{"id":73164,"date":"2025-05-24T08:31:53","date_gmt":"2025-05-24T06:31:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=73164"},"modified":"2025-05-24T08:31:53","modified_gmt":"2025-05-24T06:31:53","slug":"grey-high-too-strong-for-queens-selborne-shocks-st-andrews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=73164","title":{"rendered":"Grey High too strong for Queen’s, Selborne shocks St Andrew’s"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ameer Muller was one of the Grey High goal scorers in the side’s 5-1 win over Queen’s College. Photo: Grey High School Media Team<\/strong><\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It was a far from perfect performance by Grey High School,<\/strong> but four goals in the second half sealed a gritty 5-2 victory over Queen\u2019s College<\/strong>, in Komani, on Friday.<\/p>\n

Selborne College<\/strong>, meanwhile, picked up their biggest win of the season so far when they won 1-0 at St Andrew’s College<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The action on Friday night began in Komani, though, where Grey High faced a Queen\u2019s side looking to get back to winning ways after suffering a hefty 1-5 loss against St Andrew’s<\/a><\/strong> last time out. Grey was coming off a bye.<\/p>\n

It was a cagey affair from the outset, with the hosts feeding off the home support at the Chris Harker AstroTurf<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

They started brightly and opened the scoring in the first chukka through Asi Vena<\/strong>, who found himself in space and scored after picking up a loose ball inside the circle.<\/p>\n

That goal was immediately matched when Grey went on the attack and was awarded a peanlty corner after the ball struck a Queen\u2019s foot inside the host’s circle.<\/p>\n

All season long, James Chree<\/a><\/strong> has been the go-to man during short corner time for Grey, and it was business as usual. This time, though, his flick was kept out by goalkeeper Rowan Miles<\/strong>, and a rebound shot was also saved before the ball landed comfortably for Ameer Muller<\/strong>, who turned it into the goalbox to level matters.<\/p>\n

The two sides returned for a lacklustre second chukka, which was clouded by inaccuracies and unforced errors, resulting in the tempo of the game dropping.<\/p>\n

That worked in favour of Queen’s, who frustrated Grey. Around the Astro, the home team’s supporters started to believe something special was on the cards.<\/p>\n

That belief, however, was quickly shut down in the third chukka; coach Andrew Beynon<\/a><\/strong> must’ve given his team a serious halftime talk.<\/p>\n

His boys came out firing and upped the ante with two goals in quick succession, scored by Chree and captain Luke Tait<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Two goals to the good, Grey refused to rest on their laurels and finished the game off in the final chukka. Athi Voigt<\/strong>, who made his 50th appearance against Wynberg Boys\u2019 High earlier this month, got his name on the scoresheet.<\/p>\n

Queen\u2019s responded late through Liso Mtalaliso<\/strong>, but Dante Elkington<\/strong>, who was in fine form all night, deservedly scored a goal to seal a 5-2 win.<\/p>\n

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Reid Drake continued his fine form for Selborne College in front of goal. Photo: Shot by Shani Photography<\/a><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

While Grey dominated in Komani, Selborne College<\/strong> pulled off an upset in Makhanda.<\/p>\n

Coming off an impressive 5-1 win over Dale College, coach KJ Friend<\/strong>\u2019s boys entered the St Andrew\u2019s game as the underdog but came out on top.<\/p>\n

It was a close encounter, with very little between the sides, which is usually the case when they meet.<\/p>\n

It took a third chukka drag flick by the reliable Reid Drake<\/a><\/strong> to seal the win for Selborne, and they’ll travel to Bloemfontein next weekend to face Grey College<\/strong> in high spirits.<\/p>\n

In an East London derby, Hudson Park High School<\/strong> scored a 4-0 victory over Merrifield College<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Helio Ruiters<\/strong>, who netted a hat-trick a week ago versus Victoria Park<\/strong>, was back to his old ways and scored three again. Hlomla Ndlovu<\/strong> netted to complete the drubbing.<\/p>\n

Dale College<\/strong> also got back to winning ways with an emphatic 5-1 triumph against Cambridge High School<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Coach Andrew Senekal’<\/strong>s charges were clinical and made good use of their chances. Captain Sibongisile Nzima<\/strong> led from the front and scored four goals, while Lihlumelo Nchukana<\/strong> also netted.<\/p>\n

In Friday’s final match, Kingwood College<\/strong> beat Stirling High<\/strong> 2-1 in East London.<\/p>\n

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

Grey High 5-2 Queen’s College
\nSelborne College 1-0 St Andrew’s College
\nHudson Park 4-0 Merrifield College
\nKingswood College 2-1 Stirling High School
\nDale College 5-1 Cambridge High School<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It was a far from perfect performance by Grey High School, but four goals in the second half sealed a gritty 5-2 victory over Queen\u2019s College, in Komani, on Friday. Selborne College, meanwhile, picked up their biggest win of the season so far when they won 1-0 at St Andrew’s College. The action on Friday […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":73181,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73164","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\/73164","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\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=73164"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73164\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/73181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=73164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=73164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=73164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}