November 3, 2010 in Gauteng
Defense
ST Albans senior team was made fight tooth and nail for their victory against visitors St John’s at the weekend in the Johannesburg School’s League game which had NBA vice president for development in Africa Amadou Gallo Fall in attendance. Read the rest of this entry →
October 19, 2010 in Gauteng
After a poor start to their basketball season St Alban’s ended their two game losing streak when they beat the visiting King Edward VII School in the Johannesburg schools league at the weekend.
St Alban’s won the match 38-32. Read the rest of this entry →
July 12, 2010 in Gauteng
After another successful league season, we congratulate the winners. Here are all the results
February 14, 2010 in Gauteng
ST ALBAN’S first team recorded their second victory on the trot and third win of the season when they slugged it out against St Benedict’s in the Johannesburg League match at the weekend.
After trailing most of the game in the first three quarters St Alban’s rallied back in a strong fourth quarter finish to win what was a closely contested encounter 41-37.
In the first quarter St Alban’s looked more like the visiting team as St Benedicts imposed themselves on the host schools court. It was no surprise at the end of the quarter that the visitors finished the strongest with an 11-4 lead. Read the rest of this entry →
June 18, 2009 in Gauteng
Pretoria High Schools Finals
Under 14
The u14 girl’s final was a well fought battle between the girls of Willow Ridge and Mamelodi Bees. The young Bees team showed the better fundamentals converting lay ups off of Willlow’s turnovers. Willow Ridges on the other hand was playing solid defence with their 2-3 zone and later on the press, it was just unfortunate that they unable to convert their steals into baskets. As most games at this level go it was a low scoring game with the final score being 10-8 in Bee’s favour. In the end it was willows inability to score from the line that ultimately gave Bee’s the game, they were 2/17 from the free throw line.
The boy’s final was a Pretoria Boys High School affair with their A team taking on the B. The A team took the game 24-8. It must be said that the level of basketball being played by Boys High in this age group was very impressive and it wasn’t difficult to see how both their teams ended up in the final. The real stand out was the A team point guard number 18 (kamo). Read the rest of this entry →
