There was little change in the standings after yesterday’s round of matches in the East Zone of the BGTT/First Citizen Secondary Schools Football League.
The highly-anticipated match between group leader Arima North Secondary and second spot El Dorado, ended in a goalless draw in Arima. With the points being shared, Arima remains on top of the table by goal-difference while still being tied on points (18) with the “Blue Thunder”.
A much improved Barataria South team still under to San Juan North, by a 4-1 margin. Mikhil Roberts netted a double in the 55th and 77th minutes for the winner which also had Cory Dhanilal (29th) and Trevon Lester (60th), each netting a goal for San Juan.
Jelani Carr (85th) scored a consolation goal for Barataria five minutes before time expired. Over in Toco, Nathan Regis produced a brace to earn his Trinity College East its second win of the season, 2-0 against Toco. The victory moved them one spot up the standings to fifth place which was previously held by Toco.
East Mucurapo stays in hunt.
By Andrew Gioannetti (Guardian).
East Mucurapo remains alive in the chase for the North Zone title in the BGTT First Citizens Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) with a 3-1 win over Trinity at Trinity Ground, Moka, yesterday.
Alvin Jones opened with a penalty in the first half, which was cancelled out by a Dominic Jangoo goal, as the two teams remained level 1-1 at the half. Mucurapo top scorer Akil Campbell took the lead early in the second half, before Kevin Lewis scored the winner to give the school the chance to go back on top.
Mucurapo still trails St Anthony’s by four points. St Anthony’s, however, has three matches to play compared to East Mucurapo which has two left.
Fatima College scored two goals in the second half from Keiron Matthews (62nd) and Jamil Young (76th) respectively to brace a winless Malick 2-0.
In the other fixture, St Mary’s took an early lead from Jelani Christopher in the ninth minute, a lead which would last to the half. QRC were defiant and found the leveller in the 62nd minute from the league’s leading goal-scorer Akil Morris.
QRC had chances to take the lead through Morris, who squandered several opportunities, as the two teams split the points. All schools’ positions in the standings remained unmoved other than for QRC which overtook Trinity in fifth place on goal difference.
Caps hit Waterloo for a dozen.
By Nigel Simon (Guardian).
Denzil Gill netted a beaver-trick and Shaquille Holder a hat-trick as Carapichaima East slammed Waterloo 12-0 to stay top of the Central Zone on goal difference from Couva West.
Gill found the target in the 11th, 38th, 48th and 55th minute while Holder netted in the 12th, 76th, 86th at the Carapichaima. Kareem Boyce added a double while Sebastian Kumar, Jerid Nichols and a Randolph Boyce own goal completed the tally for reigning champion Carapichaima, now with maximum 18 points from six matches, the same as Couva West Secondary which has played two matches more and who it faces on Saturday.
Couva West stayed in the title mix thanks to a hat-trick from striker Jaffet Williams in a 3-1 triumph away to Presentation College of Chaguanas while Tabaquite and Gasparillo drew 1-1.
Shiva Boys’, P’ville stay in hunt
Shiva Boys’ and Pleasantville Secondary kept in the hunt for the South Zone title after contrasting wins. In the first match of a double-header at the Mannie Ramjohn Stadium, Marabella, Shiva Boys’ captain Tevin Peter netted a 73rd item to snatched a 2-1 over cellar-placed St Benedict’s College.
National Under-17 goalkeeper, Kwesi Weston, playing as a striker opened the scoring for Shiva Boys’ in the 28th minute with his third item in two matches, but five minutes later Keron Brooks replied for St Benedict’s only for Peters to hit home the decisive item. With the win, Shiva Boys’ moved to 17 points from nine matches, the same as Pleasantville which clobbered Vessigny 6-0 at Pt D’or Recreation Ground.
Russell Alfred and Ken Khan scored two goals each for Pleasantville while Shivon Lesse and an own-goal from Kendal De Gannes accounted for the others for Pleasantville to lead Shiva Boys’via a better goal-difference. In the late match at Marabella, Presentation (19 pts) came up against Naparima, which is three points behind.
Scarborough extends Tobago lead
At the Dwight Yorke Stadium, Bacolet, five different players were on target for Scarborough Secondary in its 5-0 blowout of Speyside to extend its lead in the Tobago Zone over defending champion, Signal Hill to six points. With the victory Scarborough now has 19 points from seven matches, six more than Signal Hill which has a match in hand. Third place Mason Hall has nine points after a 1-0 defeat of Pentecostal Light & Life at Signal Hill Recreation Ground.
Yesterday’s Results
North:
East Mucurapo 3 (Kevin Lewis, Alvin Jones, Akil Campbell) vs Trinity 1 (Dominic Jangoo).
St Mary’s 1 (Jelani Christopher 9th) vs QRC 1 (Akil Morris 62nd).
Fatima 2 (Keiron Matthews 62nd, Jamil Young 76th) vs Malick 0.
South:
Shiva Boys’ 2 (Kwesi Weston 28th, Tevin Peters 73rd) vs St Benedict’s 1 (Keron Brooks 33rd).
Pleasantville 6 (Russell Alfred 11th, 56th, Ken Khan 28th, 51st, Shivon Lesse 41st) vs Vessigny 0.
Central:
Carapichaima East 12 (Denzil Gill 11th, 38th, 48th, 55th, Shaquille Holder 12th, 76th, 86th, Kareem Boyce 60th, 89th, Sebastian Kumar 40th, Jerid Nichols 75th, Randolph Boyce o.g 83rd) vs Waterloo 0.
Couva West 3 (Jaffet Williams 14th, 35th, 70th) vs Presentation 1 (Brendon Balladin 60th).
Tabaquite 1 (Ainsley Clarke 22nd) vs Gasparillo 1 (Kendell Mason 32nd).
Tobago:
Mason Hall 1 (Hakeem Legall) vs Pentecostal L&L 0.
Scarborough 5 (Mickaeel Gordon 2nd, Valdez Perez 6th, Semel Crichlow 16th, Christopher Morgan 36th, Dario Holmes 81st) vs Speyside 0.
East:
San Juan 4 (Mikhil Roberts 55th, 77th, Cory Dhanilal 29th, Trevon Lester 60th) vs Barataria 1 (Jelani Carr 85th).
Arima 0 vs El Dorado 0.
Toco 0 vs Trinity 2 (Nathan Regis 2).
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