Shanderema Secondary School from Kakamega and Solidarity Boys from Trans Nzoia emerged as the champions of Western Region and Rift Valley KSSA 2023 respectively in matches played on Saturday.St. Antony’s Kitale took the Rift Valley title after beating Kajiado’s Christ the King 3-1.Peter Ngugi opened the scoring for the Kings in the 12th minute before teen prospect Adrian Kibet leveled matters six minutes later followed by Stanley Waswa’s outrageous thunderbolt in the 58th minute.Five-time national champions St. Anthony’s Boys Kitale are the Rift-Valley Region football champions.The Solidarity Boys beat Christ The Secondary School from Kajiado 3-1 in the final played at the Nyahururu Stadium on Saturday Morning.#FootballKE pic.twitter.com/qk9I0aWSzd— Ole Teya (@TeyaKevin) July 22, 2023 Solidarity completed the riot over Christ in the 85th minute as Omuse scored to take the game far from reach. In the girls’ category, Wiyeta silenced Nasokol with first half goals from Shivikwa Praxidies (25′) and Wonderful Edina as they eye the national championship slated for Kakamega in August.In Kakamega, Shanderema got the better part of Musingu High School avenging their 2-1 defeat at the County level weeks ago. Brilliance from AFC Leopards target Mark Shaban and Simon Mulanda gave “Shandy” a three-nil win over the noisy Scorpions.##NAJAVA_MECA_7386106##After the match Kevin Asuba was quick to shift focus to the upcoming national championship promising more surprises from the little known Shanderema.”We are taking each match at a time, our focus now shifts to the National Championship next month,” offered Asuba .Red Commandos Butere Girls’ dominated the girls’ category in a curtain raiser played at Bukhungu Stadium handing Vihiga County representatives Madira a one nil defeat. Official: Harambee Stars ace Joseph Okumu joins French Ligue 1 sideBoth Commandos and Madira book a slot in the nationals as well as Shanderema and Musingu from the boys’ discipline.Other schools to have booked a slot at the National Championship are Bute High School from North Eastern, Central Champions Kirangari High as well as Coast winners Sereni School and Matiliku from Eastern.Njabini, Dagoreti Girls, Kombani Secondary School and Mbitini join Wiyeta Girls in the fight for ladies’ national gong and a ticket to East Africa games.
