{"id":74104,"date":"2025-06-01T12:22:05","date_gmt":"2025-06-01T10:22:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=74104"},"modified":"2025-06-01T12:22:05","modified_gmt":"2025-06-01T10:22:05","slug":"zwartkop-jeppe-and-st-stithians-claim-big-wins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=74104","title":{"rendered":"Zwartkop, Jeppe, and St Stithians claim big wins"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_74112\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-74112\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-74112 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Jeppe-vs-Affies-25-05-400x323.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"323\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-74112\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jeppe High School for Boys sparkled in a 6-0 victory over Affies. Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/JeppeBoys\"><strong>Jeppe High School for Boys on Facebook<\/strong><\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>There were plenty of goals scored on the final weekend of May in the Gauteng region, with a couple of the top dogs, <strong>Jeppe High School for Boys<\/strong> and <strong>St Stithians College<\/strong>, racking up big victories alongside <strong>King Edward VII (KES)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>In Pretoria,\u00a0<strong>Ho\u00ebrskool\u00a0Zwartkop<\/strong> delivered a bold statement with back-to-back dominant victories.<\/p>\n<p>Under the guidance of coach <strong>Connor Flowers<\/strong>, the team showed tactical discipline and clinical finishing to dispatch both <strong>Ho\u00ebrskool Centurion<\/strong> and <strong>Ho\u00ebrskool Oos-Moot<\/strong> in style.<\/p>\n<p>In their first outing, against their local rivals, Centurion, Zwartkop controlled the tempo of the contest from the first whistle. Their accuracy and well-calculated moves were rewarded with a convincing 5-0 win.<\/p>\n<p>Against Oos-Moot, Zwartkop came away with a 3-0 victory. Coach Coertzen&#8217;s charges have grown as the season has progressed, and they lived up to the expectations of their ever-improving game.<\/p>\n<p>In Johannesburg, Jeppe continued their phenomenal unbeaten run in 2025. Now, following <a href=\"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/sacs-shows-class-to-get-one-over-paul-roos-in-epic-cape-derby\/\"><strong>a 3-1 win by SACS over Paul Roos Gimnasium<\/strong><\/a> on Friday, the title of South Africa&#8217;s best in 2025 surely rests between the Cape Town school and Jeppe.<\/p>\n<p>The Kensington kids warmed up for their weekend showdown with <strong>Afrikaanse Ho\u00ebr Seunskool <\/strong>(Affies) with a 3-0 victory over <strong>St David\u2019s Marist Inanda<\/strong> on Wednesday. That was a solid win, but they were razor-sharp on the weekend in crushing Affies 6-0.<\/p>\n<p>Jeppe was on fire from the start, scoring three times in the first chukka.\u00a0<strong>Adriaan Laubsher <\/strong>grabbed the spotlight with a superb hat-trick, while <strong>Ezra Stadt<\/strong>, <strong>Juan Martin<\/strong>, and <strong>Jaydon Da Silva <\/strong>also got in on the goal-scoring act.<\/p>\n<p>Jeppe&#8217;s coach <strong>Siya Sityana<\/strong> was full of praise for his team&#8217;s performance but remained grounded in his assessment of their effort: &#8220;This game was good. It&#8217;s actually our best start this year. I mean, scoring three goals in the first chukka is something we&#8217;ve been working towards,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That said, we still need to be more lethal. After we scored those early goals, we started relaxing, and that&#8217;s something we need to fix. We&#8217;ve got to play for 60 minutes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>St Stithians, another Johannesburg school that has put together a strong season, dominated against <strong>St Charles College<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>They&#8217;ve enjoyed good finishing all season long and there was more of that on display as they rolled to an 8-3 win over the visitors from Pietermaritzburg.<\/p>\n<p>KES was also on fire, romping to a big 6-0 win over <strong>St Benedict&#8217;s College<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The game between <strong>Parktown Boys&#8217; High <\/strong>and<strong> St John\u2019s College<\/strong> was tightly contested. Playing at the &#8220;Lion&#8217;s Den,&#8221; the sides left it all out on the pitch, but the defences dominated, and their clash ended in a goalless draw.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RESULTS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Zwartkop 5-0 Centurion<br \/>\nZwartkop 3-0 Oos-Moot<br \/>\nJeppe 6-0 Affies<br \/>\nSt Stithians 8-3 St Charles<br \/>\nKES 6-0 St Benedict&#8217;s<br \/>\nParktown Boys&#8217; High 0-0 St John&#8217;s<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There were plenty of goals scored on the final weekend of May in the Gauteng region, with a couple of the top dogs, Jeppe High School for Boys and St Stithians College, racking up big victories alongside King Edward VII (KES). In Pretoria,\u00a0Ho\u00ebrskool\u00a0Zwartkop delivered a bold statement with back-to-back dominant victories. 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