St Mary’s Lwak of Nyanza beat Western’s St Cecilia Misikhu 2-1 in a girls’ hockey final to win their maiden title at Brookside Kenya Secondary Schools Sports Championships.

New champions emerged in the boys’ category after St Anthony’s beat Friends School Kamusinga 3-2 on post-match flicks.

The goal that handed Lwak the trophy and a ticket to the East African Championships was scored by Harriet Ominde in the second half of extra time.

Captain Winnie Carols put Lwak in the lead with a field goal in the 15th minute but Misikhu equalized when Pauline Amutebi scored in the 45th minute.

East Africa champions Kerugoya beat Hillcrest of Nairobi 2-0 with goals from Lilian Mukuna and Nancy Wanjue to claim the bronze.

A delighted Lwak captain Carols said they were looking forward to a better performance at the regional games.

Lwak finished second runners-up in the Championships at Mang’u High last year.

"We feared them (Misikhu) because we played to a barren draw with them at the group stage but we followed instructions of our coach at the break and managed to win," she said.

Misikhu captain Sandra Khachula said: "I was expecting my team to win but things didn’t go the right way."

"We’ll start preparations for the regional games right away and there would be no resting until the time we leave for Jinja," Khachula said.

In the boys’ play-off, Hannington Otieno scored a brace to help Kisumu Day beat Shimo La Tewa 2-0 and carry home the bronze medal.

The match saw Keneddy Okello of Kisumu and Jam Wangila shown red card for bad play.