Fresh Dairy Games: St. Noa, Kitende face off in girls basketball final
It’s another Wakiso district affair as St Noa Girls Secondary School-Zana and St Mary’s Kitende face off in an epic Basketball final at the ongoing Fresh Dairy Secondary Schools Games in Mbarara.
A fixture characterized by high intensity levels, temper and great technical and tactical approaches, the two old friends shall yet again battle in a third successive national final in Ntare, Mbarara on Monday.
St Noa Girls School eased past Buddo SS in the semi-finals, with a 68-38 landslide score, 30 points difference margin separating the two sides.
It was another break and score in the quarter finals, for the Zana based side St. Noa against Naalya S.S
St. Noa won 50-14 to comfortably reach their 4th Semi-final at the national championship, having got their first during the 2018 edition in Nyakasura, Fort-Portal City in Kabalore district.
Their arch rivals St Mary’s Boarding Secondary School Kitende beat Nabisunsa by a 12-point margin to win 55-43 in the Semi-final.
Their quarter-final duel was against a youthful Ssaku S.S. the defending champions won by 10 points difference in a 38-28 score
St. Mary’s Kitende is both the national and FEASSSA reigning champions.
In their last three meetings, St. Mary’s Kitende have come out victorious with the most recent win recorded at this year’s Wakiso district qualifiers finals.