{"id":55434,"date":"2024-08-19T09:45:11","date_gmt":"2024-08-19T07:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=55434"},"modified":"2024-08-19T09:45:11","modified_gmt":"2024-08-19T07:45:11","slug":"derby-delight-for-sacs-and-bishops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=55434","title":{"rendered":"Derby delight for SACS and Bishops"},"content":{"rendered":"
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SACS’s Litha Kraai scored a hattrick of goals to help his side to a 5-0 win against Wynberg Boys High in their final match of the 2024 season. Photo: Ray Chaplin Photography<\/a><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

South African College High School<\/strong> (SACS)<\/strong>\u00a0and Bishops Diocesan College<\/strong> claimed wins on the final weekend of the schoolboy hockey season in the southern suburbs to conclude their campaigns on a winning note.<\/p>\n

SACS, as they have done the whole season, dialled up the intensity and recorded an emphatic 5-0 win over Wynberg Boys’ High<\/strong> <\/a>at the Brewery Astroturf.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Bishops were made to work hard for their 3-2 win over Rondebosch Boys’ High<\/strong> away from home.<\/p>\n

The four southern suburbs teams have had contrasting campaigns, with SACS claiming victory against their three rivals during the season.<\/p>\n

In the first installment of the southern suburbs’ derbies<\/a><\/strong>, coach Sam Holmes’ team took home a 3-0 win against Rondebosch before edging out Wynberg 1-0 in their final term two matches.<\/p>\n

In the second half of the season, SACS turned up the tempo and ran rampant against ‘Bosch, scoring freely in their second meeting to record an emphatic 8-2 win before beating Bishops 3-0 earlier this month at the Woodlands Astroturf.<\/p>\n

It has been another incredible season for SACS. They’ve finished it unbeaten at home and retained the Western Province u18 Premier League<\/strong> title. It was important to conclude it with a victory, to ensure the gloss remained on their achievements, especially facing Wynberg at home, and with both teams bidding farewell to their grade 12 players.<\/p>\n

After a nervy start, with the visitors applying early pressure, SACS opened the scoring against the run of play when Litha Kraai<\/a> <\/strong>intercepted the ball near the halfway line and dribbled almost 20 metres before entering the circle. He then rounded goalkeeper Zack Raizenberg<\/strong> to slot the ball into the back of the net for a 1-0 lead after the first chukka.<\/p>\n

The home side doubled their advantage in the second quarter through a Regan Wille<\/strong> goal, before Kraai made it 3-0 with a penalty stroke after he was fouled inside the circle by Raizenberg.<\/p>\n

In the third chukka, Kraai completed his hattrick by converting another penalty stroke, and Connor van der Schyff<\/strong> added a further goal to make it 5-0 and put a bow on another supremely impressive season for the side from Newlands.<\/p>\n

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In his final match for Bishops, Joshua Mettler scored a cracking goal as his side defeated Rondebosch Boys High 3-2. Photo: Rob Forrest<\/a><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Elsewhere in Rondebosch, Bishops Diocesan College<\/a><\/strong>, after a rather disappointing second half of the season, was intent on ending the season on a high away from home.<\/p>\n

In the third term, Bishops had suffered a 1-2 loss to Paul Roos<\/a><\/strong>, gone down 0-3 against SACS, 1-3 against Wynberg<\/a><\/strong>, and 1-2 to Paarl Gimnasium<\/strong>. After a blazing start to the season, they had gone off the boil.<\/p>\n

The game against ‘Bosch, though, wasn’t only an opportunity to bounce back against their fierce rivals, it also presented coach Ryan Julius’s side with an opportunity to complete a double in the Bish-Bosch clash.<\/p>\n

Bishops did it. Despite being made to dig deep in the latter stages of the game, they held on for a 3-2 win.<\/p>\n

Their goals were scored by Thomas Malan, Joshua Mettler<\/a><\/strong>, and James Grieve.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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