{"id":268082,"date":"2025-08-22T16:13:20","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T14:13:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/?p=268082"},"modified":"2025-08-22T16:13:24","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T14:13:24","slug":"team-bags-one-more-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/team-bags-one-more-victory\/","title":{"rendered":"Team bags one more victory"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Virginia High School (VHS), in partnership with the Virginia Sports Academy, was crowned the champion at the Potchefstroom High School for Boys&#8217; Inaugural Soccer Festival for 2025. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The festival was hosted by the boys&#8217; high school on 15 and 16 August. Schools from four provinces participated for the prestigious title, including the Louis Botha Technical High School (THS) in Bloemfoentein, Fields College in Rustenburg, Clapham High School in Pretoria, and the Kimberly Boys High to name a few.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was the first time the VHS participated in this tournament. They won all the group stage matches and clashed with the host school in the quarter final &#8211; resulting in a 5 &#8211; 1 victory.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"600\" data-attachment-id=\"268212\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/team-bags-one-more-victory\/soccer\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/soccer.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2003,1174\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"soccer\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/soccer-1024x600.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/soccer-1024x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-268212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/soccer-1024x600.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/soccer-300x176.jpg 300w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/soccer-768x450.jpg 768w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/soccer.jpg 2003w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The winning team and management celebrating victory. 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