Opeifa Cup 2025: It’s Aje Snr High School, Whitesand College In Handball Final Showdown

As the 2025 Opeifa Cup, Lagos State Secondary Schools Handball Competition reaches it climax today, Aje Senior High School will battle with Whitesand College in a penultimate final at the Mobolaji Johnson Sports Centre, Rowe Park,Yaba, Lagos.

With defending champions, Aje coming into the battle with a lot of experience,full of confidence, precision and clinical finishes in front of goal. They need to maintain their rhythm and win convincingly if they want to secure a back-to-back victory against Whitesand College.

In the first semi-final, Aje Senior School overpowered Government College Eric More with a convincing result of 13-4, while the second semi-final saw Whitesand Senior Secondary School triumph over Lagos City College with a scoreline of 12-8.

In the Senior girls category final, United Christian College will be in tango with Jagunmolu Senior girls.

Meanwhile, in the junior category final boys, Whitesand Junior College will be in encounter with Aje Comprehensive Junior College. The girls category is Herbert Macaulay against Igbobi College.

Speaking after cruising to the final, Captain of Aje Senior High School, David Ayobami said he is very excited to be part of the 2025 Lagos Handball Competition particularly representing his school at this level.

“When the game started l was very scared because all eyes are on Aje School. They want to see how we’re going to do it as a formidable team but we were able to trounce our opponents,” said Ayobami.

Ayobami noted that with the support of his teammates and instructions from their caoch they are going to win the title in the senior category and take the trophy to the principal.

To Adeyemo Ibrahim, Captain of Ikeja Junior High School was also full of praise as a football lover to have found himself playing Handball.

“This is my first time of playing Handball as a football player. I was introduced to the game by our PHE teacher just before the competition to channel my round leather game skills to it. I had the dream that l can play handball at the national level and even beyond”.

Ibrahim thanked the organisers of the championship for the opportunity to participate at the Lagos State Secondary Schools Handball Competition.

In the third place matches, senior boys category, Lagos City College vs Government College Eric More and in the junior category Ikeja Junior High School square off against Ijaiye Housing Junior School. Senior girls category, Lagos City College playing Government College Agege while in the junior girls category United Christian Junior School set a date with Government College.

As the 2025 Lagos State Secondary Schools Handball Championship, which took place from October 27th-31st, winding down (today), it serves as yet another platform to promote the game through the school system while providing students with an opportunity to combine education and sports.