Pearson shines in George while Woodridge and Clarendon win big
It has been a solid season for the Pearson High School girls’ hockey side, and they continued to pad their record when they picked up two victories in George over the weekend, beating York High 4-1 and Hoërskool Outeniqua 2-1.
Last weekend, the Gqeberha school faced Collegiate Girls’ High at Collegiate’s 150th reunion and came away with a hard-fought draw.
That clash was tightly contested, with both sides creating clear-cut goalscoring opportunities, but the goalkeepers pulled off crucial saves to keep the scoreboard motionless.
That stalemate wouldn’t have disheartened the Pearson girls. There have been lessons to learn this season, including in a big 6-0 win over Westering, and in a 0-4 defeat against Rhenish, who have proved themselves to be one of the best teams in the country in 2024.
Pearson took on York High on Friday afternoon, with the local girls fresh off of a 3-1 win over Woodridge College a week earlier.
Coach MJ Meyer‘s York side stuck one past Pearson, but the Gqeberha girls responded with four goals of their own to claim a comfortable 4-1 victory, with Zanike Coetzer, Isabella Costa Gamaleri, Hanna Potgieter, and Zoey Mostert getting their names onto the score sheet.
The following day, Pearson was made to work extremely hard for a 2-1 win over Outeniqua. This time around, it was Annemi De Villiers, and Nyssa Slabbert, who contributed goals to take their side to victory.
There’s no let-up for Pearson. They next travel to Makhanda to face DSG Makhanda.
Over the weekend, DSG went down 1-2 against Collegiate. They’ll be motivated to reverse that loss.
Woodridge College, after their defeat to York High last weekend, got back to winning ways at the expense of Union High School.
Woodridge, under the leadership of coach Herman Kitshoff, started the season positively, and will take confidence from the win.
Dané Strydom struck twice for Woodridge, while Emilee Tinderholm also found the back of the net.
Next weekend, Woodridge takes on Victoria Park.
East London’s Clarendon High School for Girls was also on the road on the weekend, visiting Kingsridge High School for Girls (KHS) in Qonce.
After being trounced by Eunice in late April, Clarendon has bounced back impressively. In the past fortnight, they’ve defeated Ooskus Gimnasium (formally known as Grens) 12-0 and Lilyfontein School 8-1.
Against KHS, they kept their free-scoring ways going with a comfortable 5-0 win.
In other matches, Alexander Road edged out Westering 2-1, while Stirling High and Cambridge drew 2-2 in an East London derby.
RESULTS
York High 1-4 Pearson High
Alexander Road 2-1 Westering High School
Outeniqua 1-2 Pearson High
Woodridge College 3-1 Union High School
Stirling High 2-2 Cambridge High
Kingsridge High School for Girls 0-5 Clarendon High School for Girls
DSG Makhanda 1-2 Collegiate Girls’ High
