The 2019 Under-16 COPA Coca-Cola kicked off Tuesday at Kisumu National Polytechnic and will go on up to August 3rd.
A total of 32 teams will battle it out with the winning teams representing Kenya in the second edition of the COPA Coca-Cola Africa to be held later in the year.
In a match played at Kisumu Polytechnic on Tuesday afternoon saw Serani High School from Mombasa stun Rift Valley representatives Goseta by beating them 2-0.
Serani was dominant from the opening stages of the game with Mustafa Bakari, Juma Mwinyi and Mohamed Ahmed leading the attack.
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Six minutes after the break, Serani went ahead through Mwinyi Juma and extended their lead through Sufii Mohamed in 51st minute.
In the other group A match played at the same venue, Koyonzo from Bungoma defeated Gatamaiyu from Kiambu 2-0.
Wellington Andayi opened the scoring in the 22nd minute before Arnold Bukasa adding a second in the 45th minute.
In the Girls’ matches, 2016 champions Wiyeta Girls from Rift Valley thumped Nairobi Region representatives Dagoretti mixed 3-0 and Njambini from Central region overcame Ugara from Nyanza 3-0 in group A matches.
In men’s volleyball, Tetu defeated Shimoni three straight sets, 21-25, 25-18, 25-20, 25-14, while Mogonga trounced Lelmokwo straight sets, 25-18, 25-23, 25-17.
In girls volleyball category, Cheptil defeated Soweto three straight sets to one, 25-23, 25-21, 7_25, 25-17.
