DSK and Pinelands High bring home the Wynberg basketball titles
Deutsche Schule Kapstadt (DSK), also known as the German International School Cape Town, and Pinelands High walked away the winners of the u16 and u19 competitions at the annual Wynberg Boys’ High Basketball Tournament on Sunday.
The three-day event featured the top basketball-playing schools from the Western Cape and, for the first time, a school from the Eastern Cape, with St Andrew’s College, from Makhanda, also joining in. In total, there were 18 teams in action across the two age categories.
DSK secured the u16 Wynberg Boys’ Basketball Championship
After the group stages game were concluded, Wynberg Boys’ High faced Rondebosch Boys’ High in the quarterfinals of the u16 competition on Saturday, with the hosts winning the southern suburbs’ showdown 29-19.
The eventual champions of this division, DSK, faced the out-of-town visitors, St Andrew’s College, in the quarterfinals, with DSK showcasing their dominance in a 48-18 victory.
In one of the most fiercely contested matches of the last eight, Pinelands High and Westerford High engaged in a back-and-forth battle. A very tight contest eventually ended in a three-point win for Pinelands, who advanced to the semifinals by a 53-50 margin.
Blouberg International School secured the final semifinals’ spot, comfortably moving on with a 49-21 defeat of Bishops Diocesan College.
In Sunday’s semifinals, Wynberg Boys’ High handled Pinelands High’s challenge with aplomb, picking up a 49-31 win, while DSK was pushed hard by Blouberg International School but won 54-46.
Third place went the way of Blouberg, who almost doubled up Pinelands, rocketing their way to a 73-38 victory.
In the final, DSK had the edge over Wynberg and won by 10 points, 49-39, to win the gold medals.
Pinelands High secured the gold at the Wynberg Boys’ Basketball Tournament
Victory in the u19 competition went the way of Pinelands High, who took down Wynberg Boys’ High in the final, leaving the host school as the runner-up in both age groups.
In the title game, Pinelands High, led by the tournament’s Most Valuable Player (MVP), Aiden Erasmus, turned on the style to record a comfortable 53-30 victory over the hosts. Anako Faltien, from DSK, was named the u16 MVP.
The Western Cape Basketball Association recognised Erasmus’s excellence in February when it bestowed the association’s Best Player Award on him.
Earlier this year, he represented the Western Cape province in the Basketball South Africa Inter-Provincial Tournament (IPT). Additionally, he has been honoured with a Special Achievement Award from the Cape Metro District u17 Basketball Team.
Erasmus is under the tutelage of the renowned coach and former South African Basketball player, Vincent Ntunja, and the MVP award at the Wynberg Boys’ High Tournament was just the latest in a long list of accomplishments.
RESULTS
Saturday, 18 October
u16 Quarterfinals
Wynberg Boys’ High 29-19 Rondebosch Boys’ High
Deutsche Schule Kapstadt 48-16 St Andrew’s College
Pinelands 53-50 Westerford
Blouberg International School 49-21 Bishops Diocesan College
Sunday, 19 October
u16 Semifinals
Wynberg Boys’ High 49-31 Pinelands
Deutsche Schule Kapstadt 54-46 Blouberg International School
u16 Bronze Playoff
Blouberg International School 73-38 Pinelands
u16 Final
Deutsche Schule Kapstadt 49-39 Wynberg Boys’ High
u19 Boys Competition
u19 Quarterfinals
Pinelands 77-28 St Andrew’s College
Wynberg Boys’ High 50-41 Westerford
Rondebosch Boys’ High 44-31 Sunridge Circle High School
Bishops Docesan College 43-24 Wynberg Wolves
u19 Semifinals
Pinelands 62-37 Westerford
Wynberg Boys’ High 35-29 St Andrew’s College
u19 Bronze Playoff
Westerford 53-51 St Andrew’s College
u19 Final
Pinelands 53-30 Wynberg Boys High
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