{"id":55814,"date":"2024-08-26T09:05:42","date_gmt":"2024-08-26T07:05:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=55814"},"modified":"2024-08-26T09:05:42","modified_gmt":"2024-08-26T07:05:42","slug":"umbilo-kings-and-cwebezela-crowned-jr-nba-wnba-tournament-champs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=55814","title":{"rendered":"Umbilo Kings and Cwebezela crowned Jr. NBA\/WNBA Tournament champs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-55821\" src=\"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/basketball-jnr-nba-260824-400x278.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"278\" \/><strong>Umbilo Kings<\/strong> and <strong>Cwebezela Primary<\/strong> School lifted the boys&#8217; and girls&#8217; <strong>Jr. NBA\/WNBA Tournament <\/strong>titles at Umlazi&#8217;s <strong>Victoria Mxenge Sports Centre<\/strong> on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>From day one of the tournament, Cwebezela stood out and they quickly established themselves as a fan favourite. They were clearly the class of the field and dominated their opposition.<\/p>\n<p>Following a resounding victory over <strong>Durban Girls&#8217; College (DGC)<\/strong> in their first match in <strong>Pool B, <\/strong>\u00a0Cwebezela rolled to a 31-4 win over <strong>Sukuma Primary School<\/strong>, exhibiting robust offensive and defensive strategies, exceptional ball-handling skills, and solid shooting accuracy, which posed significant challenges for their opposition.<\/p>\n<p>Performing as a well-rounded unit, they asked questions their opponents couldn&#8217;t answer.<\/p>\n<p>Umbilo Kings were on song from their first outing in the boys&#8217; division, triumphing over some stout opposition, which included a stunning 23-2 victory over <strong>Molweni.\u00a0<\/strong>They added a hard-fought victoryover <strong>Shakahead Basketball Development<\/strong>, winning a tight contest 12-7.<\/p>\n<p>The semi-finals and finals of the boys&#8217; and girls&#8217; divisions were exhilarating. In the girls&#8217; final four clashes, Cwebezela Primary School handed <strong>Shakahead <\/strong>a 10-6 defeat, while <strong>Liv Village<\/strong> held off <strong>Sekelani<\/strong>, claiming an 8-4 victory.<\/p>\n<p>In the boys&#8217; division, Umbilo Kings defeated <strong>Kearsney College <\/strong>18-3, while <strong>Home Turf Hoops<\/strong>, who had won a number of matches by narrow margins, squeaked past <strong>The Clan<\/strong>, winning 19-18.<\/p>\n<p>Then, in the girls&#8217; gold medal match, Cwebezela downed Liv Village 22-10, while Umbilo were pushed all the way by Home Turf Hoops before claiming an 18-15 win and the title.<\/p>\n<p>The Most Valuable Players Awards went to the leading performers on the tournament champion teams. Cwebezela&#8217;s <strong>Anele Thusi<\/strong> was named the girls&#8217; MVP, while <strong>Lancey Kawomba<\/strong>, of Umbilo Kings, was the boys&#8217; MVP.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Umbilo Kings and Cwebezela Primary School lifted the boys&#8217; and girls&#8217; Jr. NBA\/WNBA Tournament titles at Umlazi&#8217;s Victoria Mxenge Sports Centre on Sunday. From day one of the tournament, Cwebezela stood out and they quickly established themselves as a fan favourite. They were clearly the class of the field and dominated their opposition. Following a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":55821,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55814","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\/55814","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\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=55814"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55814\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=55814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=55814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=55814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}