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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBy Kayiira Jackson\u00a0
\nKyantamba Secondary School, Namagabi Secondary School, and Bukedea Comprehensive School stole the spotlight on day two of the 2026 Uganda Secondary Schools Sports Association (USSSA) National Ball Games I U17 Netball Championship, delivering standout performances in a day marked by shocks, close contests, and dominant displays.<\/p>\n
Kyantamba SS held their nerve in one of the tightest matches of the day, edging Kyanja High School 19-18 in a thrilling one-goal victory. Namagabi SS also registered an important result, defeating Bulo Parents Secondary School 17-14 to strengthen their position in the competition.
\nKyantamba SS playing against Kayanja High School
\nThe biggest upset, however, came from tournament newcomers Bukedea Comprehensive School, who stunned Trinity Catholic 24-16. With a youthful squad and a notable height advantage, Bukedea signaled their potential to challenge the tournament\u2019s traditional powerhouses.
\nElsewhere, Kawanda Secondary School continued to stamp authority with a commanding 45-02 win over Mariam High School, while Kajjansi Progressive Secondary School reinforced their title ambitions with a dominant 39-07 victory against St. Paul Secondary School.<\/p>\n
Mubende Light narrowly saw off Mbarara Army 14-12, St. Francis Secondary School defeated Mt. St. Mary\u2019s Secondary School 28-15, and Ediofe Girls cruised past St. Catherine 31-10. Boston High School delivered one of the most emphatic wins of the day, thrashing Soroti Secondary School 44-04, while URDT beat Iganga Secondary School 21-13. By Kayiira Jackson\u00a0 Kyantamba Secondary School, Namagabi Secondary School, and Bukedea Comprehensive School stole the spotlight on day two of the 2026 Uganda Secondary Schools Sports Association (USSSA) National Ball Games I U17 Netball Championship, delivering standout performances in a day marked by shocks, close contests, and dominant displays. Kyantamba SS held their nerve in …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":672,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_3659155457675267_172535249438148":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-671","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-news"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Kyantamba-Namagabi-Bukedea-Steal-Spotlight-as-USSSA-U17-Netball-Championship.jpg",728,1024,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Kyantamba-Namagabi-Bukedea-Steal-Spotlight-as-USSSA-U17-Netball-Championship-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Kyantamba-Namagabi-Bukedea-Steal-Spotlight-as-USSSA-U17-Netball-Championship-213x300.jpg",213,300,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Kyantamba-Namagabi-Bukedea-Steal-Spotlight-as-USSSA-U17-Netball-Championship.jpg",618,869,false],"large":["https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Kyantamba-Namagabi-Bukedea-Steal-Spotlight-as-USSSA-U17-Netball-Championship.jpg",618,869,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Kyantamba-Namagabi-Bukedea-Steal-Spotlight-as-USSSA-U17-Netball-Championship.jpg",728,1024,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Kyantamba-Namagabi-Bukedea-Steal-Spotlight-as-USSSA-U17-Netball-Championship.jpg",728,1024,false],"tie-small":["https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Kyantamba-Namagabi-Bukedea-Steal-Spotlight-as-USSSA-U17-Netball-Championship-110x75.jpg",110,75,true],"tie-medium":["https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Kyantamba-Namagabi-Bukedea-Steal-Spotlight-as-USSSA-U17-Netball-Championship-310x165.jpg",310,165,true],"tie-large":["https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Kyantamba-Namagabi-Bukedea-Steal-Spotlight-as-USSSA-U17-Netball-Championship-310x205.jpg",310,205,true],"slider":["https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Kyantamba-Namagabi-Bukedea-Steal-Spotlight-as-USSSA-U17-Netball-Championship-660x330.jpg",660,330,true],"big-slider":["https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Kyantamba-Namagabi-Bukedea-Steal-Spotlight-as-USSSA-U17-Netball-Championship-728x525.jpg",728,525,true]},"author_info":{"info":["Editor"]},"category_info":"News<\/a>","tag_info":"News","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=671"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/672"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xavieradioug.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nDay Two Results
\nMariam High School 02\u201345 Kawanda SS
\nMubende Light 14\u201312 Mbarara Army
\nKajjansi Progressive 39\u201307 St. Paul Secondary School
\nSt. Francis Secondary School 28\u201315 Mt. St. Mary\u2019s Secondary School
\nTrinity Catholic 16\u201324 Bukedea Comprehensive School
\nJori SS 15\u201318 Dynamic Secondary School
\nEdiofe Girls 31\u201310 St. Catherine
\nBoston High School 44\u201304 Soroti Secondary School
\nBulo Parents 14\u201317 Namagabi Secondary School
\nURDT 21\u201313 Iganga Secondary School
\nAmazing Grace Secondary School 27\u201310 Universal Secondary School
\nSseke Secondary School 22\u201308 Tororo Girls
\nKyanja High School 18\u201319 Kyantamba Secondary School
\nWamatovu Secondary School 16\u201319 Light College Katikamu
\nDay Three Fixtures (Saturday, 2nd May 2026)
\nBageza Seed Secondary School vs Nyamitanga Secondary School
\nMariam High School vs Madina Islamic Secondary School
\nMbarara Army vs St. Kizito Katikamu
\nKawanda SS vs Mubende Light
\nSt. Francis Secondary School vs Kajjansi Progressive
\nKyamate Secondary School vs St. Paul Secondary School
\nMt. St. Mary\u2019s Secondary School vs St. Mary\u2019s Boarding Secondary School
\nJori SS vs Trinity Catholic
\nSt. Catherine vs Bukedea Comprehensive School
\nDynamic Secondary School vs Ediofe Girls
\nBulo Parents vs Boston High School
\nIganga Secondary School vs Soroti Secondary School
\nNamagabi Secondary School vs URDT
\nWhite Angels vs Amazing Grace Secondary School
\nBundinse Memorial School vs Sseke Secondary School
\nTororo Girls vs Sharjiah Islamic
\nWamatovu Secondary School vs Kyanja High School
\nLight College Katikamu vs Bageza Seed Secondary School
\nNyamitanga Secondary School vs Hamdan Islamic
\nMadina Islamic Secondary School vs Mubende Light
\nSt. Kizito Katikamu vs Mariam High School
\nKawanda SS vs Mbarara Army
\nKajjansi Progressive vs St. Mary\u2019s Boarding Secondary School
\nSt. Paul Secondary School vs St. Francis Secondary School
\nMt. St. Mary\u2019s Secondary School vs Kyamate Secondary School
\nTrinity Catholic vs Ediofe Girls
\nBukedea Comprehensive School vs Jori SS
\nDynamic Secondary School vs St. Catherine
\nBoston High School vs URDT
\nSoroti Secondary School vs Bulo Parents
\nNamagabi Secondary School vs Iganga Secondary School
\nAmazing Grace Secondary School vs Sseke Secondary School
\nUniversal Secondary School vs White Angels
\nSharjiah Islamic vs Bundinse Memorial School
\nKyanja High School vs Bageza Seed Secondary School
\nKyantamba Secondary School vs Wamatovu Secondary School
\nHamdan Islamic vs Light College Katikamu
\nKawanda SS vs Madina Islamic Secondary School
\nMubende Light vs St. Kizito Katikamu
\nWith 38 fixtures lined up for day three at Our Lady of Africa Secondary School, the championship is set to intensify further as teams battle for qualification and national glory.<\/p>\n\n
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