbour B
16th  Thames Valley

Women’s Tournament Team

Aaliyah Ah kiong (Hawkes Bay)
Stella Beck (Hutt Valley)
Olivia Berry (North Harbour)
Penina Davidson (Waitakere)
Theresa Fitzpatrick (Waitakere)
Deena Franklin (North Harbour)
Breana Jones (Waikato)
Isabella Lawrence (Waitakere)
Kaitlyn Stringer (Nelson)
Jaycin Tini (North Harbour)

Most Valuable Player

Penina Davidson (Waitakere)

Relive the final .... Click here to watch it

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BBNZ Article

Interestingly both 2011 Under 17 National Championship Finals were rematches of the 2010 Finals when Wellington prevailed in the Men’s competition and Waitakere in the Women’s.

 The two most dominant players in this years Women’s tournament went head to head in the Final. The outcome of the battle between New Zealand age group international forwards Deena Franklin ( North Harbour) and Penina Davidson (Waitakere) would go a long way to deciding the outcome. Both players had averaged over 20 points and 10 rebounds a game during the tournament.

The afore mentioned players did not disappoint, scoring 10 of the first 12 points of the game, the scores locked at 8-8 midway through the opening quarter .A Jaycin Tini three pointer gave Harbour a 17-12 advantage late in the period but Theresa Fitzpatrick replied with a baseline drive, Harbour ahead 18-16 at the first break.

Keretina Hakarai converted a triple for Waitakere prompting an 8-0 run early in the second quarter, 26-20 to the Westerners. Harbour then replied with an identical run broken by Amorangi Ngata-Atkins. Waitakere then experienced a little foul trouble but still held a 34-32 advantage at half time the Franklin v Davidson battle locked at 12 points each.

Harbour made a handy start to the second half scoring the first 6 points of the period. Waitakere hit back with a pair of baskets before consecutive buckets from Franklin and a three pointer from Tini stretched the Harbour lead to10 points six minutes into the period. Keretina Hakaraia made a three pointer for Waitakere followed by 3 from 4 free throws by Fustina Tuala, Harbour just ahead 49-46 with 10 minutes remaining.

Tuala and Davidson scored the opening baskets of the final period as Waitakere closed to a single point, Tini replying with another triple – 54-50 with 5:40 remaining. A pair of baskets followed from Bronwyn Kjestrup, Harbour ahead 59-52 with three minutes to go. Davidson scored on the drive and Keziah Lewis scored after an offensive rebound, 59-56 with a tense two minutes remaining. Turnover by Harbour and another score by Lewis. Olivia Berry made a couple of freethrows then Davidson scores in the lane, makes a free throw and then comes up with a block! 61-61 with 18 seconds remaining. Both teams commit turnovers and the game goes into extra time.

Tini made a pair of baskets in the extra period but better execution from Waitakere including 5 from 8 from the foul line saw them close out an excellent game 70-68 If the Franklin v Davidson battle had been a boxing match a draw would have been a fair result.

Final Score

Waitakere 70 (Davidson 30, Hakaraia 11, Tuala 9)
North Harbour 68 (Franklin 24, Tini 15, Kjestrup)

The Men’s final promised a fascinating contest between the power in the paint of the Harbour ‘bigs’ and the speed of the Wellington guards.

7 minutes into the game after Kwain Kiriau hit a three pointer Harbour coach Tony Webster was forced to call a time out, his team trailing 20-9, the Wellington guards scoring at will. Six scorers in total for Wellington, ahead an impressive 27-16 at quarter time.

Paul Won and Jordan Hamlin opened the scoring in the second period before Sisi Palei replied for Harbour with a pair of close range baskets. A triple from Hamlin extended the Wellington advantage to 17 points midway through the quarter. Harbour, led by Logan Poloai stepped up their defensive intensity but were struggling to make a major dent in the Wellington lead, the black and golds in command 49-32 at the main break. Nico Buckrell led all scorers with 13 points, Palei the best for Harbour with 9 points.

Josh Howe and Palei scored early in the second half but Hamlin responded with a three pointer for Wellington who had extended their lead to 20 points midway through the third period. Jamal Mikaio made a reverse lay up, added a free throw and the lead was 63-40. Luuk Witteveen scored a triple to spark a 7-0 run from Harbour but the locals still had a mountain to climb, down 72-52 at threequarter time.

A pair of baskets from Tai Webster and buckets from Howe and Poloai forced a Wellington time out with seven minutes remaining. The teams traded baskets, Wellington still ahead 82-70 with 3:44 remaining and significantly Howe and Palei both fouled out. A Poloai triple reduced the lead to 8 points but it was as close as Harbour could get, Won sealing the deal for the boys from the capital.

Final Score

Wellington 87 (Becknell 15, Mikaio 14, Ki Riau 10, Brown10)
North Harbour 75 (Webster 16, Howe 13, Palely 12, Poloai 11)

Men’s 3rd/4th Playoffs

Waitakere West 68 (Aart Fahrensohn 13, Mark Kelly 10)
Hutt Valley 62 (Izayah Mauriohooho-Leafa 15, Jackson Stubbins 13, Elliot Stubbins 11)

Women’s 3rd/4th Playoffs

Hutt Valley 63 (Alex Aranga 18, Stella Beck 16, Esther Cheong 11)
Waikato 58 (Briana Jones 18, Chevahn Morris 11)

Women’s Tournament Team

 Aaliyah Ah kiong (Hawkes Bay)

Stella Beck (Hutt Valley)

Olivia Berry (North Harbour)

Penina Davidson (Waitakere)

Theresa Fitzpatrick (Waitakere

Deena Franklin (North Harbour)

Breana Jones (Waikato)

Isabella Lawrence (Waitakere)

Kaitlyn Stringer (Nelson)

Jaycin Tini (North Harbour)

Most Valuable Player

Penina Davidson (Waitakere)

Men’s Tournament Team

Nico Buckrell (Wellington)

Josh Howe (North Harbour)

Mark Kelly (Waitakere)

Kwain Kirau (Wellington)

Jamal Mikaio (Wellington)

Sesilili Palei (North Harbour)

Harlan Solomon (Hawkes Bay)

Jackson Stubbins (Hutt Valley)

Caleb Vautier (Waitakere)

Tai Webster (North Harbour)

Most Valuable Player

Nico Buckrell (Wellington)