Kaya Tiwi Secondary School from Kwale County has retained the Coast Region girls’ basketball 3X3 title after beating Kilifi’s St John’s Kaloleni 15-3 in a final of regional Term Two games that ended on July 4, 2025 in Mpeketoni, Lamu County.
However, Kaya Tiwi boys were unlucky as they lose 21-14 to Malindi High School in the boys’ final.
Regional rugby 15s champions Serani Secondary School from Mombasa inched closer to rugby 7s title after edging out Mghalu Boys 7-0 in the quarter-finals to reach the semis. Kwale High School were unlucky, losing 22-5 to Mwangeka Secondary School to bow out of the title race.
Bishop Baldacchino Secondary School and Waa Boys will also be in the semis after winning their quarters matches against Alidina Visram (12-10) and Waa Boys (15-12), respectively.
In the girls rugby 7s battle, defending champion Hadija Harris showed opponents that she still rules the queens of the sport in the region as they played Paa Girls in semis.
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Last year’s finalists, Shimah Hills, who are coached by Doreen Paul Mwashumbe, also qualified for the semi-finals after beating Mvindeni Secondary in the other quarter.
Shimba Hills are on a redemption path and will face off in the final. The missing link was in the boys volleyball semi-finals where Waa Boys lost 3-2 (25-18, 23-25, 25-19, 25-27, 15-8) to Msambweni Secondary School as St. Mary’s Mpeketoni and Jaribuni Boys also reached the semis.
Mpeketoni Secondary School won the quarter-final 3-2 (25-17, 18-25, 25-22, 19-25, 15-12) as Msambweni edged out Waa.
Waa Boys were unlucky as they succumbed to pressure, losing their semi-final clash to Jaribuni in a five-set thriller. They had a good start, taking the first set 25-21, but Jaribuni recovered to win the second and third sets 25-19 and 25-22. Not willing to go down easily, they took the fourth set 25-17, setting the stage for a scintillating decisive fifth set that ended 17-17 in favour of Jaribuni.
Jaribuni will play Kwale County’s Mwajubamba, who easily dismissed their host Mpeketoni Boys 3-0 (25-14, 25-11, 25-14).
Waa meets Mpeketoni in the third-place play-off match.
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Netball champions Kaya Tiwi will lock horns with Moi Forces in the final. Kaya Tiwi had to dig deep to successfully defend their title after beating their region final match rivals 71-46.
They overcame Kwale County counterparts Menzamwenye 74-41 while Moi Forces beat Kilifi’s Kizurini 57-26 in the semis. Menzamwenye and Kizurini will fight for the bronze.
All finalists qualified for the Kenya Secondary Schools Sports Association (KSSSA) National Term Two to be held in Kakamega from July 2
to August 2.
By Brian Ndigo
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