{"id":75891,"date":"2025-06-23T10:47:07","date_gmt":"2025-06-23T08:47:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=75891"},"modified":"2025-06-23T10:47:07","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T08:47:07","slug":"soweto-basketball-academy-does-the-double-at-the-youth-classic-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=75891","title":{"rendered":"Soweto Basketball Academy does the double at the Youth Classic Tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Double champions at the Youth Classic Basketball Tournament, the Soweto Basketball Academy. Photo. Soweto Basketball Academy on Facebook<\/strong><\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Orange Nation<\/strong><\/em>, the Soweto Basketball Academy<\/strong> showcased its signature orange colours at the Youth Classic Basketball Tournament<\/strong> on Sunday, securing both the boys’ and girls’ titles at the Cape Town tournament.<\/p>\n

Male Competition\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

After going down in the final of the Soweto Uprising Basketball Tournament<\/strong> to Jozi Stars<\/strong> on Youth Day, 16 June, the Soweto Basketball Academy boys’ team bounced back to lift the Youth Classic Basketball Tournament, organised by African Grassroot Hoops<\/strong>, at the German International School<\/strong> on Sunday.<\/p>\n

In an entertaining final, the Gauteng side defeated Bulldogs<\/strong> 65-54. Both teams had caught the eye throughout the tournament and headed into the title decider with unbeaten records.<\/p>\n

In the semifinals, the Soweto Basketball Academy withstood a strong challenge from Cape Town Sharks<\/strong>, winning 49-44 to advance to the title game. The Bulldogs, meanwhile, overcame Eagles Basketball Club<\/strong> A<\/strong> 51-45 to reach the final.<\/p>\n

Female Competition<\/strong><\/p>\n

For the Soweto Basketball Academy girls’ team, it was a second title within a week, following their title success in their own Soweto Basketball Uprising Tournament<\/strong><\/a>, and it came after they had already captured the AISJ Basketball Tournament<\/strong><\/a> and the u18 girls’ Old Petrians Basketball Tournament <\/strong>titles earlier this year.<\/p>\n

The Soweto side claimed their place in the final with a convincing 37-10 victory over Shaq Squad<\/strong> in the semi-finals.<\/p>\n

Their opponents for the title were the Montana Vikings<\/strong>, who survived a huge challenge from the defending champion, Hotshot Basketball Club<\/strong>, in their final four showdown, claiming a razor-thin 34-33 win.<\/p>\n

There wasn’t much to separate the finalists, but the Soweto Basketball Academy held the edge and came away with a six-point 33-27 victory to lay claim to the silverware.<\/p>\n

Results<\/strong><\/p>\n

Group Stages: Male Competition<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

Cape Town Sharks 49-28 Titans Basketball Club
\nSoweto Basketball Academy 67-22 Hout Bay Hurricanes<\/p>\n

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

Lions Basketball Club 37-33 Lions Basketball Club
\nEagles Basketball Club A 55-51 Hout Bay Snipers<\/p>\n

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

Blouberg 47-36 Eagles Basketball Club B<\/p>\n

Group Stages: Female Competition<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

Shaq Squad 45-14 Hout Bay United
\nMontana Vikings 34-33 Hot Shots Basketball Club<\/p>\n

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

Soweto Basketball Academy 25-17 Montana Vikings<\/p>\n

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

Male Competition<\/strong><\/p>\n

Soweto Basketball Academy 49-44 Cape Town Sharks
\nBulldogs 51-45 Eagles Basketball Club<\/p>\n

Female Competition\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

Montana Vikings 34-33 Hot Shots Basketball Club
\nSoweto Basketball Academy 37-10 Shaq Squad<\/p>\n

Final<\/strong><\/p>\n

Male Competition<\/strong><\/p>\n

Soweto Basketball Academy 63-54 Bulldogs<\/p>\n

Final<\/strong><\/p>\n

Female Competition<\/strong><\/p>\n

Soweto Basketball Academy 33-27 Montana Vikings<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Orange Nation, the Soweto Basketball Academy showcased its signature orange colours at the Youth Classic Basketball Tournament on Sunday, securing both the boys’ and girls’ titles at the Cape Town tournament. Male Competition\u00a0 After going down in the final of the Soweto Uprising Basketball Tournament to Jozi Stars on Youth Day, 16 June, the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":75930,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-75891","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\/75891","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=75891"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75891\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/75930"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=75891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=75891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=75891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}