The 2018 High School Basketball League is underway... |
The start of the 2018 High School Basketball
League (HSBL) took centre stage this weekend.
The league is contested by the country’s
top basketball schools and is divided into eight regions – Maseru 1, Maseru 2,
Maseru Central, South 1, South 2, Thaba-Tseka, North 1 and North 2 with each
region ranging between four and five teams.
The start of the HSBL season was afforded
top billing by the Lesotho
Basketball Association (LBA) with the National Basketball League (NBL) given a
break this weekend.
The action didn’t disappoint.
In the Maseru 1 section, favourites and
2016 HSBL boys champions Christ the King High School (CK) completed an unbeaten
opening weekend after wins over Matikoe High School (33-11), Machabeng College
(14-9) and NULIS (23-17).
However, there was a hiccup for defending
boys champions Johnson Baker as they were beaten 47-21 by Bereng after an
earlier 25-14 win over St John’s.
In the girls’ section, reigning
champions Mabathoana started their title defence with a 13-5 win over Sefika.
2015 girls and boys champions Methodist
High School, meanwhile, started with a clean sweep in both sections. Methodist’s
girls’ team beat Life (34-5) and Phomolong (20-16) while the boys beat Life
(10-6) in Maseru 2 action.
The HSBL is the country’s premier
basketball competition for high schools and will run until August when the Top
4 Finals are held to decide the national girls and boys champions.
HSBL Results:
Saturday,
March 10
Maseru
1
Girls
St Mary’s 39-0 Matikoe
Machabeng 5-6 St Mary’s
Machabeng 37-1 Matikoe
Boys
NULIS 20-17 Machabeng
CK 33-11 Matikoe
Matikoe 8-54 NULIS
Machabeng 9-14 CK
Machabeng 15-16 Matikoe
CK 23-17 NULIS
Maseru
2
Girls
Methodist 34-5 Life
Methodist 20-16 Phomolong
Khubetsoana 5-7 Phomolong
Boys
Khubetsoana 14-17 Phomolong
Methodist 10-6 Life
Maseru
Central
Girls
Sefika 5-13 Mabathoana
Leqele 20-5 Sefika
Boys
Lesotho High School 9-20 Sefika
Lesotho High School 9-20 Sefika
Mabathoana 2-20 St James
Leqele 34-25 Lesotho High School
Sefika 31-32 Mabathoana
St James 12-29 Leqele
South
1
Girls
St Stephen’s 33-21 St Patrick’s
St Stephen’s 33-21 St Patrick’s
Holy Trinity 8-12 Masitise
St Patrick's 19-11 Holy Trinity
Boys
Masitise 16-18 St Stephen’s
Masitise 16-18 St Stephen’s
Masitise 17-12 St Stephen’s
St Stephen’s 16-22 St Patrick’s
Holy Trinity 12-26 Masitise
St Patrick’s 59-17 Holy Trinity
South
2
Girls
Bereng 10-22 St John’s
Bereng 10-22 St John’s
Baker 16-12 St John’s
Baker 22-14 Bereng
Boys
Baker 25-14 St John’s
Baker 21-47 Bereng
Bereng 38-20 St John’s
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