{"id":64724,"date":"2025-02-15T07:50:06","date_gmt":"2025-02-15T05:50:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=64724"},"modified":"2025-02-15T07:50:06","modified_gmt":"2025-02-15T05:50:06","slug":"day-one-recap-u16-st-stithians-college-basketball-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=64724","title":{"rendered":"Day one recap: u16 St Stithians College Basketball Tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"
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u16 St Stithians College team. Photo. Debbi Adcock Photography<\/strong><\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The u16 Stithians College Basketball Tournament<\/strong> tipped off on Friday, welcoming players from all across South Africa<\/strong>, and from neighbouring Eswatini<\/strong> and Botswana<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Boys’ competition<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the boys’ competition, some teams made a significant impact on day one, including Hilton College, St Alban’s College, King Edward VII School (KES), Michaelhouse, St Benedict’s College, St David’s Marist Inanda,<\/strong> and Kearsney College<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

In Pool A, St David’s Marist Inanda went three for three to finish the day with a full haul of six points. Their group includes a formidable line-up, with, among others, St Benedict’s College, Kearsney College, and the defending champions, Westville Boys’ High School. <\/strong><\/p>\n

St David’s started their campaign with a 34-25 win against Parktown Boys’ High School <\/strong>and then laid down a marker by outplaying Westville Boys’ High 39-19. They ran into tough opposition from Kearsney College and scraped a 35-34 win in their third outing.<\/p>\n

After day one in Pool A, St Benedict’s College and Kearsney are in second and third positions respectively, each with five points.<\/p>\n

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Photo: Debbie Adcock Photography<\/strong><\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The front runners in Pool B are KES and Michaelhouse. Both have six points after three wins each, with KES on top of the table on points’ difference.<\/p>\n

They overran St Peter’s College<\/strong> 47-19 and cruised to a 38-17 victory over Maru-a-Pula<\/strong>, from Botswana. St Charles College<\/strong> made KES battle hard, but the Johannesburg school pulled off a 36-30 win in the end.<\/p>\n

Michaelhouse took down St Charles, winning 30-23. They beat St Peter’s 32-21, and held off St Stithians u16A<\/strong>, winning 38-32.<\/p>\n

Saints<\/strong><\/em>, though, are hot on ‘House’s heels, having earned five points.<\/p>\n

St Alban’s College<\/strong> tops Pool C after day one, but their record was not unblemished. They’re on five points, but so, too, is St John’s College<\/strong>. They’ll be wary of Maritzburg College<\/strong>, though.<\/p>\n

The KZN side played only twice on Friday but charged to a 65-13 defeat of Eswatini’s Usutu Forest International<\/strong> and edged out St John’s 43-41.<\/p>\n

Usutu Forest and Pretoria Boys High prop up the table with two points apiece.<\/p>\n

Hilton College<\/strong> is in a commanding position in Pool D after racking up three victories from three starts. They decisively defeated the St Stithians College u15A team<\/strong> 31-19. St George’s College<\/strong>, of Zimbabwe, pushed them hard, but Hilton won 35-28, and they completed their day’s schedule by beating St Andrew’s College by the same score.<\/p>\n

Girls’ competition<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Photo: Debbie Adcock Photography<\/strong><\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On day one of the girls’ competition, the hosts, St Stithians, emerged as one the leading contenders.<\/p>\n

Playing in Pool B, Saints is up against the International School of South Africa (ISSA), Kingswood College<\/strong>, and Redhill School.<\/strong> After two wins – by 16-6 over Redhill and 28-13 over ISSA – the home team tops the standings.<\/p>\n

ISSA and Kingswood picked up a win and a loss each. Kingswood narrowly defeated Redhill 10-8 but went down 14-26 to ISSA. Redhill finished the day winless.<\/p>\n

Pool A is intriguing after both St Peter’s College<\/strong> and the Saheti School A Team <\/strong>picked up two wins apiece. They meet at 10:00 on Saturday morning.<\/p>\n

St Peter’s College scored a comfortable 31-7 win over Trinity House Glenvista<\/strong> in their first match and then outlasted Michael Mount Waldorf<\/strong> 29-20. Saheti’s victories against the same opponents were tighter. They beat Trinity House 23-14 and narrowly overcame Michael Mount 25-22.<\/p>\n

In Pool C, Rand Tutorial College<\/strong> ended Friday with a sparkling clean record. They decisively defeated St Mary’s DSG (Pretoria) <\/strong>38-8 and St Dunstan’s College <\/strong>43-18.<\/p>\n

St Mary’s occupies second place in the pool after a 15-9 win over Marist Brothers Linmeyer<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

St Mary’s Waverley<\/strong> is top of pool D after a couple of convincing victories on Friday. They overpowered The King’s School Linbro Park<\/strong> 34-4 in their opener and then kept their opposition to single figures again, dominating the Saheti School B Team <\/strong>21-5.<\/p>\n

Diocesan School for Girls (Makhanda) <\/strong>played only once and triumphed 37-13 over St Mary’s DSG.<\/p>\n

Boys’ results<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

St David’s 34-25 Parktown Boys
\nKearsney College 41-27 Falcon College
\nSt Benedict’s College 39-17 Westville Boys’ High
\nKearsney College 34-35 St David’s
\nWestville Boys’ High 25-16 Falcon College
\nSt Benedict’s College 36-28 Parktown Boys
\nSt David’s 28-25 St Benedict’s College
\nParktown Boys 51-25 Falcon College
\nKearsney College 37-34 Westville Boys’ High
\nSt David’s 35-34 Kearsney College<\/p>\n

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

St Stithians College 37-11 Maru-a-Pula
\nMichaelhouse 30-23 St Charles College
\nKES 47-19 St Peter’s College
\nKES 38-17 Maru-a-Pula
\nMichaelhouse 32-21 St Peter’s College
\nSt Stithians College 44-19 St Charles College
\nKES 36-30 St Charles College
\nMaru-a-Pula 28-16 St Peter’s College
\nMichaelhouse 38-32 St Stithians College<\/p>\n

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

St John’s College 39-27 St Alban’s College
\nMaritzburg College 65-13 Usutu Forest
\nSt John’s College 39-34 Pretoria Boys
\nSt Alban’s College 39-14 Usutu Forest
\nSt Alban’s College 32-22 Pretoria Boys
\nMaritzburg College 43-41 St John’s College<\/p>\n

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

Michael Mount 24-17 St George’s College
\nSt Andrew’s College 36-28 Jeppe Boys
\nHilton College 31-19 St Stithians College u15A
\nJeppe Boys 57-35 Michael Mount
\nHilton College 35-28 St George’s College
\nHilton College 35-28 St Andrew’s College
\nMichael Mount 27-15 St Stithians u15A
\nSt George’s College 37-25 Jeppe Boys<\/p>\n

Girls’ results\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

Saheti A 25-22 Michael Mount
\nSt Peter’s College 31-7 Trinity House
\nSt Peter’s College 29-20 Michael Mount
\nSaheti A 23-14 Trinity House<\/p>\n

Pool B\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

ISSA 26-14 Kingswood College
\nSt Stithians College 16-6 Redhill
\nKingswood College 10-8 Redhill
\nSt Stithians College 28-13 ISSA<\/p>\n

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

Rand Tutorial 37-8 St Mary’s DSG
\nSt Mary’s DSG 15-9 Marist Brothers
\nRand Tutorial 43-18 St Dustin’s College
\nSt Dustin’s College 21-16 Marist Brothers<\/p>\n

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

St Mary’s Waverley 34-4 The King’s Linbro
\nDSG (Makhanda) 37-13 St Mary’s DSG
\nSt Mary’s Waverley 21-5 Saheti B<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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