Tiwi beat Barchando in basketball

Lilian Atieno (left) of Kaya Tiwi Secondary School dribbles the ball past Nancy Opiyo of Bar Chando High School during their East Afrca Secondary School Games basketball match at Moi Girls High School, Uasin Gishu County on August 27, 2016.[PHOTO:DENNIS OKEYO/STANDARD]

National girls’ basketball champions Kaya Tiwi made their Brookside East Africa Secondary Schools debut in style with a resounding 94-32 conquest over Barchando also of Kenya. Not even a delay in starting play could stop the national queens from making their intentions in the competition known.

Tiwi were in a class of their own as they out-classed Barchando who they had also beaten in the semi-finals at the nationals earlier in the year. Tiwi coach Phillip Onyango said that his girls were out to reclaim the title Kenya lost to Uganda last year. “The basketball title has always been a possession of Kenya that is why we want it back. My girls have prepared well and are not ready to settle for nothing less than the title,” Onyango said.