{"id":71266,"date":"2025-05-02T20:40:32","date_gmt":"2025-05-02T18:40:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=71266"},"modified":"2025-05-02T20:40:32","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T18:40:32","slug":"a-clash-of-the-titans-awaits-in-absa-wildeklawer-semis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=71266","title":{"rendered":"A clash of the titans awaits in Absa Wildeklawer semis"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Wildeklawer u19 Football Team. Wildeklawer on Facebook<\/strong><\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Following three days of football filled with surprising outcomes, the Absa Wildeklawer Soccer Tournament<\/strong> is down to four title contenders, with the defending champions, Clapham High School<\/strong>, and the two-time champions, HTS Louis Botha<\/strong>, among those progressing to the semifinals.<\/p>\n

Catch the action live on SuperSport Schools<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Shock waves shook the competition on Thursday, day two of the event, with some top teams being among the first to be eliminated.<\/p>\n

The KZN powerhouse, Maritzburg College<\/strong>, failed to secure a top-two finish in their pool, which meant they were out. Last year, the Red, Black,<\/strong><\/em> and White <\/em><\/strong>placed sixth. They’re going to finish lower than that this year.<\/p>\n

On Thursday evening, in a must-win final group match, Grey College<\/strong> dominated Maritzburg College, handing the Pietermaritzburg school a 3-0 defeat, and that spelt the end of the KwaZulu-Natalians’ title hopes.<\/p>\n

Among the others who missed out on the quarterfinals were Brebner, Glenwood,<\/strong> the tournament host, Kimberley Boys’ High,<\/strong> and Victoria Park<\/strong>, from Gqeberha.<\/p>\n

On Friday, the stakes were raised with semi-final places on the line. There was success for one of the local sides, Wildeklawer Academy<\/strong>, which had topped Group A, ahead of Paul Roos Gimnasium<\/strong>, Kimberley Boys’ High, Glenwood, and Potchefstroom Boys’ High. recording three wins and a draw.<\/p>\n

In the quarterfinals, they faced Norkem Park High School,<\/strong> who placed second in their group, behind Clapham High. The locals produced a dominating performance, triumphing 4-1, which showcased their ambition to go all the way.\u00a0On Saturday, the Wildeklawer Academy will face a tough challenge against the defending champions, Clapham, in the semi-finals.<\/p>\n

The Pretoria school is aiming to emulate the success of HTS Louis Botha, who won the tournament in both 2022 and 2023, by also winning back-to-back titles. They\u00a0impressed in the quarterfinals, scoring a comfortable 3-0 win over Paul Roos.<\/p>\n

HTS Louis Botha also advanced to the final four. They finished second in Group C, behind Virginia High School<\/strong>, but they showed off their championship pedigree by winning their quarterfinal clash against their Bloemfontein rivals, Grey College, by a 3-1 margin.<\/p>\n

Their reward was a rematch of their Group C clash with Virginia High, which had ended 0-0. Virginia progressed after a 1-0 defeat of Navalsig High<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

RESULTS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thursday, 1 May<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

Wildeklawer Academy 4-1 Potchefstroom Boy’s High
\nPaul Roos Gimnasium 0-0 Glenwood
\nKimberley Boys’ High School 2-2 Glenwood High School
\nGlenwood High School 4-1 Potchefstroom Boy’s High
\nKimberley Boys’ High School 2-0 Potchefstroom Boy’s High<\/p>\n

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

Norkem Park High School 2-0 Northern Academy
\nClapham High School 1-0 Norkem Park High School
\nEmmang Mmogo\u00a0 High School 4-1 Northwood School
\nClapham High School 5-1 Northwood School
\nNorthern Academy 2-1 Emmang Mmogo High School<\/p>\n

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

Reddam House Bedfordview 1-1 Victoria Park High School
\nHTS Louis Botha 0-0 Virginia High School
\nVictoria Park High School 0-0 Brebner High School
\nVirginia High School 2-0 Reddam House Bedfordview
\nHTS Louis Botha 6-0 Reddam House Bedfordview
\nVirginia High School 2-0 Brebner High School<\/p>\n

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

Jeppe High School for Boys 2-0 Border Schools
\nNavalsig High School 1-0\u00a0 Maritzburg College
\nGrey College 2-0 Navalsig High School
\nMaritzburg College 1-1 Border Schools
\nGrey College 3-0 Maritzburg College
\nNavalsig High School 2-1 Jeppe High School for Boys<\/p>\n

Friday, 2 May<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

Virginia High School 1-0 Navalsig High School
\nClapham high school 3-0 Paul Roos Gimnasium
\nHTS Louis Botha 3-1 Grey College
\nWildeklawer Academy 4 – 1 Norkem High School<\/p>\n

Saturday, 3 May\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

09:00 – Clapham High School vs Wildeklawer Academy
\n09:00 – HTS Louis Botha vs Virginia High School<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Following three days of football filled with surprising outcomes, the Absa Wildeklawer Soccer Tournament is down to four title contenders, with the defending champions, Clapham High School, and the two-time champions, HTS Louis Botha, among those progressing to the semifinals. Catch the action live on SuperSport Schools Shock waves shook the competition on Thursday, day […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":71402,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71266","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\/71266","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=71266"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71266\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/71402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=71266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=71266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=71266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}