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Daggers are drawn as Kenya secondary school football defending champions St Anthony's Boys Kitale face bitter rivals Kakamega High school in the opening boys' under-16 match to kick off on Tuesday at the Shimo la Tewa grounds.
The two giants, who are now in different regions, meet in their first match of the day starting 10am.
St Anthony Coach Peter Mayoyo is happy to be "back home" and has sent warning shots at Kakamega to prepare for a serious beating.
"I am familiar with the Coast having started my coaching career here and dominated soccer at school games for over a decade before moving to St Anthony in 2014 after five years in the Middle East and I believe the soccer title will be mine for the taking," he said.
The tactician will put his hopes in Ken Mwendwa, Lucas Maina and Ramadhan Salim to help terrorise the Green Commandos, who similarly boast of stars in Felix Lihanda, Keith Karani, Ezra Wafula and James Kitili.
Their Pool A also has Ramisi Secondary from Coast and Garissa High from North Eastern region.
In Pool B , Kisumu Day will take on Upper Hill, as Passenga from Central region square it out with Isiolo Secondary.