{"id":50330,"date":"2024-06-19T20:29:08","date_gmt":"2024-06-19T18:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=50330"},"modified":"2024-06-19T20:29:08","modified_gmt":"2024-06-19T18:29:08","slug":"drama-filled-day-as-kzn-coastal-sneaks-into-sashoc-national-week-semis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=50330","title":{"rendered":"Drama-filled day as KZN Coastal sneaks into SASHOC National Week semis"},"content":{"rendered":"
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KZN Coastal A’s Lumi Matwele in action for his side on day four of the SASHOC National Week in Bloemfontein. Photo credits: TeamPhotoSA<\/a><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The fourth day of the u18 SASHOC National Week<\/a><\/strong> in Bloemfontein produced jaw-dropping action and remarkable comebacks, and left several players rueing their missed chances, as the four semi-finalists were decided.<\/p>\n

KZN Coastal A<\/strong> will take on Western Province A<\/strong>, while Boland A\u00a0<\/strong>and Southern Gauteng A<\/strong> will go toe-to-toe in the other final four clash on Thursday at the University of the Free State<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Catch the action LIVE on SuperSport Schools<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Heading into the final day of group stage action, Pool A was already decided, with Province and Boland<\/a><\/strong> securing their places in the semi-finals on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Coach Bryce West’<\/strong>s Western Province team compiled a flawless record, five wins from five matches, while Boland lost only once, against Province.<\/p>\n

Pool B is where a flurry of possibilities came into play with five teams heading into the day with a shot at securing a semi-final place.<\/p>\n

Overnight, Southern Gauteng A and KZN Coastal A occupied the top two positions, with eight and six points respectively. But Thursday’s games could possibly upend the finishing order in the group.<\/p>\n

Coach Anthony Woodhouse<\/a>‘<\/strong>s Southerns’ boys were shocked early in the morning, going down 2-5 against a hungry KZN Inland A<\/a><\/strong> side, which was also trying to salvage their campaign.<\/p>\n

That defeat left the pool wide open and meant Southerns would need help to progress when KZN Coastal A and Northern Gauteng<\/strong> met later in the day.<\/p>\n

Northerns were also in with a shot at sneaking into the top two, but only a win would do against Coastal after they played to a couple of draws earlier in the week.<\/p>\n

Their clash against coach Cam Mackay’<\/strong>s side ended in a tense 1-1 draw. Luken Brunette<\/strong> opened the scoring for Northerns, but Lethabo Mathobela<\/strong> replied for KZN Coastal.<\/p>\n

That result meant the final match of the day between KZN Inland A and the hosts, Southern Free State<\/strong>, would determine which one of three teams – KZN Coastal, KZN Inland or Southern Free State – would secure a semi-final spot.<\/p>\n

The equation was simple for coach Damian Kimfley<\/strong>‘s Inland side and coach Wayne Coetzee’<\/strong>s Free Staters: Win and you’re in. Draw and no top four.<\/p>\n

Neither side capitalised on their opportunity. KZN Inland grabbed an early lead through a penalty corner drag flick from their captain Jarred Kitto<\/strong>. Free State struck back in a similar manner, with Matthias Visser <\/strong>rocketing a PC drag flick past Nick Holmes<\/strong>, in the Inland goal.<\/p>\n

At the conclusion of the game, KZN Coastal A could breathe a sigh of relief. Their seven points left them one adrift of the table-topping Southern Gauteng A.<\/p>\n

“I didn\u2019t expect that to happen (for Inland to draw with Free State),” Coastal coach Cam Mackay told SuperSport Schools Plus<\/strong> after the match.<\/p>\n

“I think both teams had really good results coming into that match, so a draw was not expected, even though we should expect draws because the group has been a little bit messy.<\/p>\n

“I haven’t thought about tomorrow,” he continued, “but a goal of ours was to make the semi-finals, and I think the way we’ve played for the majority of the time, the boys deserve it.”<\/p>\n

Coastal faces a daunting task on Thursday, taking on an on-song Western Province A in the second semi-final at 14:10.<\/p>\n

Mackay said his team would be up for the challenge. “We will have to regroup and try to think about what we’re going to do tomorrow,” he said.<\/p>\n

“We have a bit more recovery time, more time to think, but we don’t fear Western Province. They’re a great team and we have respect for them, but being in the semi-finals was a goal and we’ve achieved that.”<\/p>\n

Day 4| Results and Scorers<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pool A<\/strong><\/p>\n

Boland A 2 (2):<\/strong> Reuben Sendzul, Ethan Leonard. KZN Coastal B 1 (1):<\/strong> Zach Williamson.<\/p>\n

Border A 2 (1):<\/strong> Helio Ruiters, Hisharm Pillay. Southern Gauteng B 0.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Western Province A 5 (2):<\/strong> Litha Kraai (2), Ethan Lee, Stephan Meyer, Dayle Gertson. Western Province B 0 (1):<\/strong> Matthew Lassen<\/p>\n

Pool B<\/strong><\/p>\n

KZN Inland A 5 (2):<\/strong> Grant Bridgeford (2), Julian Koningkramer, Banele Dlamini, Tino Hove. Southern Gauteng A 2 (2):<\/strong> Nashaan Matroos (2)<\/p>\n

Southern Free State A 1 (4):<\/strong> Matthias Visser (3), Duane Romain. Eastern Province A 1 (1):<\/strong> Ben Ristow.<\/p>\n

KZN Coastal A 1 (0):<\/strong> Lethabo Mathobela, Northern Gauteng A 1 (1):<\/strong> Luken Brunette.<\/p>\n

KZN Inland A 1 (1):<\/strong> Jarred Kitto. Southern Free State A 1 (1):<\/strong> Matthias Visser.<\/p>\n

Results| Section B<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pool X<\/strong><\/p>\n

KZN Inland B 2-1 Southern Free State B
\nMpumalanga 3-1 Boland B
\nEastern Province B 2-1 North West<\/p>\n

Pool Y<\/strong><\/p>\n

Northern Free State 2-1 Limpopo
\nEastern Gauteng 5-0 Eden
\nNorthern Gauteng 0-0 Northern Cape
\nEastern Gauteng 3-0 Northern Free State
\nNorthern Gauteng 7-1 Limpopo<\/p>\n

Day 5| Fixtures<\/strong><\/p>\n

08:45 – Southern Gauteng B vs KZN Inland A ((Play-off 5-8)
\n09:55 – KZN Coastal B vs Southern Free State A (Play-off 5-8)
\n11:20 – Boland A vs Southern Gauteng A (Semi-final 1)
\n11:35 – Western Province B vs Northern Gauteng A (Play-off 9-12)
\n14:10 – Western Province A vs KZN Coastal A (Semi-final 2)
\n14:25 – Border A vs Eastern Province A (Play-off 9-12)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The fourth day of the u18 SASHOC National Week in Bloemfontein produced jaw-dropping action and remarkable comebacks, and left several players rueing their missed chances, as the four semi-finalists were decided. KZN Coastal A will take on Western Province A, while Boland A\u00a0and Southern Gauteng A will go toe-to-toe in the other final four clash […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":50331,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50330","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\/50330","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=50330"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50330\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=50330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=50330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=50330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}