Central schools league finals yields exciting soccer

Sixteen soccer teams from ten different schools in the city clashed on the pitch during the Polokwane Central Schools Football League finals played at PEPPS Preparatory School and College’s sport fields on Saturday. All the teams revealed their best skills with the aim to win their matches and proceed to the final round.
Teams were divided into two pools and the top two schools in each pool proceeded to the semifinals with the two winning teams playing in the finals and the two losing teams fighting for the third spot. The tournament was played in a round-robin format and teams had to win all their pool matches in order to play in the finals.
In the u.15B pool, Northern Academy emerged victorious after defeating Eagle’s Nest Christian School 3-1 in the finals while Hoërskool Noorderland and Capricorn High School occupied the third and forth places respectively.
In the u.15A pool, Noorderland claimed the first spot as they defeated Northern Academy 2-1 with Taxila Secondary School finishing third and Westenburg Secondary School claiming the fourth position.
In the second teams’ pool, Hoër Tegniese Skool Tom Naudé walked away with a trophy and gold medals after beating Noorderland 2-0 in the finals with PEPPS College and Westenburg occupying third and fourth places respectively.
In the first teams’ pool, Northern Academy was announced as the champions after winning their final match 2-0 against Eagle’s Nest while Kabelo Secondary School claimed the third position and PEPPS College finished fourth.

Story and photos:ENDY SENYATSI
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