Despite them managing to qualify consistently, Abusco’s presence at the national competition has not been felt as they get booted out at preliminary and eighth stages of the national championship.
Losing their quarterfinals slot to the third place with 19 points, they vowed to come back and do better; this was in 2023 to St Louis Senior High School of the Ashanti Region with 54 points.
Leading four other schools, Abusco garnered 71 points at the twelfth Eastern Regional qualifiers, and they say they are back for good.
Abuakwa State College opened the contest with 31 points ahead of Anum Presby Senior High School, St. Thomas Senior High Technical School, Akim Swedru Senior High School, and Pentecost Senior High School in the first round.
Abusco translated their lead into the second round, leaving no breathing space for the other schools. He finished the second round with a whopping 52 points—38 points clear of second-placed Anum Presby, who had 14 points.
In the third position came Pentecost SHS, and Akim Swedru SHS took fourth, while St. Thomas SHTS led from the bottom with 8 points.
The boys from “the only state college in Kibi”, Abuakwa State College, made a big statement right at the end of the whole contest by emerging victorious with a record 71 points.
As a matter of fact, it is the highest qualification point from the 2024 Eastern Regional Qualifiers so far in the last 4 days.
The other two missionary schools, Anum Presby and Pentecost SHS, placed 2nd and 3rd with 30 and 28 points respectively. Akim Swedru SHS and St. Thomas SHTS also placed 4th and 5th with 15 and 12 points respectively.
All these years, as Abusco put it, “We were in training like soldiers. We are graduating this year, and we’ll come to fight for our rightful place in the nationals. This year, we shall lift the regional trophy as well.”
Abuakwa State College is yet to win the GOIL PLC Eastern Regional Championship since its inception in 2020.
They finished second to defending champions, Pope John SHS & Minor Seminary last year.
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