Intercol Report 2022
*Open Girls Basketball
_Trinity 42 def by St Michael’s 52
Intercol Medalists: Keely Wiseman (TC); Coco Hodges (SMC)_*

Congratulations to both teams for an excellent inaugural Intercol girls basketball game.
The teams were tied at 14-14 at quarter time after both found their style of game early. Avenues to the basket were thwarted by Trinity’s zone defence but St Mick’s were equal to the task, knocking down three opening quarter triples. Trinity was able to establish a running game and were rewarded with some easy buckets of their own.
Both teams slowed in the second, as scoring options dried up. Trinity added just seven points and St Michael’s just five for a 21-19 Trinity lead at the long break.
In the third, St Mick’s turned up the heat with a full court trap that rattled the young Trinity team and turned into the final quarter with a six point lead over the hosts. A steady diet of deft perimeter shooting from St Michael’s spread out the Trinity defence in the last quarter, allowing Lily from St Michael’s the space she needed to dominate inside. Despite threatening to close the gap several times, timely steals and buckets from Coco proved the difference. Keely Wiseman was a warrior all day for Trinity, who now turn their attention to state champs pool play next week.

*Girls Football
_Trinity 1.2 def by St Michael’s 8.7
Intercol Medallists: Tara Lord (TC), Hayley Conlon (SMC)_*

The Senior Girls played out a tough contest against St Michael’s in the annual Intercol. In wet and freezing conditions, the team made a terrific start with multiple forward entries. Whilst we couldn’t convert, we went into half-time confident of pulling back the deficit. However the opposition made the most of their opportunities and ran the game out with several late goals. The best on ground for Trinity was Tara Lord, who laid multiple tough tackles and controlled the midfield. Kelly Matiop dominated in the ruck, and Charlotte Parks played her finest game for the season up front. The host of younger players in Years 8, 9 and 10 suggests there is a lot to look forward to in years to come. This team has been a delight to coach, inclusivity and positivity being their strengths.


*Boys Soccer
_Trinity First XI 6 - 1 St Michael’s
Intercol Medallists: Ryan White (TC), Charlie Linardakis (SMC)_*


Trinity were up for the game and started very strongly creating a number of chances that were just not finished. Thoughts of the grand final lingered but Taj Claridge ended it putting the ball in the net from some great play by Vanderhout and White. Soon after White made it 2 with a rocket into the goals on the end of another Vanderhout ball. 2-0 up at the break.

Again not wanting a repeat of last week, Trinity came out firing in the second half and White added his 2nd in the 1st minute. St Michael’s then managed a goal back after their CB headed home. Trinity continued to control the play as they played out from the back, dominated central areas and attacked both centrally and with width making the small pitch look huge. Braham finished bottom corner to make it 4 and seal the game. White got a 3rd and confirmed his Intercol Medal, before last year’s medallist Vanderhout made it 6. A dominant performance from start to finish from the First XI sealing 5 Intercol wins in a row and another Intercol win for Trinity. Well done to all involved in a near perfect season.

We farewell 6 Year 12s and thank them for their contributions to College Soccer; Taj Claridge (C), Jacob Vanderhout, Evan Braham, Antonio Ielasi, Zac Halloran and Luke Manning.

*_Best - White, Vanderhout, Marley-McFall
Goals - White (3), Claridge, Braham, Vanderhout_*


*Boys basketball
_Trinity 83 def SMC 45
Intercol Medallists: Makai Dornford (TC), Jamil Abu Hassan (SMC)_*

Trinity’s depth was on full display in the 2022 Intercol.
Excellent perimeter shooting from our guards ensured that St Michael’s were always kept at arm’s length. Intercol medallist Makai Dornford was particularly potent from outside, as were Mitch Sayer and Noah Villanueva. Louis Schell continued his good run of form, but really, there were no Trinity passengers, with everyone contributing in the high-scoring affair.
St Michael’s medallist Jamil Abu Hassan battled hard all day for the visitors, but Trinity were too big, too athletic and too disciplined for St Michael’s from the start. Some things to iron out at the defensive end in preparation for State Champs, but it was good to get everyone a burn.
Special thankyou to our seniors Mani, Mitch, Louis, Eb and Jack for their stewardship of the TC Hoops culture throughout their tenure at the College.
Best: Dornford, Sayer, team shooting.
For more on the TC Hoops program, check out our Instagram @tc.hoops


*Boys Football
_Trinity 13.12 def St Michael’s 8.9
Intercol Medallists: Lewis De Ruvo (TC), Finn Higham (SMC)_*

A 2:30 start on Waldeck with most of the school surrounding the forward pocket is a way to get the adrenalin rushing, and that’s what happened for the Lions. A huge start with the first two goals going to the home team. Captain Joseph Fenwick and midfielder Trent Tattoli set the tone early, smashing in at every contest. At the quarter time siren St Michael’s kicked a goal to make scores completely even at the first break.

The second half is where Trinity broke away, kicking consecutive goals early and dominating general play. Isaac Downie, Beau Ryan and ruckman PJ Carlin set the tone in this quarter. Trinity took a 3 goal lead into half-time.

The third quarter was important and year 12’s Hudson Roberts, Lewis De Ruvo and Max Kershaw stood tall. Max was brutal in the air down back, Lewis clearance after clearance and Hudson Roberts was a tackling machine. At the final break Trinity lead by 4 goals.

The last quarter started in St Michael’s favour. They won the first two clearances and had the ball locked in the forward 50 for the first 5 minutes. Fortunately for Trinity, Cameron Rogers and Hamish Mckiggin were huge lacking tackles, impacting aerial contests and using elite foot skills to stem the flow.

Trinity wrestled momentum back and kicked some fantastic late goals to win the game by 5 goals. Lewis DeRuvo the best on ground kicking 4 goals and having stacks of the footy. A great fighting win for the home team and a great way to finish 2022.
*_Best: De Ruvo, McKiggan, Tattoli, Ryan, Carlin
Goals: De Ruvo 4, Tattoli 3, Fenwick 2, Gilchrist, Pasin, Thorp, Ryan 1_*

*Girls Netball
_Trinity 47 def St Michaels 41
Intercol Medallists: Krystal Collins GK (TC), Tayla Dawkins GD (SMC)_*

Team: Emily Laird (C), Krystal Collins, Ella Vardy, Sienna Yarwood, Bree Norton, Zoe O’Brien, Alanah McCann-Cooley, Abby Jenkins, Grace Gibbins, Layla Van Den Berg, Caitlin Westley, Ebony DeKort
There was a nervous energy in the stadium for this game for coaches and players, we had the music pumping on the basketball court next door adding to the atmosphere for the big game, players families came rolling in to watch as well as some senior staff and students, which helped get the girls all fired up. Players mingled respectfully for a pre-game photo, smiling and shaking hands, showing the class in both teams and the positive relationship and friendly rivalry that has built between the two schools, before they turned to warm up at their respective ends preparing for business.
Trinity’s warm up looked sharp, the girls were vocal and moving well and looking ready for a big game - and a bonus for us, an additional game as a team before we face the very exciting challenge of state finals on Monday.
It was an intense start to the game for both teams with everyone having firm eyes for the ball, creating plenty of contest and making the umpires work early to keep control of the game. It was a fairly even quarter, Trinity would win ball, then St Michaels would win ball, we let them stay in the game through some ‘silly’ errors over all, and allowed their defensive pressure to hold us up and second guess ourselves when bringing the ball down the court – as I looked over to Gaz in the first quarter there was lots of notes for the quarter time break! T 15- SM 11 at quarter time.
Ella Vardy applied some excellent pressure on their crafty GA, and really slowed up their ability to get the ball to the post, allowing Krystal Collins to come out of the circle for some cracking intercepts, this along with some strong rebounding from the girls gave us plenty of ball to work with. We began to find our groove bringing the ball down court from defence, and Bree Norton delivered some pin point feeds into our goalies who continued to build the scoreboard pressure.
Gaz made some bold decisions at half time while the score was tight with just a 3 goal lead at half time, the girls brought to the bench had given their all, and done a fantastic job to build the game to what it was, now time for them to rest and for us to bring on some fresh legs and a mix up in the goal circle.
Both teams made each other accountable for every ball, with some strong aerial takes and body work across the court. The depth of our Trinity tea, paired with full court pressure that was applied all game by Trinity was rewarded in the last quarter when we were able to really build score board pressure and finish victorious by 6 in a tightly contested game.