St Hilda’s in top eight

St Hilda’s Collegiate are the only South Island team in the top eight at the New Zealand secondary schools championships in Porirua.

St Hilda’s yesterday had a gutsy 31-30 loss to Westlake Girls’, who were fourth last year. They were playing the first of their three second-round games last night, and have two more games today, after which they will know which final placing game they play in tomorrow.

Columba College dropped into the bottom eight after their 34-22 loss to Howick College yesterday. — Allied Media