Zwartkop, Jeppe, and St Stithians claim big wins
There were plenty of goals scored on the final weekend of May in the Gauteng region, with a couple of the top dogs, Jeppe High School for Boys and St Stithians College, racking up big victories alongside King Edward VII (KES).
In Pretoria, Hoërskool Zwartkop delivered a bold statement with back-to-back dominant victories.
Under the guidance of coach Connor Flowers, the team showed tactical discipline and clinical finishing to dispatch both Hoërskool Centurion and Hoërskool Oos-Moot in style.
In their first outing, against their local rivals, Centurion, Zwartkop controlled the tempo of the contest from the first whistle. Their accuracy and well-calculated moves were rewarded with a convincing 5-0 win.
Against Oos-Moot, Zwartkop came away with a 3-0 victory. Coach Coertzen’s charges have grown as the season has progressed, and they lived up to the expectations of their ever-improving game.
In Johannesburg, Jeppe continued their phenomenal unbeaten run in 2025. Now, following a 3-1 win by SACS over Paul Roos Gimnasium on Friday, the title of South Africa’s best in 2025 surely rests between the Cape Town school and Jeppe.
The Kensington kids warmed up for their weekend showdown with Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool (Affies) with a 3-0 victory over St David’s Marist Inanda on Wednesday. That was a solid win, but they were razor-sharp on the weekend in crushing Affies 6-0.
Jeppe was on fire from the start, scoring three times in the first chukka. Adriaan Laubsher grabbed the spotlight with a superb hat-trick, while Ezra Stadt, Juan Martin, and Jaydon Da Silva also got in on the goal-scoring act.
Jeppe’s coach Siya Sityana was full of praise for his team’s performance but remained grounded in his assessment of their effort: “This game was good. It’s actually our best start this year. I mean, scoring three goals in the first chukka is something we’ve been working towards,” he said.
“That said, we still need to be more lethal. After we scored those early goals, we started relaxing, and that’s something we need to fix. We’ve got to play for 60 minutes.”
St Stithians, another Johannesburg school that has put together a strong season, dominated against St Charles College.
They’ve enjoyed good finishing all season long and there was more of that on display as they rolled to an 8-3 win over the visitors from Pietermaritzburg.
KES was also on fire, romping to a big 6-0 win over St Benedict’s College.
The game between Parktown Boys’ High and St John’s College was tightly contested. Playing at the “Lion’s Den,” the sides left it all out on the pitch, but the defences dominated, and their clash ended in a goalless draw.
RESULTS
Zwartkop 5-0 Centurion
Zwartkop 3-0 Oos-Moot
Jeppe 6-0 Affies
St Stithians 8-3 St Charles
KES 6-0 St Benedict’s
Parktown Boys’ High 0-0 St John’s
