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Kakamega High School beat Laiser Hill 18-14 to reclaim their Brookside National Secondary School 15s rugby title in a nerve-racking finals match played yesterday at Nairobi School.
Kakamega, christened Barbarians touched down twice, converted once and scored two penalties against Laiser Hill's two converted tries to win their seventh national trophy.
The win ended Kakamega's three year trophy drought. The Barbarians success saw them avenge their 10-8 loss to Laiser at the preliminary stage and the win enchanted the team's coach Amos Wamanga.
"It was a very tough final. We had a good start and managed to keep them at bay and then used our wingers well. They came back stronger in the second half but we constrained them and they succumbed to the pressure. It feels good to be champions once again," Wamanga said.
Kakamega, who are also the East African champions, led 15-7 at half time, having raced to a 15-0 lead at one point. They endured some serious pressure in the second half as Laiser Hill hit back to trail them by a point 15-14, before centre back Derrick Ashiundu completed the job with a penalty. Laiser hill scored through John Bruce and Joel Inzuga with Johnstone Olindi concerting both tries.
In hockey St Anthony's Kitale and St Cecilia Misikhu won the boys and girls finals respectively to be crowned champions. St Anthony's recaptured the title they last won in 2012 while Misikhu added a fourth to their trophy cabinet.
St Anthony's humbled homeboys Upper Hill 3-2 while Misikhu drubbed newcomers St Joseph's Girls Kitale 2-0 in the final. St Anthony's were undoubtedly the stronger side as they took a 2-0 lead in the first half through Brian Ogenche.
Wycliffe Simiyu made it 3-0 in the 37th minute to declare their intentions to lift the trophy. Upper Hill fought back and dominated the second half scoring through Ian Muriuki and Eugene Onyango but St Anthony's held on to the lead to be crowned champions. Agnes Machuma and Sarah Nafula scored for Misikhu
