Jomo Kenyatta, Menengai rule Nakuru games

When Menengai High School thrashed Nakuru Day Secondary School to win the Nakuru Town East Subcounty Champions. [Courtesy, Meta]

Menengai High School are the Nakuru County Secondary Schools football champions.

They hammered Kirobon 6-0 in the finals played at Njoro Boys High School yesterday, after most of the final matches were rained off at Koelel High School on Friday evening.

As a result, Menengai earned their ticket to the Rift Valley Secondary Schools Regional Games set for Hills School in Eldoret from Wednesday.

It was a dream come true for the Menengai Boys, whose desire to win the national title had always been stopped at the regional championships.

In 2023, Menengai were defeated in the semi-finals of the regional championships by St Anthony Boys at Nakuru Boys High School.

"This time, we are ready to improve on where we left off two years back. It's a step at a time," head coach Peter Sechero told Standard Sports.

On their way up, Menengai defeated defending champions Jomo Kenyatta 2-1 in the semi-finals as Kirobon saw off Cheptuet 4-3 on post-match penalties after a one-all draw in regulation time.

Jomo Kenyatta resuscitated themselves by winning three titles in the boys' rugby sevens, volleyball, and 3x3 basketball.

It was a tough match in the rugby sevens finals, which was won by a sudden death penalty for Jomo Kenyatta to emerge victorious on a 5-0 win against hosts Koelel High School.

In the 3x3 boys' basketball, Jomo Kenyatta edged out Nakuru Day 19-12, coached by experienced Kenya Basketball Federation referee Patrick Nderitu.

"It was a tough match after they overcame us on height advantage against my point guards," Nderitu said.

And Nakuru Girls will be in the regional championships for the third consecutive year as 3x3 girls' basketball champions.

"We are happy to be back again. However, we need to improve our performance in the regional championships this time round," head coach Charity Kebenei said.