{"id":149091,"date":"2026-08-06T14:02:50","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T14:02:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/ksssa-st-josephs-girls-stun-favourites-nyakach-in-penalty-shootout-to-lift-maiden-title\/"},"modified":"2026-08-06T14:02:50","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T14:02:50","slug":"ksssa-st-josephs-girls-stun-favourites-nyakach-in-penalty-shootout-to-lift-maiden-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/ksssa-st-josephs-girls-stun-favourites-nyakach-in-penalty-shootout-to-lift-maiden-title\/","title":{"rendered":"KSSSA: St Joseph\u2019s Girls stun favourites Nyakach in penalty shootout to lift maiden title"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>St Joseph\u2019s Girls Kitale, popularly known as JOGA, were crowned KSSSA National Football champions for the first time on Thursday, edging out tournament favourites Nyakach Girls 7-6 on post-match penalties after a 1-1 draw through normal and extra time at the M-Pesa Foundation Academy.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Rift Valley representatives came into the final looking to avenge an earlier group-stage defeat, having lost 2-0 to Nyakach in the pool phase. Coach Francis Ojilo\u2019s side made good on that promise, producing a resilient performance against a Nyakach team chasing a first national title since 2019.<\/p>\n<p>JOGA had booked their place in the final with a hard-fought 1-0 win over former champions Archbishop Njenga Girls in the semi-final, a victory settled by a Purity Nechesa strike.<\/p>\n<p>Nyakach, meanwhile, arrived in ominous form, having thrashed Raila Education Centre 4-0 in their own semi-final behind goals from Emily Adhiambo, Penina Akoth, Nancy Anyango and Nelly Chivisti.<\/p>\n<p>The final itself lived up to its billing, with the two sides unable to be separated, ending 1-1 after 90 minutes and extra time, forcing a shootout to decide the destination of the trophy.<\/p>\n<p>JOGA held their nerve when it mattered most, converting enough spot-kicks to see off their Nyanza opponents 7-6 and end their long wait for a national football crown.<\/p>\n<p>The win completes a redemption arc for JOGA, who had spoken openly about wanting to atone for their group-stage loss to Nyakach. It also continues a strong overall campaign for the school across multiple disciplines at this year\u2019s Term Two Games, having already secured qualification through other sports earlier in the season.<\/p>\n<p>For Nyakach, the defeat ends hopes of reclaiming a title they last won in 2019, but the team\u2019s run to the final will still count as a positive step as they look ahead to future campaigns.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kbc.co.ke\/ksssa-st-josephs-girls-stun-favourites-nyakach-in-penalty-shootout-to-lift-maiden-title\/\">KSSSA: St Joseph\u2019s Girls stun favourites Nyakach in penalty shootout to lift maiden title<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kbc.co.ke\/\">KBC Digital<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>St Joseph\u2019s Girls Kitale, popularly known as JOGA, were crowned KSSSA National Football champions for the first time on Thursday, edging out tournament favourites Nyakach Girls 7-6 on post-match penalties after a 1-1 draw through normal and extra time at the M-Pesa Foundation Academy. The Rift Valley representatives came into the final looking to avenge [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-149091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149091"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149091\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}