St.Cyprian breaks duck for national ball games

Apr 14, 2019

The Mukono based side beat Ssaku SS in a play-off to qualify for the nationals to take place in Mbale next month.

 
 
St. Cyprian High School Kyabakadde will for the first time play in the Fresh Diary nationals after topping the Buganda Region Zone IV basketball qualifiers played at Seeta High Green Campus on Saturday.
 
The Mukono based side beat Ssaku SS in a play-off to qualify for the nationals to take place in Mbale next month.
 
Dienzela Ngabyekyo, Martin Ssaasira, and Chikuru Batolebwami were the stars for St. Cyprian who has only been making it only to the district qualifiers.
 
"I'm very proud and excited that we have qualified for the nationals for the first time. We scouted early, trained early and used a good coach. We have been stopping at the district qualifiers before but we scouted for good talent that has seen us through," an elated Joseph Kamya the head teacher of the school said.
 

 Action between Ssaku SS and St.Cyprian Kyabakadde during the Mukono Fresh Diary qualifiers at Seeta High Green Campus

"By God's grace we hope to do well at the nationals but the positioning will not matter aloft for us because we have at least achieved that feat of playing at the nationals for the first time and we are doing well in handball, volleyball in the ball games," Kamya said.
 
Mukono will be represented by Seeta High Green Campus, Crane High and Naalya SS Lugazi Campus in the girls' category. Naalya beat Ndejje SS girls 43-33 in a playoff to determine the third team to qualify while Ssaku beat St. Balikuddembe Kisoga 44-27 to join St. Cyprian, Namilyango and Ndejje in another playoff in the boys' category.
 
Fresh Dairy Zone Basketball Qualifiers
 
(Mukono, Luwero, Kampala)
 
Selected Results
 
Girls
 
Seeta Green Campus 41 Ndejje SS 10
 
Naalya SS 31 Seroma Christian 22
 
Seroma 14 Crane High 12
 
New Hope 9 Naalya 19
 
Boys
 
Mengo SS 27 Namilyango 37
 
Nagalama 13 Ndejje 59
 
Don Bosco 18 Namilyango 37
 
East High 29 Ndejje SS 40
 
St. Cyprian 43 Ssaku 35
 
New Hope 10 Crane High 22

 

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