{"id":96269,"date":"2026-05-23T07:53:30","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T05:53:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=96269"},"modified":"2026-05-23T07:53:30","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T05:53:30","slug":"grey-high-and-queens-bounce-back-york-and-pearson-march-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=96269","title":{"rendered":"Grey High and Queen’s bounce back, York and Pearson march on"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Grey High School bounced back from their loss against Wynberg with a 3-1 win over St Andrew’s College. Photo: Kody Klaas\/Grey\u00a0High School Photography Club<\/a><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After a disappointing loss at the hands of Wynberg Boys’ High<\/strong> last weekend, Grey High<\/strong> returned to action on a mission to correct some wrongs.<\/p>\n

The boys from Gqeberha, who failed to find the back of the net despite creating multiple goal-scoring opportunities against Wynberg, travelled to Makhanda<\/strong> to face St Andrew’s College<\/strong> on Friday.<\/p>\n

The clash was highly anticipated, with both outfits having produced strong performances in the Eastern Cape this season.<\/p>\n

St Andrew’s was confident after beating Woodridge College<\/strong>, Cambridge High<\/strong>, and Reddam House Constantia<\/strong> in their previous three fixtures.<\/p>\n

It was Grey, however, that made a bright start, rushing into a 2-1 lead in the first chukka, thanks to strikes by Logan Meyer<\/strong> and Ben Atkinson<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The second and third chukkas were tightly contested. Both teams created chances to change the scoreline, but Grey’s defence held firm and St Andrew’s continued to absorb the pressure.<\/p>\n

The final chukka was frantic, particularly the closing minutes, during which the hosts played without a goalkeeper after he was sent off.<\/p>\n

Grey capitalised on that advantage in the dying seconds when Atkinson converted from a short corner to seal the win. It was the team’s second victory in as many days after they dismantled Kingswood College<\/strong> 8-0 in a mid-week meeting.<\/p>\n

In Komani, Queen’s College<\/strong> put on a masterclass to beat Hudson Park High <\/strong>4-0.\u00a0Cayden Adonis<\/strong> netted a brace while Jo Aucamp<\/strong> and Liyema Auwa<\/strong> sealed the win for coach Michael Baiden<\/strong>‘s side.<\/p>\n

It was also a bounce-back victory for the Queenians after their 2-3 loss to Selborne College<\/a><\/strong> a week ago.<\/p>\n

In Oudtshoorn, York High<\/strong> continued its impressive run with a 3-2 win over Langenhoven Gimnasium<\/strong>. It was a second win of the week for York, who also scored a 4-0 win over Oakhill<\/strong> on Monday.<\/p>\n

The goals for York, co-coached by Jason<\/strong> and Sean Slater<\/strong>, came from Layton Dafel<\/strong>, Dom Joshua<\/strong> and Ross Smorfitt<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Pearson High<\/strong> went on a goal-scoring rampage against Kingswood College in Gqeberha, charging to a 10-2 win.<\/p>\n

In Qonce, Dale College<\/strong> was forced to come from behind in a 2-2 draw with Cambridge High<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The side from KuGompo City produced a dominant first half but opened the scoring only in the third quarter through Alakhe Kewuti<\/strong>.\u00a0Four minutes into the final chukka, Lihle Hempe<\/strong> stretched their lead to 2-0.<\/p>\n

Dale responded positively and earned a share of the spoils through back-to-back goals from Unesisa George<\/strong> and Singumzi Funani<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Cambridge had several opportunities to snatch victory with four short corners in the closing two minutes, but their execution let them down, and it finished all-square.<\/p>\n

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

Queen’s College 4-0 Hudson Park
\nGrey High 3-1 St Andrew’s College
\nDale College 2-2 Cambridge High
\nYork High 4-1 Oakhill
\nGrey High 8-0 Kingswood College
\nYork High 3-2 Langenhoven Gimnasium
\nPearson High 10-2 Kingswood College<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After a disappointing loss at the hands of Wynberg Boys’ High last weekend, Grey High returned to action on a mission to correct some wrongs. The boys from Gqeberha, who failed to find the back of the net despite creating multiple goal-scoring opportunities against Wynberg, travelled to Makhanda to face St Andrew’s College on Friday. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":96270,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-96269","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\/96269","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=96269"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96269\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/96270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=96269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=96269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=96269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}