Gauteng schools dazzle on day two of the APBSA Football Festival
The action and excitement continued at the Association of Public Boys’ Schools of South Africa (APBSA) Football Festival, at King Edward VII School (KES) in Johannesburg, on Wednesday with Parktown Boys’ High and Pretoria Boys High among the teams that impressed.
Parktown Boys’ High played with high intensity to maintain a clean record after three matches.
On Wednesday, they beat Potchefstroom Boys’ High 2-1 and Northwood School 1-0, with the goal they conceded against Potch being the only goal they have given up in their three outings.
Another team that remains undefeated is Pretoria Boys High, who have three wins and a draw after the first two days of action. On Wednesday, they took down Paul Roos Gimnasium, winning 1-0 against a team that has not met its usual high standards. Boys High also won their second match by a tight 1-0 margin, seeing off St Andrew’s School.
Jeppe High School for Boys, who made an impressive start on the first day of the festival, thumping St Andrew’s 5-1 before settling for a 1-1 draw against Northwood, added another win and a draw. They beat Queen’s College 3-1 and then drew 1-1 with Grey College.
Similar to Paul Roos, Grey College has been surprisingly subdued. After their draw with Jeppe, the Bloemfontein boys went down 0-1 to Rondebosch Boys’ High.
Two days into the festival, Grey remains winless, having drawn with Dale College and KES on the opening day.
After a disappointing campaign in the Mancosa KZNHSFA Coastal A-League, Northwood appears to have found some rhythm and they’re playing the kind of football one is more used to seeing from the Knights.
After going one and one on Tuesday – a 2-1 win over Paul Roos and a 0-1 loss to Parktown Boys’ High – they beat Queen’s College 2-1 on Wednesday.
KES had mixed results on day two, winning 2-0 against Potchefstroom Boys’ High before falling 0-2 to Rondebosch Boys’ High.
St David’s Marist Inanda has two wins and a draw after three matches, which included a 3-0 defeat of Dale College on Wednesday, which they followed with a 1-1 draw against Paul Roos.
Dale College slipped to a hard-fought 2-3 loss to Springs Boys’ High, while Springs also drew goalless with St Andrew’s.
Results
Parktown Boys’ High 1-0 Northwood
Jeppe 3-1 Queen’s College
KES 2-0 Potchefstroom Boys’ High
Rondebosch Boys’ High 1-0 Grey College
Springs Boys’ High 0-0 St Andrew’s
Pretoria Boys High 1-0 Paul Roos
St David’s 3-0 Dale College
Northwood 2-1 Queen’s College
Parktown Boys 2-1 Potchefstroom Boys’ High
Jeppe Boys 1-1 Grey College
Rondebosch Boys’ High 2-0 KES
Springs Boys’ High 3-2 Dale College
Pretoria Boys High 1-0 St Andrew’s
Paul Roos 1-1 St David’s
