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San Juan Senior Comprehensive earned the right to face Naparima College in this year’s BG T&T Secondary Schools Football League national ‘Big-Five’ semifinal after beating Mason Hall Government Secondary, 2-0 in their semifinal at the Larry Gomes Stadium, Malabar, yesterday.

Captain Elijah Manners opened the scoring and assisted with the other to create a repeat of the 2005 ‘Big Five’ final which Naparima won 1-0.

Manners got San Juan on its way to the finale with a long range shot five minutes into the match.

San Juan’s second item came in the 69th minute. Manners took a free kick from the right side on to Kareem Girod, who flicked a header in.

Mason Hall had one good chance to score from Under-17 national footballer Daneil Cyrus in the 85th minute but the keeper parried the ball and a defender cleared it.

It was a good run for the Tobago Zone champion, Mason Hall, who is in only its second year in the Championship.

Mason Hall started its national title quest with a 1-0 win over Central champions, Carapichaima on Monday.

The final between 1983 winners San Juan and two-time national league champions, Naparima College takes place on Tuesday at the Mannie Ramjohn Stadium, Marabella.

On Wednesday, Naparima, the four-time reigning South Zone league champions took a bold step towards adding to its national league triumphs of 1999 and 2005 with a convincing 3-0 shut-out of a depleted North champs, St Anthony’s College at the Hasely Crawford Stadium, Mucurapo. Nigel Wright, Shahdon Winchester, a member of the national Under-15 and Anthony Parris were all on target in the first half.

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