{"id":72636,"date":"2025-05-18T13:10:28","date_gmt":"2025-05-18T11:10:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=72636"},"modified":"2025-05-18T13:10:28","modified_gmt":"2025-05-18T11:10:28","slug":"durban-high-school-charges-to-victory-over-kearsney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=72636","title":{"rendered":"Durban High School charges to victory over Kearsney"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A happy DHS 1st team after their victory over Kearsney on the Blue and Gold Astro. Photo: Supplied.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Durban High School (DHS)<\/strong> delivered an entertaining performance on their way to a 2-1 win over Kearsney College<\/strong> when the sides met at The Coliseum<\/strong>, at DHS, on Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n

The hosts showed great composure on and off the ball in a dominant outing.<\/p>\n

“We played with good control and created a lot of opportunities. It was good to see the boys play like that,” Keegan Hezlett<\/strong>, the DHS coach, told Supersport Schools Plus<\/strong><\/a> after the game.<\/p>\n

Hezlett wasn\u2019t being glib when he spoke of his side being in control. The scorecard suggests a tighter contest. However, the hosts enjoyed the lion’s share of possession and created more goal-scoring chances.<\/p>\n

Twice, DHS was denied goals by the woodwork. On another occasion, they thought they had scored, but the effort was disallowed.<\/p>\n

The Horseflies<\/strong><\/em> were intent on asserting themselves and they were able to do so almost from the outset. Kearsney, though, defended well, which meant Hezlett’s charges needed to reconsider their approach.<\/p>\n

“Kearsney played with a deeper press, and we were able to outlet a lot higher and we used our outside channels as well,” Hezlett said. “We played the ball against the grain really nicely, which found us a lot of space in the middle of the field.”<\/p>\n

That tweak in their approach reaped dividends for School<\/strong><\/em> at the end of the first quarter.<\/p>\n

A long aerial ball from deep in their half picked out Tyrique Cloete<\/strong>, who, with great control, received the ball and then turned on the magic with outstanding dribbling skills to shake off three defenders on the edge of the Kearsney circle.<\/p>\n

He worked his way towards the near post before laying off to Jaiden Bramwell,<\/strong> who tucked the ball into the back of the net to break the deadlock.<\/p>\n

Kearsney, young but talented and well-coached, fought back and won a penalty corner. Keegan de Jager, as SA u16 selection in 2024, snapped up the opportunity to equalise, burying a sizzling drag flick into the back of the net.<\/p>\n

DHS wasn’t keen to share the spoils with the visitors, however, and they worked tirelessly to restore their lead. They missed a few chances and Kearsney survived some close calls. However, in the final chukka, the home team hit the front again.<\/p>\n

After turning over possession in the Kearsney half, the visitors were caught short-staffed at the back. Quick ball movement picked out Tyrique Cloete, who had found some space in the Kearsney circle, and he provided the finish to make it 2-1. That proved to be enough.<\/p>\n

“All in all, I think we had a great game,” DHS coach Keegan Hezlett summed up the contest.<\/p>\n

RESULT<\/strong><\/p>\n

DHS 2-1 Kearsney<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Durban High School (DHS) delivered an entertaining performance on their way to a 2-1 win over Kearsney College when the sides met at The Coliseum, at DHS, on Saturday afternoon. The hosts showed great composure on and off the ball in a dominant outing. “We played with good control and created a lot of opportunities. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":72637,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72636","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\/72636","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\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=72636"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72636\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/72637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=72636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=72636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=72636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}