{"id":90858,"date":"2026-02-21T19:55:21","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T17:55:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=90858"},"modified":"2026-02-21T19:55:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T17:55:21","slug":"st-stithians-kes-and-st-charles-excel-on-day-two-at-st-johns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=90858","title":{"rendered":"St Stithians, KES and St Charles excel on day two at St John’s"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Northwood came out on top after a physical battle against Falcon College. Photo: Actionpix<\/strong><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The second day at St John’s College Basketball Tournament <\/strong>provided a chance for teams like Northwood<\/strong>, which suffered two losses on the first day, to recover. Others, including St Stithians College, St Charles College<\/strong>, and King Edward VII School (KES),<\/strong> continued their winning streak from Thursday into Friday.<\/p>\n

Catch the action LIVE on SuperSport Schools<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

u19 Category A<\/strong><\/p>\n

In Pool A, the defending champions, Northwood, found themselves under unexpected pressure after losses in their two Thursday matches. On Friday, the Knights<\/strong> <\/em>rebounded with two wins, defeating Curro Helderwyk<\/strong> 59-25 and Falcon College<\/strong> 61-29.<\/p>\n

Those two victories were, however, insufficient to secure the Durban school either first or second place in the group. St Stithians College<\/strong> finished top of the standings, with The King’s School Linbro Park<\/strong> claiming second spot.<\/p>\n

Saints cruised to a 65-18 win over Curro Helderwyk<\/strong> before beating King’s Linbro 48-31 in the battle for the top spot.<\/p>\n

Falcon College placed fourth in the pool, with Curro Helderwyk propping up the standings.<\/p>\n

In Pool B, St Benedict’s College <\/strong>finished with three wins from their four matches. <\/b>They started their challenge with three successive victories – over Michael Mount Waldorf School<\/strong><\/b>, Hilton College<\/strong><\/b>, and St Andrew’s College <\/strong><\/b>–\u00a0but Jeppe <\/strong><\/b>stopped Bennies<\/em><\/strong>, winning 35-30.<\/p>\n

The Bedfordview boys finished top of the standings, however. Michael Mount, in second place, sported an identical record of three victories and one defeat. On Friday, Michael Mount handled St Andrew’s College convincingly, winning 47-26.<\/p>\n

Hilton College secured third place, also beating St Andrew’s College, with their match ending 59-41. The KZN Midlands’ side impressed against Jeppe, too, romping to a 47-29 win.<\/p>\n

KES completed their Pool C schedule with a perfect record, which St Charles College, in Pool D, matched.<\/p>\n

Since the start of the tournament, on Thursday, when they won three games – defeating Michaelhouse, St David’s Marist Inanda<\/strong>, and Crawford College (Sandton) –<\/strong> KES has caught the eye. On Friday, they wrapped up their group games with a 58-45 victory over Pretoria Boys High (PBHS)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Photo: Actionpix<\/strong><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Despite their loss to KES, PHBS secured second place, winning a key contest against Michaelhouse by a narrow 42-40 margin. ‘House<\/strong><\/em> had no problems against Crawford College, rolling to a comprehensive\u00a052-13 victory.<\/p>\n

St Charles College, the 2023 champions, followed up wins over Parktown Boys’ High<\/strong> and St John’s<\/strong> College<\/strong> on Thursday with two more victories on Friday, beating St George’s College (Harare)<\/strong> 60-40 and St Alban’s College<\/strong> 60-41.<\/p>\n

The hosts, who finished as the runner-up in 2025, ended second in the group after scraping past St Alban’s 42-40. They also scored a 44-27 win over Parktown.<\/p>\n

u19 Category B<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the u19 Category B event, Maritzburg College B<\/strong> finished top of Pool A, with a clean record of four wins from four matches.<\/p>\n

They defeated Sacred Heart College, Redhill School, the YUT Basketball Academy (Mauritius<\/strong>), and Saheti<\/strong>. College concluded their group fixtures on Friday with a hard-fought 44-38 win over Redhill.<\/p>\n

Sacred Heart College, which finished in second place, won more convincingly than College against Redhill, triumphing 50-30, while the YUT Basketball Academy beat Saheti, 53-46.<\/p>\n

In Pool B, St Peter’s College, like Maritzburg College B, also went undefeated, downing St John’s College B, Crawford Lonehill, Lomagundi College,<\/strong> and Alma Mater International School<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

On Friday, St Peter’s beat Crawford Lonehill 56-46 in their last group match. St John’s College B secured second place with a high-scoring 81-59 win over Lomagundi College.<\/p>\n

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

Friday, 20 February<\/strong><\/p>\n

u19 Category A<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

Northwood 61-29 Falcon College
\nSt Stithians College 65-18 Curro Helderwyk
\nNorthwood 59-25 Curro Helderwyk
\nSt Stithians College 48-31 King’s Linbro<\/p>\n

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

Michael Mount 47-26 St Andrew’s College
\nJeppe 35-30 St Benedict’s College
\nHilton College 59-41 St Andrew’s College
\nHilton College 47-29 Jeppe<\/p>\n

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

St David’s 36-29 Crawford College (Sandton)
\nMichaelhouse 52-13 Crawford College (Sandton)
\nKES 59-45- PHBS
\nPHBS 42-40 Michaelhouse<\/p>\n

Pool D<\/strong><\/p>\n

St John’s College 40-42 St Alban’s College
\nSt John’s College 44-27 Parktown Boys’ High
\nSt Charles College 60-46 St George’s College
\nSt Charles College 60-41 St Alban’s College<\/p>\n

u19 A – Play in Game<\/strong><\/p>\n

4 – B3vs D2: St John’s College 52-44 Hilton College<\/p>\n

u19 Category B<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

Maritzburg College B 44-38 Redhill
\nSacred Heart College 50-39 Redhill
\nYUT Basketball Academy 53-46 Saheti<\/p>\n

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

Crawford Lonehill 58-17 Alma Mater
\nSt John’s College B 91-59 Lomagundi 59
\nSt Peter’s College 56-45 Crawford Lonehill<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The second day at St John’s College Basketball Tournament provided a chance for teams like Northwood, which suffered two losses on the first day, to recover. Others, including St Stithians College, St Charles College, and King Edward VII School (KES), continued their winning streak from Thursday into Friday. Catch the action LIVE on SuperSport Schools […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":90867,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-90858","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\/90858","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=90858"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90858\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/90867"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=90858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=90858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=90858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}