Twelve boys’ schools have made the cut into the finals of the 15thedition Safaricom Sports Personality of the Year Awards (SOYA) to be staged in Mombasa on 11th January.
The were selected basing on their commendable performance in various disciplines during the Kenya Secondary School Games held in Term One and Term Two this year.
Leading the park is Laiser Hill, Upper Hill, Kakamega School,Olbolsat, Sigalame, St. Antony Boys, Malava, Kapkenyeloi, St. Lukes’ Kimilili, Musingu, Kanyawanga and Menengai.
The 12 schools fielded various teams both at the national and at the East Africa level and aided Kenya in retaining the overall title at the regional competition.
Laiser Hill were crowned the basketball champions at the national Term Onegames held in Kangaru School, Embu, beating newbies Sigalame who went on tofinish seventh at the regional games. The school’s rugby sevens team reclaimed the title at the national games held at Eldoret’s Hill School before clinching the EA title in Rwanda.
On their part Upper Hill won their maiden titles at both the national and East Africa games in rugby 15’s. They beat Menengai in sudden death at the national competitions. They also fielded a hockey side and football under-16 team at the national games. Football powerhouse Kakamega won their 13th national title at the national level and went on to finish third in Rwanda while their rugby 15’s team picked bronze and silver at the two events respectively.
Kakamega beat Olbolsat at the football under-19 national finals,the latter making their debut at this stage and booking a ticket to the EAgames in their first attempt.
Another newbie, Kapkenyeloi, make the cut having qualified for the national games for the first time and reached the finals where they lost to Malava in Volleyball. The latter picked Bronze at the EA competitions.
Meanwhile, Kimilili beat Kanyawanga in handball national finals to reclaim the title they had lost the previous year. Their hopes for a double were however crushed as they finished fifth at the EA games. Additionally, St. Antony make the list as the national and EA hockey reigning champions. Musingu also made the list courtesy of their exploits in hockey.