Four sides maintain unbeaten records at KES Easter Festival
The hosts, King Edward VII (KES), along with Westville Boys’ High, Pearson High, and Maritzburg College, ended day three of the KES Easter Festival in Johannesburg on Sunday still unbeaten.
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That quartet was far from its best, but did just enough to seal victories on the Weinberg AstroTurf.
KES picked up arguably their biggest scalp of the season so far, beating high-flying Northwood School 2-1 in the match of the day.
The Red Sticks had played to a 1-1 draw with St Andrew’s College the previous day, but they came out looking a different outfit. They were full of energy and attacked for the majority of the game, eventually scoring through Kamohelo Tsoka and Andrew Arouca in the third chukka.
Northwood left it too late and replied in the dying moments through a short corner strike by their talisman Luc Boyall.
Westville Boys’ High was also in top form on the day, beating Grey College 4-2. The boys from KwaZulu-Natal were on cruise control from the opening chukka and built scoreboard pressure throughout the clash.
Luke Lambert opened the scoring early before Keagan Wessels pulled one back for Grey College late in the first chukka.
Bo Mokoena, who has been in fine form, got Westville back into the lead before Luqmann Mahomed buried a scorching goal to make it 3-1 at the break.
The Griffins, led by coach Harold Siyaya, then made it four in the third chukka after an Ethan James thunderbolt drag flick. Grey scored their second with just four minutes remaining, but Westville kept them at bay the rest of the way.
In other matches, Maritzburg College mustered a 1-0 win over Parktown Boys’ High, while Pearson edged out Glenwood High 1-0 in a highly entertaining clash.
Hoërskool Waterkloof was one of the big winners on the day, thumping Dale College 8-0. It was an emphatic performance from the Pretoria side, for whom Henry Smit netted a hat-trick, and Lucas Regardt bagged a brace.
Malan van den Berg was also on the scoresheet, along with Reno Schoonwinkel and skipper Ruben Haasbroek.
St John’s College continued their impressive run at the festival, beating Makhanda’s St Andrew’s College 3-1.
Three matches ended in stalemates. It was goalless between Eldoraigne and St Charles, while cracking goals from Selborne’s Reid Drake and Inathi Gxobole weren’t enough to secure victory against Kearsney College.
Queen’s College and Helpmekaar also drew 2-2 after the side from Komani scored in the final minute to salvage a share of the spoils.
The final day’s action kicks off with a clash between Selborne and Westville.
RESULTS
Sunday, 5 April
St John’s College 3-1 St Andrew’s College
Helpmekaar 2-2 Queen’s College
Eldoraigne 0-0 St Charles
Pearson 1-0 Glenwood High
Westville Boys’ High 4-2 Grey College
Waterkloof 8-0 Dale College
Kearsney 2-2 Selborne College
KES 2-1 Northwood
Maritzburg College 1-0 Parktown Boys’ High
FIXTURES
Monday, 6 April
07:30 – Westville vs Selborne College
08:50 – Grey College vs Northwood
10:10 – KES vs Queen’s College
11:30 – Glenwood High vs Waterkloof
12:50 – Maritzburg College vs St Andrew’s College
14:10 – Kearsney College vs Parktown Boys’ High
@St John’s College
07:30 – Pearson High vs St Charles
08:50 – Dale College vs Helpmekaar
10:10 – Eldoraigne vs St John’s College
