{"id":72812,"date":"2025-05-19T18:50:47","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T16:50:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=72812"},"modified":"2025-05-19T18:50:47","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T16:50:47","slug":"preview-mancosa-kznhsfa-leagues-round-five","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=72812","title":{"rendered":"Preview: Mancosa KZNHSFA leagues round five"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_72826\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-72826\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-72826\" src=\"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/football-maritzburg-college-190525-400x325.jpg\" alt=\"Maritzburg College could extend their lead at the top of the Inland A-League to six points before Carter High faces Linpark. Photo: Maritzburg College on Facebook.\" width=\"400\" height=\"325\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-72826\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Maritzburg College could extend their lead at the top of the Inland A-League to six points before Carter High faces Linpark. Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Maritzcollege\"><strong>Maritzburg College on Facebook<\/strong><\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The <strong>Mancosa KwaZulu-Natal Schools Football Association (KZNHSFA)<\/strong> <strong>Coastal<\/strong> and <strong>Inland Second-Term A-Leagues<\/strong> head into round five on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Coastal A<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Westville Boys&#8217; High School<\/strong>, who are undefeated in the league this season, will face <strong>Port Shepstone High<\/strong>, who recently experienced their first loss, going down 1-3 to <strong>Glenwood High School<\/strong>, which resulted in Westville taking over at the top of the standings from Port Shepstone.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, <em><strong>the Griffin<\/strong><\/em> and <em><strong>Sheppie<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0meet at <strong>Queensburgh High<\/strong>. It&#8217;s a big game for both sides.<\/p>\n<p>Glenwood High is also fighting to secure the top position and is chasing a third consecutive league title. They take on <strong>Northwood School<\/strong>, aiming to win and to take advantage of any slip-up by Westville and Port Shepstone.<\/p>\n<p>Glenwood has enjoyed a better season than Northwood thus far, with the Knights still chasing their first win, so the <em><strong>Green Machine<\/strong><\/em> will fancy their chances.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hillcrest High <\/strong>is also enjoying a good year, and they recently advanced to the second round of the <strong>Curro Halala Cup<\/strong>. They&#8217;ll be up against Bechet, while <strong>Empangeni High <\/strong>will tackle <strong>Pinetown Boys&#8217; High<\/strong>. All the matches will be played at Queensburgh High.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Inland A<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Maritzburg College A Team,<\/strong> playing at their home ground, <strong>Barns Field,<\/strong> has an opportunity to increase their three-point lead over <strong>Carter High <\/strong>at the top of the log when they meet <strong>Newton<\/strong> on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Barns Field is a stronghold for College and it also allows them to benefit from the support of their home crowd. They&#8217;ll aim to make the most of those advantages when they kick off at 15:00.<\/p>\n<p>Carter High School will monitor College&#8217;s match. They could be six points adrift of the league leaders by the time they kick off against Linpark at 16:05, also on Barns Field.<\/p>\n<p>In other matchups, the <strong>Alexandra High A Team<\/strong> is at home for a meeting with <strong>Haythorne Secondary.<\/strong> Positioned fourth, with five points, Alex A has a chance to climb the log if Linpark loses to Carter.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, in another match at Alexandra High, <strong>Ixopo Secondary<\/strong> takes on <strong>Edendale Technical High School<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The Inland A-League has delivered plenty of goals each week and more can be expected on Tuesday. <strong>Babalo Ntlantsana<\/strong>, from Carter, currently tops the goal-scoring chart, with four goals to his name, while <strong>Mazithi Qasha<\/strong> and <strong>Malachi Momple,<\/strong> from Maritzburg College, have struck three times each.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Luvuyo Mjwara<\/strong>, from Ixopo, is also on three goals, while <strong>Ayabonga Dladla<\/strong>, from Alex has netted twice. Edendale will look to <strong>Alwande Bekwa<\/strong> to lead their attack when they meet Ixopo.<\/p>\n<p><strong>FIXTURES<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Coastal A<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Queensburgh High School<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Field 1<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>15:10 &#8211; Bechet vs Hillcrest High<br \/>\n16:15 &#8211; Pinetown Boys&#8217; High vs Empangeni High<\/p>\n<p><strong>Field 2<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>15:10 &#8211; Northwood School vs Glenwood<br \/>\n16:10 &#8211; Port Shepstone vs Westville Boys&#8217; High<\/p>\n<p><strong>Inland A<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Barns Field (Maritzburg College)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>15:00 &#8211; Maritzburg College A Team vs Newton<br \/>\n16:05 &#8211; Linpark vs Carter High<\/p>\n<p><strong>Alexandra High School\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>15:00 &#8211; Alexandra High A Team vs Haythorne Secondary School<br \/>\n16:05 &#8211; Ixopo Secondary School vs Edendale Technical High<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Mancosa KwaZulu-Natal Schools Football Association (KZNHSFA) Coastal and Inland Second-Term A-Leagues head into round five on Tuesday. Coastal A Westville Boys&#8217; High School, who are undefeated in the league this season, will face Port Shepstone High, who recently experienced their first loss, going down 1-3 to Glenwood High School, which resulted in Westville taking [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":72826,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72812","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\/72812","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=72812"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72812\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/72826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=72812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=72812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=72812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}