Kearsney celebrates double sports victory
Kearsney College beat WBHS 201 in soccer, and won the Voortrekker High Sevens tourney in PMB.
KEASNEY and Westville Boys’ High School’s 1st soccer teams faced off in an exhilarating match at the weekend.
The game was dominated by hosts Kearsney College in the first half. Striker Trystan Tanner made the most of his opportunities by scoring a brace, to take Kearsney 2-0 at half time.
After the break WBHS came out fired up and attacked from the start, putting Kearsney on the back foot. WBHS scored midway through the half and continued to put pressure on the Kearsney defenders and goalkeeper. Kearsney held on as WBHS took long range shots and attacked, looking for the equaliser.
This exciting game finally ended in a 2-1 win to Kearsney who has had an excellent season, only losing one fixture 2-1 to DHS.
In rugby news, Kearsney College won the weekend’s Voortrekker High Sevens in Pietermaritzburg after beating Maritzburg College 31-17 in the final.
Kearsney had convincing wins in all three pool games against Port Natal (won 26-0), DHS (won 33-5) and Voortrekker (won 50-0). They only conceded one try in the pool matches, which was against DHS.
Kearsney then advanced through to the cup semi where they beat Hilton 33-5; before advancing to the final against Maritzburg College.
The winning team’s stand-out players were Tristan Tedder, Josh van Vuuren and Ryan Lewarne. Kearsney’s star player Tristan Dixon was unavailable to the team for this weekend’s game, as he played in the KZN 7s side at the competition.
Kearsney has a young side, comprised mostly of Grade 10s and 11s, and has had a great Sevens season, winning two of the three tournaments played (Crawford and Voortrekker) and only losing one game during the season which was to Michaelhouse.
