The battle for this year’s Kenya Secondary Schools Sports Association (KSSSA) will intensify as this year’s Brookside National Term One games enters the homestretch at Machakos School.
At stake are automatic tickets to this year’s Federation of East Africa Secondary Sports Association (FEASSSA) for the finalists. Five champions will have everything to fight for as they seek to remain on course to retaining their titles. Butula Boys (rugby 15s), Laiser Hill Academy and Butere Girls (boys and girls basketball), Hospital Hill (boys handball) and hockey boys defending champions leave nothing to chance when they take on their opponents in their respective semi-final matches.
Butula Boys High from Western region will take on Kitondo High from Eastern Region, while last year’s finalists All Saints Embu High from Eastern region will lock horns with Lenana School from Nairobi Region.
Butula coach Shimenga Livondo said his boys will have to be at their best if they want to win and increase their chances of defending their crown. “We had to push harder in our last pool encounter as we made a lot of mistakes in ball handling. We were slow but that was out of our control because the pitch is not in good condition,” Shimenga said.
His Kitondo counterpart Dennis Chikamai said Butula are favourites, but promised not to make it easy for the holders.
“My boys have done well so far because reaching the semi-final is an achievement and shows how much the team has grown. It will be a learning curve against Butula and we promise to give them a tough match. Last year, our sevens team went all the way to the East African level and that has inspired the 15s team,” said Chikamai.
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In boys’ basketball, nine-time champions Laiser Hill from Rift Valley will square it out with 2022 winners Dr Aggrey High School from Coast Region. In the second semis clash, Dagoretti High from Nairobi will tackle Nyanza’s Agoro Sare who return to the national stage since their 2018 appearance.
In the girls’ matches, reigning champions Butere Girls High will renew their rivalry with four-time champions Kaya Tiwi Secondary School from Coast in a repeat of last year’s final. In the other last four encounter, former winners Buruburu Girls face debutants Nasokol Girls High from West Pokot County.
A repeat of last year’s boys’ handball final will also be witnessed as holders Hospital Hill High (Nairobi) look to get the better of Eastern’s Mbooni Boys Secondary School.
Former winners St Luke’s Kimilili Boys High School battle Saniak Boys High School from Rift Valley Region in the second semi-final.
In girls’ matches, former winners Moi Girls Kamusinga Secondary School take on newcomers St Albert Ulanda Girls Secondary School, as Mirundiko High School face Kwanthanze Girls Secondary School.
In hockey girls’ champions Nyamira Girls High School take on M-Pesa Academy as Tigoi Girls battle St Joseph’s Girls High School, Kitale.
In boys’ matches, reigning champions Musingu Boys High School take on St Charles Lwanga Secondary School as St Anthony’s Boys High School, Kitale face Nairobi School.
By Education News
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