Goals aplenty in wins for Collegiate, Pearson, and Clarendon
There were wins for Clarendon, Collegiate Girls’ High, Pearson, and Cambridge High School during the second week of the local hockey season in the Eastern Cape over the weekend.
Clarendon, Collegiate, and Pearson were all in derby action after recently participating in the St Mary’s Festival in Gauteng.
There, Pearson ended their campaign as the highest ranked Eastern Cape side, in 15th spot, while Collegiate edged out Clarendon 2-0 to take 21st place in the elite 32-team field.
On Thursday afternoon, Pearson was in action, playing host to their Gqeberha neighbours, Westering High School. The visitors were, undoubtedly, the underdogs, but they had boosted their confidence at the Union Festival, where they reached the final before losing 0-1 to the hosts.
Pearson, though, was a higher level of challenge and they demonstrated that by storming to a 6-0 win.
In their second match of the week, on Saturday, Pearson defeated Stirling High 5-2, while Westering played to a 1-1 draw against Volkskool Graaff-Reinet.
Collegiate, meanwhile, also added two wins to their record.
Ahead of their derby against Outeniqua, in a mid-week match, they produced a fluent performance to overwhelm Alexander Road High School 7-0.
Kerrin Gillies was the star of the show in that clash, slotting a handful of goals, while Jana Prinsloo and Kate Brennan also scored.
On Saturday, Collegiate carried the momentum from their mid-week success into their clash with Outeniqua in Gqeberha.
After her five-goal haul, Gillies added another, converting a penalty stroke, and field goals from Nina Mitchell and Kate Brennan secured a 3-1 win for the home side, with Zanelle Rensburg scoring for the visitors.
In Makhanda, Cambridge High School thumped Victoria Girls’ High 4-0. Akhile Mdlalane, who has been in good goal scoring form since the start of the season, grabbed a double, and further goals from Milisa Mntusanto and Usiphe Ngxoweni made it four for the visiting team.
Clarendon Girls High completed the weekend’s schedule with a 2-0 win over Queenstown Girls’ High (2-0) in a tightly contested clash, with Jilliana Saffy and Hannah Viviers finding finishes.
Clarendon, Stirling, Cambridge, and Hudson will next turn their attention to the Border Coastal Spar Hockey Challenge, which takes place next Sunday, 21 April.
That action will be LIVE on SuperSport Schools.
RESULTS:
Clarendon High School for Girls 2-0 Queenstown Girls’ High
Hudson Park 5-0 Milnerton
Collegiate Girls’ High 3-1 Outeniqua
Pearson High 5-2 Stirling High School
Cambridge High School 4-0 Victoria Girls’ High
Pearson High 6-0 Westering
Westering 1-1 Volkskool Graaff-Reinet
