The Government College football team has won the 2024 edition of Mainland Schools Cup the final that was played on Tuesday at Obele Mini Stadium in Surulere, Lagos.
The school sports football competition was organised by Kidsport in conjunction with NexStar Sports with facilitating support from KingMakers, a leading Sports and Digital Entertainment platform in Africa, and Prioriserv Consult Ltd., an indigenous engineering project management agency.
In the final watched by a mammoth crowd of football enthusiasts, who thronged to Obele Mini Stadium to see the youngsters in their best on the field of play, the champions, who won the last edition of the competition, whitewashed their opponents, Glittering Gate in a 4-0 big win.
The third place match was won by Zumuratul Islamiyah Senior School after they defeated Fountain Height 3-2.
Fawaz from GCL was named the Highest Goalscorer award of the tournament.
Eight teams participated in the KingMakers-supported school sports football competition.
Kidsport’s Founder, Bukola Alabi commended the football artistry displayed by the youngsters. He enjoined the student-players to take their academic works serious even as they look forward to becoming great football stars in the future.
He praised the support from KingMakers, which has always been a pillar of support for all the activities of Kidsport.
Onaopepo Ado, the co-founder of Nextstar Sports thanked the schools and organizations that supported for believing in the project.
Princeton Schools came back to win first place in the Esports/gaming category, in the second place were Fountain schools, while Princeton took the third place position.
In the Just dance game, Las Vegas Schools won the first and second place, while Fountain Schools picked the third position.