Champions National Cereals and Produce Board pounded Spartan 41-25 in a Kenya Handball Federation league tie at Nyayo Stadium.
The Millers raced to a 22-9 halftime lead and never looked back. The win propelled them to joint tops with early pace-setters Ulinzi and General Service Unit (GSU) who have 10 points. The three giants remain unbeaten in five games.
“After this game, focus shifts to the next immediately because we are playing every game as a final,” said the Millers' coach Bryan Mathews.
He added: “In today’s match, we were not very good in attack. We had a lot of turnovers but we took the win and that’s what matters. We will work on some of our mistakes this week before the next match.”
Robert Maraga and Timothy Kirimi scored six goals each while Brian Wekukha and Christian George contributed four a piece in the win. Peter Kimani shot 10 and Meshack Kisiane had four each for the losers
The Buccaneers' senior side hit Buccaneers Juniors 50-23 after taking a 19-12 halftime lead. Randy Ochieng scored 19 goals, Fortune Isaac (11), Martin Okutoyi (seven) and Jecton Oyugi (six). The juniors were led by Ephrahim Emongre, who hit nine.
“It was a good game between the two teams that seem to know each other well. We lost all our defensive players plus a goalkeeper to the other teams so we are rebuilding. Next year, these juniors will move up and we will be ok," noted Ochieng.
Boomerang fought hard to pip Desert Scorpions 36-35 after both sides had gone to the breather with an 18-18 deadlock. Austin Ochieng and Peter Omido shot nine each. The losers Jones Amollo shot nine and Martin Orera eight.
Hunters registered their first victory after they trounced Buccaneers Junior 38-29. The winners were up 14-12 at halftime. They had 10 goals from Enock Omuse and seven from Edward Wanyonyi. The juniors' Ephrahm Emongor led with 10.
