Comet Bay College students took part in the School Sports WA Lightning Carnival that was held at Mike Barnett Basketball Stadium in Rockingham last week.
The selection process was very competitive and 5 girls and 5 boys were selected from each year group of the 8 and 9 Basketball extension classes. Our Girls team played 6 games in total, winning against Warnbro and Divine Mercy. And the boys team came 2nd overall in the carnival, which advances them through to the next carnival against the best teams in the state.
“Jacob Masterman showed great leadership and work ethic consistently during the games and Bronwyn Marino competed extremely hard all day and displayed excellent skills” – Teacher Ben Smith
The teams that played in the carnival were:-
MCC
Frederick Irwin
Warnbro
Rockingham
Divine Mercy
CBC- Fremantle
Emmanuel
Byford
Serpentine/ Jarradale
Girls Team
Kataya Cann, Pania Davis, Bronwyn Marino, Jasmine Matautia-Clarke, Olivia Kerr, Taylah Birch, Talai Bucknell, Taylah Dunn, Taylah Ellement and Taylah Fissioli
“It was an overall great day of basketball with a bunch of awesome, skillful girls to compete with” – Taylah Fissioli (Year 9)
“Although we didn’t come out on top we still had fun playing the game we love. Overall we did better than last year., improving our skills. The boys team are continuing on to the next carnival” – Taylah Birch (Year 9)
Boys Team
Dominic Dravitzki, Callum Pitman, Jayden Crudeli, Keaus Toofiti, Tom Newson, Kynan Daniell, Ethan Brown, Luke Taylor, Jacob Masterman and Oisin Keating
“I am looking forward to the next round of games” said Jacob Masterman.