{"id":45859,"date":"2024-05-20T12:59:16","date_gmt":"2024-05-20T10:59:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=45859"},"modified":"2024-05-20T12:59:16","modified_gmt":"2024-05-20T10:59:16","slug":"rhenish-paarl-girls-and-paarl-gim-dominate-in-the-western-cape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=45859","title":{"rendered":"Rhenish, Paarl Girls’ and Paarl Gim dominate in the Western Cape"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Rhenish Girls’ High <\/strong>further asserted themselves as one of the most dangerous teams in the country this season when they overwhelmed Fairmont High School<\/a><\/strong> 10-0 in one of the most highly anticipated of the weekend’s girls’ matches in the Western Cape.<\/p>\n

The Stellenbosch-based side headed into the game with confidence after an impressive All Girls Festival <\/a><\/strong>showing in Potchefstroom earlier this month.<\/p>\n

There, coach Chris Gerber’<\/strong>s troops finished in second spot, going down 2-3 in a penalty shootout against Pretoria’s Afrikaanse Ho\u00ebr Meisieskool <\/strong>after the teams had finished regulation time in the final level at 0-0.<\/p>\n

Before the All Girls Festival, Rhenish had only tasted defeat once, and it was a 0-1 loss, at the hands of Paarl Gimnasium<\/strong> during the St Mary’s Waverley Hockey Festival<\/strong> last month.<\/p>\n

Despite those setbacks, Rhenish has been superb this season and, at times, has looked unplayable, scoring goals with ease while remaining rock-solid at the back.<\/p>\n

Before their Friday night clash, they took on Herschel Girls School<\/strong> in a mid-week encounter and won 2-0.<\/p>\n

Against Fairmont, they came up against an unpredictable side that’s been searching for consistency in 2024.<\/p>\n

In their two fixtures preceding the Rhenish game, coach Jarryd Curran<\/strong>‘s side defeated Stellenbosch<\/strong> 5-0 and drew 0-0 with DF Malan<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

They were, however, blown away by Rhenish. Ruby Cilliers<\/strong> opened the scoring with a field goal early in the match and the floodgates opened up after that strike.\u00a0The Stellenbosch girls were superb under the lights.<\/p>\n

Sarah-Ellen Groenewald<\/strong> then netted twice, firstly with a drag flick from a PC, which was followed by a field goal.\u00a0Grace Hobbs <\/strong>added three of her own, Leah du Plessis<\/strong> bagged a double, and Montana de Kock <\/strong>and Nicola van der Merwe <\/strong>added further goals as Rhenish posted an emphatic 10-0 win.<\/p>\n

Rhenish remains unbeaten in Western Cape competition this season, and it’ll take a special effort to dent that record.<\/p>\n

In another highly anticipated clash on Friday, Paarl Girls’ High<\/strong> was victorious against La Rochelle<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Girls’ High, just like Rhenish, participated in the All Girls Festival. They finished fourth in Potchefstroom, which was the second best of the Western Cape sides at the event.<\/p>\n

Last week, they took on Somerset College<\/strong>, and shared a 1-1 draw, with Halle Williams<\/strong> finding the back of the net in that game.<\/p>\n

They were a different side against La Rochelle. Clinical in front of goal, they netted 10 goals, while keeping a clean sheet.<\/p>\n

Lisa Craven<\/strong> scored a hattrick, Halle Williams<\/strong> contributed a brace, and Charlotte Louw<\/strong>, Nina Cilliers<\/strong>, Cassie Fairbairn<\/strong>, Rouxn\u00e8 Pentz<\/strong>, and Nika Pretorius <\/strong>each scored once.<\/p>\n

On Saturday, Paarl Gimnasium defeated HMS\u00a0Bloemhof 2-0 at home with Anya Swanepoel<\/strong>, and Tanya Pieterse<\/strong> grabbing the goals for Gim.<\/p>\n

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

Worcester Gimnasium 1-2 Strand
\nPaarl Girls’ High 10-0 La Rochelle
\nParel Vallei 1-0 Somerset College
\nRustenburg Girls’ High 0-2 Springfield Convent School
\nRhenish Girls’ High 10-0 Fairmont High School
\nHerschel Girls School 1-0 Stellenberg High
\nMelkbosstrand 1-2 Brackenfell
\nPaarl Gimnasium 2-0 HMS Bloemhof<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rhenish Girls’ High further asserted themselves as one of the most dangerous teams in the country this season when they overwhelmed Fairmont High School 10-0 in one of the most highly anticipated of the weekend’s girls’ matches in the Western Cape. The Stellenbosch-based side headed into the game with confidence after an impressive All Girls […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":45918,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45859","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\/45859","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\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=45859"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45859\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=45859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=45859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=45859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}