RETURN OF GIANTS

Gekano, Nduru dominate Nyamira and Kisii county games

The schools are now preparing for the Nyanza regional games scheduled for Homa Bay County from Wednesday

In Summary

•In Nyamira, hosts Gekano bagged the handball, rugby Sevens, and volleyball titles while in Kisii, Nduru Boys settled for rugby Sevens and hockey trophies.

•Gekano beat Matongo in straight sets of 25-23, 25-19, 25-18 to lift the volleyball title and thrashed defending champions Masosa 18-9 to lift the handball title.

Nduru Boys Rugby 7's tea do a haka after winning the Kisii county title
Nduru Boys Rugby 7's tea do a haka after winning the Kisii county title
Image: ANGWENYI GICHANA

St Paul’s Gekano and Nduru Boys High schools dominated the Nyamira and Kisii County secondary schools Term Two games.

In Nyamira, host Gekano bagged the handball, rugby Sevens, and volleyball titles while in Kisii, Nduru Boys settled for rugby Sevens and hockey trophies.

Gekano beat Matongo in straight sets of 25-23, 25-19, 25-18 to lift the volleyball title and thrashed defending champions Masosa 18-9 to lift the handball title. In rugby Sevens, Gekano defeated Gesiaga 14-12 in a tough final.

Gekendo went on to lift the boys’ soccer title after a hard-fought 2-1 win over Nyansiongo High School while Gekomoni reclaimed the girls' football after a narrow 3-2 win over Tombe Girls.

Ekenyoro secondary bagged both the boys' and girls’ basketball titles. In the boys' category, they saw off Nyansiongo 60-43 while in the girls' category, they beat St Teresa’s Gekano 14-08.

Rirumi thrashed Don Bosco 43-01 to win the netball crown while Motagara beat Geta 3-1 (25-21, 19-25, 25-19, 25-15) to win the women’s volleyball title. Masosa retained the girls' handball title.

In Kisii county, Nduru Boys and Amaiko Girls retained their hockey titles. Nduru defeated former giants Cardinal Otunga High School, Mosocho 1-0 to retain the boys' crown.  The game was, however, abandoned in the second half after Cardinal Otunga players disputed a penalty awarded to Nduru. Stanley Lovino scored for Nduru Boys.

Gilbert Sangwera of Nyanchwa attepts to dribble past two Cardinal Otunga High School players during the Kisii County basketball final
Gilbert Sangwera of Nyanchwa attepts to dribble past two Cardinal Otunga High School players during the Kisii County basketball final
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In the girls' category, Florence Achieng and Brenda Atieno were on target for Amaiko as they saw off Kereri Girls 2-0 in the final.

Kerongorori thumped Nyaecheo 6-0 to lift the girls’ soccer title. Faith Barongo Baruku and Leah Ombui scored a brace each for Kerongorori while Purity Vincent and Happiness Vincent wrapped up the scores. In the boys' category, Gesabakwa beat Ong’icha 3-1 to win the title.

Daniel Ombura struck twice for Gesabakwa with Lameck Kennedy adding the third. Wilfred Obwoge scored Ong’icha’s consolation.

Ndonyo Mixed Secondary clinched both handball titles. In the boys' category, Ndonyo narrowly beat defending champions Nduru Boys 23-21 in an epic final while in the girls' category, Ndonyo beat Kereri 15-13.

Nyakembene defeated Ichuni 3-0 (25-22, 25-14, 25-12) to win the girls’ volleyball title while Riokindo, coached by Richard Areba, defeated Nduru 3-0 (25-25, 25-20, 29-27) to bag the boys' title.

Nyanchwa Boys won their fourth consecutive boys’ basketball title after beating Cardinal Otunga High, Mosocho while St Angela’s Sengera beat Kereri 40-30 to win the girls’ basketball title.  Keberesi won the netball title after beating Ayora 38-10. 

Boy's basketball final between Nyanchwa (in yellow) and Cardinal Otunga High School
Boy's basketball final between Nyanchwa (in yellow) and Cardinal Otunga High School
Image: ANGWENYI GICHANA

In Migori County, Nyamaharaga upset Kanga Boys 2-0 to win the boys; soccer title while Agenga defeated Kakrao 4-2 on post-match penalties to win the title. Agenga and Pe-Hill won the girls' and boys' hockey titles after emerging top in the competition which was played in a round robin.

St Joseph’s Rapogi narrowly defeated Oruba 20-19 to lift the rugby 7’s title while Oyugi Ogango beat Kadika 57-18 to win the netball title.