HTS Louis Botha are the new Free State champions of the COPA Coca-Cola under 15 tournament after their 2 -1 victory over Retshedisitswe Secondary School in the final.
The Louis Botha boys celebrate their great win.
Pic: Sydney Mahlangu/ Backpage Pix
HTS Louis Botha reached the finals as crowd favorites, following an impressive start; comfortably winning both their group matches of the preliminary stages.
On the other hand Retshedisitswe, had to fight hard to book their spot in the finals after winning their first game by a slight margin, but the school went on to silence many when they crushed the reigning champions, Harmony High School’s tittle hopes with a 2 – 0 victory to make the finals .
This victory marks HTS Luis Botha’s second COPA Coca-Cola title, the school clinched their first provincial title back in 2012 and they subsequently finished first at the National Finals same year.
Having made their intentions clear this year, the school is on the verge of matching up to their previous record.
“The team has been doing very well. The school is proud of the boys,” said Coach Prince Sani.
“We want to continue where we left off with our winning spree and hopefully do our school and the province proud once again at the National Finals,” he added.
The COPA Coca-Cola schools tournament is an annual, under-15 football tournament which aims to identify nurture and reward the best in young footballing talent. The 2014 tournament started in March this year with schools in each of the nine provinces competing at regional level. The winning schools from the various regions then competed to represent their areas at the respective provincial finals, where they ultimately aim to become the provincial champion and represent their provinces at the national finals of the tournament in next month.
The ultimate winning school of the 2014 COPA Coca-Cola football tournament will walk away with the honour of being named the 2014 champion as well as R60 000 to be used towards the development of their school’s educational or sporting facilities. The second and third place winners will also receive R30 000 and R25 000 respectively.
The action now moves to the North West province where Thebe Ya Tlhajwa Secondary School, Molebatsi Secondary School, Lodirile High School and Tshedimosetso Secondary School will compete for the last spot in the National Finals.
Results:
Group A
HTS Louis Botha 5 – 0 Kgothalang
Kgothalang 0 – 3 Dr Reginald Cingo
HTS Louis Botha 2 – 0 Dr Reginald Cingo
Group B
Retshedisitswe 3 – 2 Luckhoff
Luckhoff 0 – 2 Harmony
Retshedisitswe 2 – 0 Harmony
Final
HTS Louis Botha 2 – 1 Retshedisitswe
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