LEADING THE PACK: Upper Hill take the front-line as Kenya teams seek to seize the basketball trophies

Upper Hill's Desmond Osala of Nairobi county skip past Yusuf Omar of Laiser Hill during Metropolitan games at Laiser Hill Academy in Kajiado on saturday. PHOTO: JONAH ONYANGO/STANDARD.

Former East Africa boys’ basketball champions Upper Hill ‘Uppah’ will lead Kenya’s campaign for basketball titles at this year’s Brookside East Africa Secondary School games that begin tomorrow in Eldoret. National winners Upper Hill will lead Alliance and Kapenguria Boys as they seek to reclaim the trophy that the country has failed to win for the past two years.

In the girls' battle, national champions Kaya Tiwi will be hoping to make a memorable entry to the regional scene. Together with returnees Buruburu and Barchando, they will be tasked to reclaim the crown Shimba Hills lost to St Mary’s Kitende last year.