{"id":44635,"date":"2024-05-10T16:36:22","date_gmt":"2024-05-10T14:36:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=44635"},"modified":"2024-05-10T16:36:22","modified_gmt":"2024-05-10T14:36:22","slug":"parktown-and-st-stithians-set-for-tight-hockey-battle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=44635","title":{"rendered":"Parktown and St Stithians set for tight hockey battle"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_44657\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44657\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-44657\" src=\"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/hockey-st-stithians-100524-400x400.jpg\" alt=\"It has been an inconsistent season for St Stithians, but they';; fancy their chances at home against Parktown Boys' High.\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-44657\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">It has been an inconsistent season for St Stithians, but they&#8217;;; fancy their chances at home against Parktown Boys&#8217; High.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A much-anticipated clash between <strong>Parktown Boys&#8217; High School<\/strong> and <strong>St Stithians<\/strong> <strong>College<\/strong> will be one of the highlights of the weekend&#8217;s hockey action in Johannesburg.<\/p>\n<p>Friday sees the junior teams in action, while Saturday features their seniors. <strong>Parktown<\/strong>, after a 0-3 loss at <strong>Pretoria Boys High<\/strong> in their last outing, will try for another away win against <strong>Saints<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Despite their defeat in Pretoria, Parktown coach <strong>Kyle Reddy<\/strong> believes his charges are well prepared for their showdown with St Stithians. \u201cThe preparations have been good,&#8221; he said. &#8220;At this stage of the season, we do what we do to stick to our processes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Last year, when Saints produced an Aitken Trophy-winning season, they were made to battle hard to down Parktown 2-1.<\/p>\n<p>Looking back on that clash, Reddy said: &#8220;So, last year it was quite tight. We lost 1-2 after they scored a PC after time was up, which won them the game. It has always been a good game for us, always quite tight.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Parktown coach also shared that he&#8217;s been tweaking his lineup a little. He explained: &#8220;I&#8217;ve been playing around with forwards in the last few games, just giving guys an opportunity to see what works and what doesn&#8217;t.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In other matches, <strong>King Edward VII<\/strong> will face a tough challenge from St Benedict&#8217;s College, who have enjoyed an impressive season.<\/p>\n<p>Pretoria Boys High hosts <strong>Hilton College<\/strong>, knowing the visitors were stung last weekend by a loss to <strong>Michaelhouse<\/strong>. Coach <strong>Damian Kimfley<\/strong>&#8216;s charges suffered only their second loss of 2024 on the <strong>Mansergh Astro<\/strong>, and they will be keen to arrest any signs of a slide.<\/p>\n<p><strong>St David&#8217;s Marist Inanda<\/strong> will be favoured in their match against <strong>Spring Boys&#8217; High<\/strong>, which takes place in Sandton.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A much-anticipated clash between Parktown Boys&#8217; High School and St Stithians College will be one of the highlights of the weekend&#8217;s hockey action in Johannesburg. Friday sees the junior teams in action, while Saturday features their seniors. Parktown, after a 0-3 loss at Pretoria Boys High in their last outing, will try for another away [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":44657,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=44635"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44635\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=44635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=44635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=44635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}