Laduma! Kearsney claim victory
In a soccer match up against Westville Boys' High School, Kearsney College claimed a five point win.
PHOTO: Tracey Van Den Aardweg
KEARSNEY College met Westville Boys’ High School in cold conditions at Botha’s Hill on Saturday. Both teams started aggressively, with Kearsney having the better of the early exchanges.
The hosts had a wonderful opportunity to take an early lead but Fin McLean headed wide from a Nteteko Khoza corner. Westville also had a golden opportunity midway through the first half, but the Westville striker failed to connect a well-timed cross.
The deadlock was broken when Kearsney’s Rory Bloy played in Joshua Barrett behind the Westville defence. The teams went into half time with Kearsney holding a slender 1 – 0 advantage.
From the restart, Westville almost claimed an equalizer, but a fine save from goalkeeper, Jethro Strydom, kept Kearsney in the lead. Mzu Phike doubled Kearsney’s lead shortly afterwards, when McLean’s back post header ricocheted off the goalpost, into his path, and he duly headed home.
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Westville struck back almost immediately with a fine free kick and claimed a point against Kearsney. McLean got his first goal in the match, and Kearsney’s third, when he headed home after some good work on the left wing by Dane Mertsch.
McLean then scored his second goal of the match when he headed a Bloy cross from a free kick, upping the score to 4 – 1 in Kearsney’s favour. Westville pulled another goal back when a corner kick was kicked goalward into a congested penalty area.
Kearsney’s fifth goal started at the back by Gcina Gumede. He passed to Mertsch on the left, who in turn played McLean behind the Westville defence. McLean calmly struck home from the top of the 18-yard area to complete a well-deserved hat-trick and a fine 5 – 2 win for Kearsney.
Rugby 7s
Kearsney College took part in the Glenwood 7s festival at the weekend and comfortably won its first match 34 – 0 against Pionier 2.
The second game was against Westville, and even although the boys tried their hardest with only eight players available, the opposition ran away with the game and won 42 – 5.
Kearsney ended second in their pool, which meant they faced Maritzburg College in the cup quarter final. They took an early 10 – 0 lead, but Maritzburg fought back and were the eventual winners with a final score of 15 – 19. Both teams scored three tries, but successful conversions by the opposition made the difference in the thrilling match.
Kearsney faced DHS in the plate semi-final. This was another nail-biting encounter as Kearsney went down 12 – 19.
Their final match was against Vryheid and the boys pulled together for a convincing 33 – 17 win and the team was placed seventh overall.
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