{"id":59983,"date":"2024-10-25T08:45:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-25T06:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=59983"},"modified":"2024-10-25T08:45:00","modified_gmt":"2024-10-25T06:45:00","slug":"defending-champs-make-winning-start-at-inanda-hoops-classic-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=59983","title":{"rendered":"Defending champs make winning start at Inanda Hoops Classic challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"The reigning champions, St Benedict’s College basketball<\/strong> team, made an impressive start to their defence of the title at the seventh edition of the St David’s Marist Inanda Hoops Classic Challenge <\/strong>on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Bennies<\/strong> scored two victories on day one, overcoming St Andrew’s College<\/strong> and King Edward VII School (KES).<\/strong> Those strong performances in Pool A<\/strong> mark the title-holders as serious contenders once again.<\/p>\n

In their match against St Benedict’s College, the Eastern Cape’s St Andrew’s College faced a tough opponent and were well beaten, going down 17-57, which underlined the dominance of St Benedict’s throughout the contest. KES, on the other hand, stretched Bennies, but the reigning champions held the edge and came away with a 48-39 win.<\/p>\n

In other Pool A matches, St Andrew’s College overcame the shock of their one-sided loss to St Benedict’s, defeating Sacred Heart College<\/strong> 61-55 in their second outing. It was a challenging day for Sacred Heart College, who also went down to KES, but not without a fight, with KES claiming a 51-41 win.<\/p>\n

Pool B had two matches on the opening day. St John’s College<\/strong> scored a narrow win over Parktown Boys’ High School<\/strong>, with only four points separating the teams at the end, but St John’s the winners’ by a 48-44 margin.<\/strong>\u00a0winning the game by 4 points in a final score of 48-44. The proud hosts of the tournament, St David’s Marist Inanda<\/strong> defeated Grey High School<\/strong> by 35-29 to get off to a winning start.<\/p>\n

In Pool C, St Stithians College<\/strong> comfortably won their first game of the tournament, defeating Hilton College<\/strong> 53-35. Jeppe High School<\/strong> for Boys<\/strong> secured a convincing 66-42 win against Redhill School<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

In Pool D, in a low-scoring affair, Michael Mount Waldorf School<\/strong> overcame St Peter’s College<\/strong> 24-14, while Pretoria Boys High School <\/strong>was made to sweat by King’s Linbro<\/strong> before coming away with a 37-33 victory.<\/p>\n

u18 Results\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

St Benedict’s 57-17 St Andrew’s College
\nKing Edward VII School 51-41 Sacred Heart
\nSt Benedict’s 48-39 King Edward VII School
\nSt Andrew’s College 61-55 Sacred Heart<\/p>\n

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

St John’s College 48-44 Parktown Boy’s High School
\nSt David’s 35-29 Grey High<\/p>\n

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

St Stithians 53-35 Hilton
\nJeppe 66-42 Redhill<\/p>\n

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

Michael Mount 24-14 St Peters
\nPretoria Boy’s High School 37-33 King’s Linbro<\/p>\n

u15 Results\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

St David’s 43-37 St Andrew’s College
\nSt Alban’s 35-21 St Peter’s
\nSt Stithians 64-35 Jeppe
\nSt Benedict’s 37-31 Parktown
\nSt John’s College 35-23 Kings Linbro
\nPretoria Boys High School 60-10 Redhill
\nKing Edward VII School 45-39 Hilton College
\nSacred Heart 39-37 Michael Mount
\nSt Stithians 39-27 Parktown
\nSt Benedict’s 56-45 Jeppe<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The reigning champions, St Benedict’s College basketball team, made an impressive start to their defence of the title at the seventh edition of the St David’s Marist Inanda Hoops Classic Challenge on Thursday. Bennies scored two victories on day one, overcoming St Andrew’s College and King Edward VII School (KES). Those strong performances in Pool […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":60001,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59983","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\/59983","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=59983"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59983\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=59983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=59983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=59983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}