{"id":45498,"date":"2024-05-17T21:41:33","date_gmt":"2024-05-17T19:41:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=45498"},"modified":"2024-05-17T21:41:33","modified_gmt":"2024-05-17T19:41:33","slug":"after-a-stuttering-start-saints-go-goal-crazy-against-rand-park-high","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=45498","title":{"rendered":"After a stuttering start, Saints go goal crazy against Rand Park High"},"content":{"rendered":"
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With two wins and a draw on the opening day of the Aitken Cup, Parktown went undefeated.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

St Stithians College<\/strong> opened their 2024 Aitken Cup<\/strong> campaign with a shock defeat to Helpmekaar Kollege<\/strong> and a draw against Parktown Boys’ High School<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Saints began proceedings on Friday on the Superpark Red Astro<\/strong> against Helpmekaar, and the defending champions were stunned, going down 1-2. Meanwhile, 2023 runners-up, Jeppe<\/strong>, played to a 1-1 draw with St David’s Marist Inanda <\/strong>in their opener.<\/p>\n

After their early setback, St Stithians fared better in their second outing, sharing a 2-2 draw with Parktown.<\/p>\n

Then, in their third and the last game of the day, Saints reminded their competitors of their potential when they overwhelmed Rand Park High School<\/strong> 10-1.<\/p>\n

It took the hosts only four minutes to get onto the scoreboard. Within a minute, they had doubled their advantage.<\/p>\n

Rand Park mustered a response in the 16th minute, but Saints kept adding to their tally. At half-time, they were 7-1 clear.<\/p>\n

In the second stanza, Rand Park offered stiffer resistance, but St Stithians hit double figures with 14 seconds remaining in the contest to make the final score 10-1.<\/p>\n

King Edward VII School (KES)<\/strong>, who’ve endured middling fortunes in 2024, sneaked a 3-2 win over St Benedict’s<\/strong>, who have been more consistent this season.<\/p>\n

It was a good day for KES, who also brushed aside Fourways<\/strong> 5-1, and later beat Linden<\/strong> 3-1.<\/p>\n

The tournament reaches its knockout stages on Saturday. There is much to play for.<\/p>\n

RESULTS<\/strong><\/p>\n

St Stithians 1-2<\/strong> Helpmekaar; Jeppe 1-1<\/strong> St David’s; St Benedict’s 2-3<\/strong> KES; St John’s 2-0<\/strong> Noordheuwel; Parktown 6-0<\/strong> Randpark; Northcliff 1-2<\/strong> Monument; Linden 0-1<\/strong> Fourways; Trinityhouse 3-1<\/strong> Beaulieu; St Stithians 2-2<\/strong> Parktown; St Benedict’s 2-0<\/strong> Linden; Helpmekaar 2-1<\/strong> Randpark; KES 5-1<\/strong> Fourways; St Stithians 10-1<\/strong> Randpark; St David’s 0-0<\/strong> Monument; Noordheuwel 1-1<\/strong> Beaulieu; Jeppe 3-0<\/strong> Monument; St Benedict’s 6-0<\/strong> Fourways; Helpmekaar 1-2<\/strong> Parktown; KES 3-1<\/strong> Linden; St John’s 2-1<\/strong> Beaulieu; St David’s 2-0 Northcliff; Noordheuwel 2-2<\/strong> Trinityhouse<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

St Stithians College opened their 2024 Aitken Cup campaign with a shock defeat to Helpmekaar Kollege and a draw against Parktown Boys’ High School. Saints began proceedings on Friday on the Superpark Red Astro against Helpmekaar, and the defending champions were stunned, going down 1-2. Meanwhile, 2023 runners-up, Jeppe, played to a 1-1 draw with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":45535,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45498","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\/45498","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=45498"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45498\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=45498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=45498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=45498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}