Girls Basketball: St Michael’s 51 def Trinity 22
Trinity’s task against one of the best teams in the state was always going to be a tough one. The teams met earlier in the year without an important Trinity piece, and so that gave the team hope that this game would be more competitive.
However, a nervy start with some unforced turnovers saw us down 9-0 early. After a timeout, Trinity played St Mick’s tough until the third quarter, staying within touch at around ten points. Then St Michael’s unleashed their full-court pressure and blew the game open, eventually cruising in the fourth quarter for the final margin. Jess DuRandt and Keely Wiseman were outstanding defensively, and Intercol Medallist Kelly Matiop rebounded well, and controlled the paint with some big blocked shots.
In the end, our inability to score was the main factor, but comprising mostly of Year 10’s and 11’s, experiences against strong teams like St Mick’s provide valuable learning and act as a road map for where we want to be.
Intercol Medallists: Trinity – Kelly Matiop, St Michael’s – Sophie Barker

Girls Football: St Michael’s 5.6.26 def Trinity 0.1.1
The future is looking very bright for Trinity Girls Footy with only Year 10 and Year 9 players fronting up for the Open Girls Intercol game. Unfortunately, we lost a number of important players including all of our Year 11 girls before we got to the ground yesterday – making an already tough game just a little tougher. After losing to St Michaels in a couple of close matches in our regular season, the Intercol game was sure to be a good game.
Trinity came out hard in the first quarter and had some control of the ball, however we were unable to turn this control into a good score. St Michaels got the upper hand in the next 2 quarters, before we were able to gain control again in the last quarter and stop their scoring. It was a tough game in slippery conditions and I want to commend the girls on their efforts against a much older opposition with many of the girls playing in their first Intercol Footy match. Holly Tralaggan was outstanding in the midfield and was chosen as the best player on the ground from St Michaels.
Intercol Medallists: Trinity: Holly Tralaggan, St Michael’s: Hayley Conlon

Boys Basketball: Trinity 87 def St Michael’s 47
The Open Boys basketball brewed as an interesting battle after last weekend’s SAAS finals results – St Michael’s took out the Div 2 championship, whilst Trinity faltered and finished runner-up in the Div 1 final. It hasn’t been close for the last few years, but with a young and emerging St Michael’s group, Trinity was on notice that the Intercol gap was closing.
Right from the start, however, Trinity’s size, strength and speed were a huge factor in the game. Trinity dominated inside, and the St Michael’s team was left to bomb away from the perimeter to try and exert scoreboard pressure. Trinity cruised to a 20+ point lead early in the third quarter courtesy but a flurry of threes from St Michael’s medallist Noah Woolcock drew the game back to 12 points before a concerted effort to score inside the key broke the game open again for the final margin.
Intercol Medalist Agok Panther was very disciplined and patient at the offensive end, acting as a quarterback from the low post, and his voice and leadership on defence kept us organised down that end. Michael Herjok was aggressive offensively for a team-high 15 points, whilst Deng Manyang was also dominant close to the basket.
The Open A season is hitting the pointy end now, with a state quarter final match-up against Modbury HS on Sept 4.
Scorers: Michael Herjok 15, Deng Manyang 13, Kaui Deng 12, Makai Dornford 10, Charlie Forgione 10
Intercol Medallists: Trinity: Agok Panther, St Michael’s: Noah Woolcock

Boys Football: Trinity College 13.9.87 def St Michaels 8.8.56
The sun was shining for the biggest game of the year and the boys from Trinity were ready to take the points.
A pre game like no other, with the year 12's talking about each other and the boys certainly took the ground with energy to burn!
A fierce first quarter with the scores locked away at 1.4 each at quarter time. It was Trinity kicking with the wind and with the majority of the ball, but unfortunately the scoreboard didn’t show the dominance.
St Michael’s clearly the best team in the second quarter, leading the game by 10 points at halftime, with Trinity wrestling back momentum to take a 2-point lead at the last break.
An exciting start to the final term with year 10 Aidan Schubert bagging consecutive goals, defender turn forward Enrique Mazzeo doing the exact same thing. But it was the class of Trinity’s leaders Trent Tattoli, Isaac Downie, Lachlan Hewlett, Jai Arnold and ‘best on ground’ Jack Collins that lead the Lions to victory. Jack Collins played across half-back all day, always vocal, precise by foot and courage in the air.
Trinity’s ruckman Kuai Deng and young defenders Mason Dohnt and Bailey Blacker were amongst the best players all day. A huge win for the boys to cap off an incredible season of footy.

*_Best : Jack Collins, Trent Tattoli, Kuai Deng, Aidan Schubert, Jai Arnold
Goals: Aidan Schubert 3, Lachlan Hewlett 2, Kuai Deng 2, Enrique Mazzeo 2, Trent Tattoli 1 , Asher Pasin 1 , Charlie Scolyer 1 , Wil Tag 1
Intercol Medallists: Trinity Jack Collins, St Michaels: Will Ashton_*

Open Girls Netball: St Michael’s 53 def Trinity 51
With St Michael’s heading into State Knockout Finals next week our girls went into the game feeling like the underdogs, and with our team going from 12 to 9 through last minute injuries we certainly didn’t have the full side we had hoped for. However, the girls turned up to the gym positive and fired up for a big game! Intercol brings a special energy every year, and the girls take such pride in wearing their Trinity uniform to play in this competitive, yet respectful rivalry.
St Michaels scored a couple of quick ones early through some ball handling errors of Trinity, and within the first 5 minutes had a 5 goal lead. Trinity then pulled in some strong rebounds and capitalised on some missed goals from St Michaels to finish the first quarter within 3.
Our starting line-up played a strong first half, and we decided to make some changes to keep fresh legs and strong drives through our C position, and test out our up and coming year 10 GK with some height to continue to pull in rebounds.
Trinity applied relentless defensive pressure across all 4 quarters, and found their groove to show off our speed and flair through the attack end. All players took the court today, and for the final quarter we were able to have all leaving year 12’s on the court, 4 of them had been in the Academy Netball program at the College since at least year 7.
Going into the last quarter Trinity were 8 goals down, but they dug deep and found another gear in defence, smothering St Michaels with contested pressure, and rewarding themselves by working it down to a shot on goal, this effort saw a massive change in the score line, with Trinity working their way to within 1 goal with around two minutes left on the clock. Unfortunately, St Michaels scored off their own C passes, and finished the game with a 2-goal win, SMC 53, Trinity 51. Both teams showed great skill, tenacity, and competitive sportsmanship for the whole 60 minutes, and I was extremely proud of the Trinity girls’ effort, and the way they never gave up.
Intercol Medallists: Trinity - Ebony De Kort, St Michael’s - Georgie Blades


1st XI Boys Soccer – Trinity 3 def St Michael’s 2
Looking to go six wins in a row in Soccer, it was Trinity that had a poor start when a stray pass from midfield put St Michael’s through for a one on one. Trinity were 0-1 down in the first few minutes. Trinity continued to have large amounts of possession throughout the first half but were unable to create good opportunities going forward as they tried to solve the problem on the small congested pitch. White equalised before the break to go in at 1-1.

Trinity looked to spread the game wider and with more depth in possession. More effort was also needed in the 2nd half and after R. Hooker put pressure on the GK, Docherty tapped it home for the lead. St Michael’s equalised on the counter, before some poor choices put Trinity down to 10 men. Even with less players Trinity continued to control possession looking for a winner in normal time. A St Michael’s defender was also sent off and the 10v10 opened the game up further in Trinity’s favour. Ryan White ran along the end line and sealed the win and his back to back Intercol medal.

A fitting end and goodbye to all graduating Year 12s; Sam Adejo, Lachlan Docherty, Felix Haron, Blake Harris, Mark Hooker, Ryan Hooker, Kyle Marley-McFall, Ryan White. I thank them for their many dedicated years of service to College Soccer.

*_Goals - White (2), Docherty
Best - White, Crawford, Kyle Marley-McFall
Intercol medallists: Trinity – Ryan White, St Michael’s – Johnny Finamore_*




*Final result in Open Team Sport:
• Open Girls Basketball – St Michael’s
• Open Girls Football - St Michael’s
• Open Girls Netball - St Michael’s
• Open Boys Basketball - Trinity
• 1st XI Boys Soccer – Trinity
• 1st 18 Boys Football – Trinity
Overall Intercol Result: 3-3 tie*