St Mary's Boarding School Kitende players celebrate a goal against Blessed Sacrament Kimanya

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St Mary's Kitende thus progressed to the semi-finals where they will face Jinja Progressive who humbled Amus College School 3-0 in the quarter finals.

USSSA Boy’s Football 2024 (Quarter final Results): 

  • St Mary’s Kitende 2-0 Blessed Sacrament Kimanya
  • Amus College 0-3 Jinja Progressive
  • St Julian High School Seeta 0 (3) – 0 (2) Masaka SS 
  • Kisozi Seed 0 (5) – 0 (4) Bukedea Comprehensive

USSSA boys’ football defending champions St Mary’s Boarding School Kitende etched closer to a successful title defence after skidding past the quarter final hurdle.

A 2-0 victory over crowd darling Blessed Sacrament Kimanya during the quarter finals on Friday secured the path to the last four stage.

Burly forward Isa Bugembe and intelligent defender Ronald Madoi scored the goals for St Mary’s Kitende before hundreds of fans at the Kitovu Arena playground.

St Mary’s Kitende thus progressed to the semi-finals where they will face Jinja Progressive who humbled Amus College School 3-0 in the quarter finals.

Amus College School had won a petition over Jinja SS for fielding an ineligible player.

In other semi-final duels, debutants St Julian High School Seeta ejected hosts Masaka SS 3-2 in post-match penalties after normal time had ended goal-less.

Another quarter final clash was determined via spot-kicks when Bukedea Comprehensive out-shot a hard-fighting Kisozi Seed 5-4 following yet another goal-less affair.

The semi-finals come on Saturday, 4th May 2024 ahead of Sunday’s grand finale. The tournament lured as many as 64 schools from across the country.

The best five schools will represent Uganda at this year’s East African Games due in Bukedea region.

David Isabirye is a senior staff writer for Kawowo Sports where he covers most of the major events.

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2 Comments

  1. Kisozi seed (0) 5 Bukedea (0)4
    And in the explanation,you say Bukedea out-shot Kisozi seed 5-4.
    Your information is mis-leading.

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