Nor'West News: June 21, 2016
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Tuesday <strong>June</strong> <strong>21</strong> <strong>2016</strong><br />
NOR’WEST NEWS<br />
Boys’ High have chance<br />
to go top of trophy table<br />
SPORTS<br />
• By Gordon Findlater<br />
CHRISTCHURCH BOYS’<br />
High could go to the top of the<br />
Thompson Trophy standings<br />
with a win over Cashmere High<br />
School tonight.<br />
Boys’ High come into tonight’s<br />
basketball game occupying third<br />
spot in the competition, behind<br />
Cashmere and Burnside High<br />
schools.<br />
The team has no shortage of<br />
talent with three under-19 and<br />
two under-17 Canterbury representative<br />
players in their line-up.<br />
The only blip in the season to<br />
date was a 76-85 loss to Burnside<br />
a fortnight ago.<br />
“We sort of dragged the chain<br />
in that game a wee bit. We<br />
finished well and got it back to<br />
three points with a few minutes<br />
to go, but just couldn’t quite seal<br />
the deal. It was a good game to<br />
be part of though,” said CBHS<br />
coach Glenn Lang.<br />
One of the driving forces<br />
behind Boys’ High’s success has<br />
been Jack Ansell.<br />
The forward is a consistent<br />
source of points, averaging<br />
around 20 points per game.<br />
Ansell has also been productive<br />
on the boards. He leads the<br />
league with 70 re-bounds, 30 of<br />
which have been offensive.<br />
CBHS will also be looking<br />
to have the services of highlytouted<br />
Canterbury Rams guard<br />
Quinn Clinton returned for<br />
tonight’s match.<br />
Clinton returned from Asia<br />
last week after attending a coaching<br />
program in China, which<br />
saw him test his skills against<br />
the best young players from<br />
throughout Asia.<br />
The event was also attended<br />
by top coaches from around the<br />
world, as well as current and<br />
former NBA players.<br />
Tonight’s opposition will provide<br />
plenty of challenges.<br />
Last year’s runner-up, Cashmere,<br />
are currently undefeated in<br />
the competition.<br />
“They just have an all-round<br />
solid team, they go pretty deep.<br />
They have a stand out guard,<br />
Connor McLaughlin. He’s pretty<br />
good, he’s a Canterbury under-17<br />
rep as well,” Lang said.<br />
Cashmere’s Connor McLaughlin<br />
is one of the competition’s top<br />
scorers and currently sits second<br />
in total assists.<br />
A vocal home crowd is expected<br />
at CBHS tonight. Tip-off<br />
is at 6pm.<br />
CREATING A PLAN: Christchurch Boys’ High will need to have a solid game plan tonight<br />
when they face an undefeated Cashmere High School. <br />
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