Purcell Ewing and Nariel Wilson scored two goals each as Signal Hill began the defence of its First Citizens/BGTT Secondary Schools Football League Tobago Zone title with a comfortable 4-0 shut-out of Speyside on Wednesday.
This was in the second match of a double-header at the Dwight Yorke Stadium, Bacolet, Tobago. Ewing got Signal Hill’s opener in the 18th minute while Wilson made it 2-0 seven minutes later which it took into the half.
On the resumption, Signal Hill continued its dominance and extended its lead to 3-0 in the 66th minute via Wilson while Ewing also got his second ten minutes later.
The win put Signal Hill on top of the five-team table on goal-difference from rivals, Scarborough Secondary with both teams on three points each.
In the first match at Bacolet, Mickeel Gordon netted a double (54th, 77th) after Dareon Moses (14th) and Valdez Perez (19th) got one each in Scarborough’s 4-1 whipping of Mason Hall.
L’Che Edwards had given Mason Hall some hope when he netted on the stroke of half-time for a 2-1 deficit.
Down South, Shaquille Stewart blasted in an 86th minute free-kick to earn defending champions, Naparima its first win in three attempts, 1-0 over Shiva Boys’ at Mannie Ramjohn Stadium, Marabella.
Shackiel Henry notched a treble for Presentation in its 4-0 shut-out of Vessigny while Pleasantville and table-leaders Princes Town West drew 0-0 in the other matches.
In the Central Zone, title-holders, Carapichaima East got its defence off and running with a 10-0 demolition of Tabaquite Secondary led by a beaver-trick from Shaqueel Holder at Carapichaima.
Presentation won 5-0 over Waterloo with Suraj Ramcharan scoring a hat-trick and national Under-19 cricketer, Kieron Joseph, a double while Couva West blanked Gasparaillo 3-0 inspired by a brace from Jaffet Williams.
WEDNESDAY’S FIRST CITIZENS/BGTT SSFL RESULTS
North
East Mucurapo 3 (Alvin Jones 21st pen, Jabari Thomas 77th, Shaquille Donatie 87th) vs Fatima 0.
St Anthony’s 2 (Thulani George 29th, Darryl Trim 88th) vs Trinity 0.
St Mary’s 5 (Jelani Christopher 11th, 15th, Rishad Hyacinth 37th, 60th, Kyle Biggs 17th) vs Malick 0.
East
Arima North 13 (Kern Roberts 4th, 35th, 39th, 55th, 80th, Marcus Gomez 25th, 62nd, 65th, Rondell Elie 83rd, Darius Rollins 2nd, Kwame Hazel 88th, Raphael Warner 85th, Neveal Hackshaw 50th) vs Barataria South 0.
St Augustine 5 (Akeem Garcia 2, Jamal Creighton, Shaquille Smith, Jordan Devenish) vs Toco 0.
San Juan North 0 vs Trinity 0.
South
Pleasantville 0 vs Princes Town West 0.
Presentation 4 (Shackiel Henry 60th, 65th, 68th, Chervon Dimsoy 75th) vs Vessigny 0.
Naparima 1 (Shaquille Stewart 86th) vs Shiva Boys’ 0.
Central
Presentation 5 (Suraj Ramcharan 26th, 55th, 82nd, Kieron Joseph 17th, 44th) vs Waterloo 0.
Couva West 3 (Jaffet Williams 8th, 14th, Jevon Sandiford 30th) vs Gasparillo 0.
Carapichaima East 10 (Shaqueel Holder 10th, 13th, 47th, 87th, Marvin Martin 61st, 88th, Christopher Prime 62nd, 86th, Kareem Ryce 37th pen, Denzil Gill 52nd) vs Tabaquite 0.
Tobago
Scarborough Sec 4 (Mickeel Gordon 54th, 77th, Valdez Perez 19th, Dareon Moses 14th) vs Mason Hall 1 (L’Che Edwards 45th).
Signal Hill 4 (Purcell Ewing 18th, 70th, Nariel Wilson 25th, 66th) vs Speyside 0.
TOMORROW’S FIXTURES
North
East Mucurapo vs Trinity @ Fatima Grd
Malick vs Fatima @ HCS Training Field
QRC vs St Mary’s @ QRC Grd
East
Barataria South vs San Juan North @ San Juan
El Dorado East vs Arima North @ Larry Gomes Stadium, Malabar
Trinity East vs Toco @ Squadron Grd
South
Venue: Mannie Ramjohn Stadium, Marabella
Pleasantville vs Vessigny, 3 pm
Presentation vs Naparima, 5 pm
Shiva vs St Benedict’s @David Williams Rec Grd]
Central
Waterloo vs Couva West @ Waterloo
Presentation vs Tabaquite @ Presentation
Carapichaima East vs Gasparaillo @Carapichaima
Tobago
Pentecostal L&L vs Scarborough @ Signal Hill Recreation Ground
Signal Hill vs Mason Hall @ Signal Hill