Kenyan queens face Solidarity of Rwanda in girls football final at Lira

By OSCAR PILIPILI

Lira, Uganda: Enterprising Tartar football girls’ team beat compatriots Olympic 4-1 in a semi-final match to advance to the final in Brookside East African Secondary Schools Championships.

Tartar, who finished third last year, now plays Solidarity Academy of Rwanda in the final match as the Championships come to an end on Sunday.

Twin sisters Miriam Chelegat and Ruth Chebungei were in the limelight after they scored one goal apiece in the Tartar victory at Lango College in Lira on Saturday.

classic volley

Teresa Engesha who has been outstanding in Tartar’s striking force this season scored the match opener with a classic volley in the 15th minute.

Chelegat stretched Tartar’s lead to 2-0 when she scored their second goal in the 34th minute before Engesha added the third four minutes later.

Chebungei aped her sister after she scored Tartar’s fourth goal in the 56th minute.

The consolation goal for  Olympic came from Mercy Karani in the 67th minute.

Kenya’s campaign in boys’ category ended after St Mary’s Kitende eliminated Upper Hill 4-1 in their semi-finals match played at Lango College.

Kathungi that was the second Kenyan team in football boys was eliminated at pool stage.

In 15s rugby, after thrashing all opponents with an average of 60 points at group stage, Kakamega found their match in St Mary’s Yala who took them to task before winning the semi-final encounter with a labored 16-6 victory to qualify for the final.

Kakamega found it hard to penetrate Yala’s back row and coach Biko Ashimosi had to change tact to score.

Unlike in previous matches where Kakamega first goals came from tries, here it was a penalty conversion from Billy Esabwa that put them ahead 3-0 after struggling for 12 minutes.

Esabwa would then score a drop goal to give Kakamega 6-0 lead at half time.

Edgar Khafumi and Mike Mwende then converted a try each,   Khafumi converted one while Rodgers Gworo scored two penalties in the second half to save the day for Kakamega.

All kenyan affair

The rugby final would be an all Kenyan affair after Kangaru defeated St Mary’s Kisubi of Uganda 12-8 in yet another tight semi-finals tie to advance.

Kakamega humiliated Kangaru 60-0 at preliminary stage and it would be interesting to see whether the later would recover when they meet again on Sunday.

In basketball girls, Shimba Hills overcame Aper of Rwanda 73-56 while St Mary’s Kitende beat Buru Buru 56-45 in semi-finals.

Shimba Hills now play Kitende in the final today.

In boys’ category, Upper Hill made it to the final after they edged out EDG Bujumbura 64-62 in semis.

Upper Hill meets Lubiri of South Sudan who beat LD Kigali 59-58 in the final scheduled for Sunday.

All Kenyan teams were locked out in handball and netball.