SA School Sports

This Week’s First Team Basketball Rankings has Kearsney College enjoying life in the top spot however there are several teams in the chasing pack that are serious contenders and could well challenge for higher honours.

A strong performance by St. Stithians at the prestigious St. John’s College U19 Tournament last week has propelled them into the top five of this week’s SA School Sports Rankings.

The opening day of the St John's Basketball Tournament all the action will be shown LIVE from the Wembley Indoor court in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Kearsney College have been in sublime form so far this season and presently they occupy the leading position on the SA School Sports Rankings with an unbeaten run so far.

In these early stages of the 2018 Basketball season and with the submitted results in hand, it is St. Albans College which lead the SA School Sports Basketball Rankings for this week.

It may not be one of the biggest sporting codes offered in some schools around the country but there is a fast growing interest in Basketball with many schools offering the sport as an alternative summer sport.

St Charles College has risen to within striking distance of becoming the leading basketball side in the country after a consistently strong season and are well placed in second position this week on the SA School Rankings.

You don’t often hear much of Michael Mount Waldorf School in Bryanston Johannesburg but when it comes to basketball they are one of the powerhouses and lead this week’s SA Schools Top 30 Rankings.

The SA School Sports Basketball Rankings are back in 2017 and we are looking to give as much exposure to this growing sport as we can this year.

Philip de Charmoy, a St Charles College student in Grade 10, recently jetted off with his U16 South African Basketball teammates to Botswana to compete in the Under 16 Afro-Basketball Qualifiers.

It is a three way tussle for the top spot in the SA Schools Basketball Rankings with all three of the top teams having unblemished records so far in 2015.

In 2014 it was Maritzburg College who took the SA School Basketball scene by storm as they ruthlessly brushed aside all comers to deservedly finish as the leading team in the country and take the number one spot on the SA School Sports Basketball Rankings.

We are looking forward to a competitive basketball season in 2015 with plenty matches and tournaments planned that will hopefully ensure that the sport reaches a high level.

With the school basketball season winding down to a close we take a closer a look at how the various teams have fared during 2014 and where they find themselves on the SA School Sports Top 25 Rankings.

Maritzburg College remain top of the rankings despite going down in a shock result to Westville who caught the Pietermaritzburg team perhaps with too many matches in the legs after their St.John’s College tournament triumph.

Westville sent a message out last week that they are a team to be reckoned with and arguably one of the stronger teams in the country when they beat the high flying Maritzburg College team.

Maritzburg College reign supreme for yet another week at the top of the SA Schools Top 20 rankings after playing their way into the finals of the St John’s U18 Tournament and then beating St.Alban’s College to take the title.

St John’s College hosted yet another high quality U18 Tournament which saw some breathtaking play by some of the elite teams in South Africa.

As we brace ourselves for the St. John’s College U19 Invitational Tournament this week, it is Maritzburg College who have thrown down the gauntlet to the other teams as they clinch the number one spot for their second consecutive week.

It was the last chance for some of the First teams to get in some last minute match practise before the onset of one of the country’s biggest school basketball tournaments which is annually hosted by St John’s College.