Cross River State at the weekend in Ilorin retained its title at the Sterling Bank-sponsored 6th National School Sports Festival after coming top on the overall medals’ table, thereby winning the trophy for keeps after winning it for three consecutive times.
The state finished with 115 gold, 78 silver and 61 bronze medals. Lagos came second, after garnering 49 gold, 43 silver and 54 bronze medals; Anambra with the largest number of contingent was third with 48 gold, 49 silver and 63 bronze medals.
Ondo State came forth, with 32 gold, 46 silver and 56 bronze medals, while host state was fifth with16 gold, 21 silver and 30 bronze medals.
Benue and Adamawa ended the festival without a medal to show for their effort.
The climax of the closing ceremony was the final of the football event in the U-17 category and the 4X100 meters relay in U-13 and U-15 categories.
In the football event Kwara defeated Niger 2-0, with goals coming from Onuora Uzochukwu and Henry Samuel in the 30th and 32nd minute, while Cross River carted away all the gold medals in both the U-13 and U-15 boys and girls categories respectively.
