Junee High School (JHS) hosted Temora High School on August 7 and played additional games through early August for this year’s Canola Cup, a buffet of sports that was hosted across several Riverina Schools.
Junee was home for the opening round against Temora, which saw clear skies instead of the usual chill. Students, staff, and senior SLR students came together to deliver a great day of sport and school spirit.
On the scoreboard, Junee High School celebrated wins in 9/10 Boys Basketball, 9/10 Mixed Soccer, and Volleyball. Temora High showed strength across the other events and ultimately claimed the overall victory.
Kieran Pingiaro gave the Junee Independent the rundown of the few weeks of festivities.
“The Canola Cup is held across three different schools, Cootamundra High School, Temora High School and Junee High School. It’s a competition where you host a school each year, and you visit one school. The sports are played by students from Year 7 to Year 10, mostly in teams. Sports consist of volleyball, netball, basketball, touch football, league tag, rugby league, and soccer. It ends up being a massive day of sport for each school,” he said.
“There are over 70 students involved with eight to ten staff members as well. When Junee hosted Temora two weeks ago, we were defeated overall for the day, despite winning a few different competitions throughout. Last Friday, we visited Cootamundra, and we were victorious in every sport except for one of the volleyball games, so we placed second overall in the Canola Cup for the year.
“It was good. It’s great. Temora High School is just that little bit bigger than us, so they are generally quite strong, which is fine.
“It was a really, really good day, a really positive day.
“It has probably been our most successful so far, I would say. The students we took away with us to Cootamundra were absolutely perfect. They showcased their talent, teamwork and sportsmanship.
“Taking kids out of school is quite a big thing, but Junee High School students were amazing.
“We’ve nominated some most valued players of the day and one overall, that we’ve called the Canola Cup champion, which is Paige McAlister.
“Congratulations to all involved. It’s such a massive effort, but a very rewarding day, and everyone is looking forward to next year already.
“Thanks to the staff for their dedication and time. We realise that these events don’t happen without people volunteering time out of their own lives and on top of an already busy schedule to assist.”
– Jack Murray
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