{"id":64871,"date":"2025-02-17T10:38:19","date_gmt":"2025-02-17T08:38:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=64871"},"modified":"2025-02-17T10:38:19","modified_gmt":"2025-02-17T08:38:19","slug":"st-benedicts-and-st-peters-lift-st-stithians-basketball-tournament-titles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=64871","title":{"rendered":"St Benedict’s and St Peter’s lift St Stithians Basketball Tournament titles"},"content":{"rendered":"
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St Stithians College u16 Basketball Champions, St Benedict’s College. Photo. Debbi Adcock Photography<\/strong><\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Rain and lightning in Johannesburg impacted the St Stithians u16 Basketball Tournament on Saturday, leading to the organisers adjusting the fixtures. St Benedict’s College<\/strong> and St Peter’s College<\/strong> took those changes in their stride and won the boys’ and girls’ titles respectively.<\/p>\n

With games delayed, most matches were rescheduled to Saturday evening, and when the adverse weather conditions continued into Sunday the final day of the tournament was moved from outdoors at St Stithians College to indoors at the Brixton Multipurpose Centre<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

St Benedict’s College emerged victorious in the boys’ championship after delivering an outstanding performance in the final against St John’s College.<\/strong> Bennies <\/strong><\/em>dominated and powered their way to a decisive 51-32 victory.<\/p>\n

They were also convincing winners of their semi-final on Sunday, handing the St Stithians College u16A team a 45-30 loss.<\/p>\n

St John’s and St Stithians were considered among the tournament favorites based on their earlier performances. St John’s, though, was pushed to the limit by Michaelhouse in the semi-finals, scraping a hard-fought 45-43 victory.<\/p>\n

In the bronze playoff for third place, the hosts, St Stithians College, concluded the tournament on a positive note, securing a medal by narrowly defeating Michaelhouse 28-26.<\/p>\n

In the girls’ competition, St Peter’s College defeated the International School of South Africa (ISSA) <\/strong>31-23 to capture the title after a highly competitive three days of action.<\/p>\n

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Girls’ MVP, Phenyo Mabotja, lLeft) from St Peter’s College, and Redirile Magoro (right), from St Benedict’s College. Photo. Debbi Adcock Photography<\/strong><\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In a challenging semi-final match, St Peter’s dealt with the hosts, St Stithians, triumphing 35-25. ISSA reached the final after defeating the Saheti School A Team<\/strong> 46-35.<\/p>\n

The St Stithians Girls’ College team emulated the Saints’ boys’ team by finishing third, beating the Saheti School A Team 22-18 in the bronze medal playoff.<\/p>\n

Final Standings, All-Star Players and MVPs<\/strong><\/p>\n

Boys\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Gold Medal: St Benedict’s College
\nSilver Medal: St John’s College
\nBronze Medal: St Stithians College<\/p>\n

Girls<\/strong><\/p>\n

Gold Medal: St Peter’s College
\nSilver Medal: ISSA
\nBronze Medal: St Stithians College<\/p>\n

Boys’ All-Stars<\/strong><\/p>\n

Josh Ogboro (St Stithians College no.238)
\nMax Vries (Michaelhouse no. 223)
\nElu Araia (St Benedict’s College no. 15)
\nTiri Pasipanodya (St John’s College no. 13)
\nBoys: Redirile Magoro (St Benedict’s College no. 47)<\/p>\n

Girls’ All Stars<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ntsakisi Makhuba (Saheti School A Team no. 9)
\nJenna Garbini (St Stithians College no. 59)
\nKaiyushka Kisten (St Peter’s College no. 4)
\nHaizel Tukei (ISSA no.27)
\nGirls: Phenyo Mabotja (St Peter’s College no. 24)<\/p>\n

MVP Players\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Boys: Redirile Magoro (St Benedict’s College no. 47)
\nGirls: Phenyo Mabotja (St Peter’s College no. 24)<\/p>\n

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

Boys<\/strong><\/p>\n

Quarterfinals\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Michaelhouse 57-45 Michael Mount
\nSt Benedict’s College 52-45 Maritzburg College
\nSt John’s College 36-33 St David’s Marist Inanda
\nSt Stithians College 46-14 Hilton College<\/p>\n

Girls<\/strong><\/p>\n

Quarterfinals<\/strong><\/p>\n

St Peter’s College 23-8 St Dunstan’s College
\nSt Stithians College 25-2 DSG (Makhanda)
\nSaheti School A Team 19-18 Rand Tutorial College
\nISSA 26-15 St Mary’s Waverley<\/p>\n

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

Boys’ results\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Semi-finals\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

St John’s College 45-43 Michaelhouse
\nSt Benedict’s College 45-30 St Stithians College<\/p>\n

Boys’ Bronze Playoff<\/strong><\/p>\n

St Stithians College 28-26 Michaelhouse<\/p>\n

Boys’ Final\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

St Benedict’s College 51-32 St John’s College<\/p>\n

Girls’ results\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Semi-finals\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

St Peter’s College 35-25 St Stithians College
\nISSA 46-35 ISSA<\/p>\n

Girls’ Bronze Playoff<\/strong><\/p>\n

St Stithians College 22-18 Saheti School A Team<\/p>\n

Girls’ Final\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

St Peter’s College 31-23 ISSA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rain and lightning in Johannesburg impacted the St Stithians u16 Basketball Tournament on Saturday, leading to the organisers adjusting the fixtures. St Benedict’s College and St Peter’s College took those changes in their stride and won the boys’ and girls’ titles respectively. With games delayed, most matches were rescheduled to Saturday evening, and when the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":64901,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64871","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\/64871","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=64871"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64871\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/64901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=64871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=64871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=64871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}