Ugandan U19 boys dominate Kenya 9-3,Nairobi stars back to drawing board.
Lacrosse Unites has been working hard for the past 18 months to better skills of the Mukulu/Nairobi based boys Kenya lacrosse program including holding skills clinics with Israeli national team player Jon Rathauser and also allowing Ugandan Ken Kasule spend enough time polishing the boys stamina and skills.
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| Kenyan Kevin Mwangi driving the ball past Ochan Reagan in midfield. |
The East Africa Lacrosse 7's however didn't turnout as anticipated as the Ugandan team seemed more prepared having scored 4-0 in the first 10 minutes of play.
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| Ref Jon Rathauser from Israel officiating closely on a face-off. |
Kenya pulled back 2 goals before halftime and couldn't go further as Uganda's Ochan Sam scored thrice and both Oboto Francis and Ochan Reagan scored twice to leave the Nairobi Harambe stars trailing.
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| Oboto Francs Man-of-the-Match. |
The national games for all the players ho feature in this highly contested game was a great experience for the future of lacrosse in Africa provided these players will have accumulated enough playing strategies and tactics when they are to represent their respective nations in world championships.
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| Hopeful School-Masaka team plays percussion and cultural songs at the awards ceremony. |
On this same day the Kenyan U19 team defeated Uganda 1-3 to take the gold along many other fixtures in the club category.
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