Lowveld High gives as good as they get
Lowveld High hosted Barberton on Saturday in preparation for the forthcoming rugby, netball and hokcey seasons.
The athletics season had barely finished for most learners when the first winter-sport games of the season were played over the weekend. In preparation for the forthcoming hockey, netball and rugby leagues, Lowveld High School (LHS) and Hoërskool Barberton (BHS) played friendlies at LHS to sort out their team selections.
The netball teams seemed to be evenly matched. Lowveld’s open A team won 33-9, the u/15A team won 17-12 and the u/14B team 22-7. The u/15B teams drew six-all while Barberton’s u/16A team won 17-6, the u/16B team won 4-2 and the u/14A’s 13-3.
LHS boys won the hockey matches with both the first and junior teams beating Barberton sides 1-0.
In rugby the Barberton first team beat LHS by 22-6. The second team of BHS also beat their opponents 32-0. The u/16 LHS team beat the visitors 39-0.
Barberton coach Dieter Marneweck said he was happy that his had team managed to put 10 points on the scoreboard.
“The past two years have not gone well for them so they don’t have a winning mentality. But we are working on it and they are improving.”
BHS u/15s won 38-0 and the u/14s won 24-5.
Girls hockey results
TracN4 Girls 1st Hockey team LHS 7-0 BHS
Second team LHS 1-1 BHS
U/16 LHS 3-1 BHS
U/15 LHS 0-2 BHS
U/14 LHS 0-2 BHS.
- See more pictures of the action here.
