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SAN JUAN Senior Comprehensive's winning streak in the BWIA Secondary Schools Football League came to an end yesterday when they were held to a 1-1 draw playing away to Carapichaima Senior Comprehensive at Carapichaima.

Carps took the lead in the 73rd minute when Bevel Constantine converted from the penalty spot but the visitors found the net to share the points five minutes later with a goal from their ace striker Cordel Lucas. By virtue of this result San Juan surrendered the lead to seasoned campaigners and East Zone powerhouses Arima Senior Comprehensive who defeated St Augustine Senior Comprehensive 3-1 at St Augustine.

Both San Juan and Arima are now on ten points each with the latter having a better goal difference.

At Barataria, defending champs El Dorado were held to a 1-1 draw by home team Barataria Secondary Comprehensive while at Chaguanas newcomers Toco Composite also battled to a 1-1 tie with Presentation College.

At St Augustine, the home team who boast of having the most outstanding track record among schools in the East continued their very poor run this season and the margin of victory could have been wider had the Arima strikers not squandered the many opportunities that went abegging.

This together with some brilliant goalkeeping from St Augustine's Kurleigh Charles and solid defence work from Marvin Baggoo and Kevaughn Connel kept the visitors margin of victory to just two goals.

On a very bumpy surface that made ball control very difficult the visitors went on the attack from the very first blast of referee Melvyn Lynch's whistle and was rewarded in the second minute of the game through Corey Garcia.

The ace striker collected a pass inside the area and slotted the ball into the net past a flat-footed Charles.

Eight minutes later, the "Green Machine" again brought their large band of supporters to life when skipper Jerwin Balthazar capitalised on a defence blunder to draw level.

Balthazar was left all alone inside the six-metre and after he collected what appeared to be a tame freekick, volleyed home a powerful right-footer past keeper Donald La Guerre. Undaunted, Arima kept up the pressure on their opponents but despite some near misses failed to find the net.

However in the final minute of the first half the Dial Dynamos went ahead through Dwight Lewis.

Akiel Guevarra latched on to a miskick from a St Augustine player and raced down the left flank to lay on a neat pass to Lewis who made no mistake.

Lewis found the net again in the 70th minute when he easily ran around Charles to tap home and seal the issue.

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