… Morgan Institute, BV Secondary also win

INDEBTED to a double from Shemar Wilson, Georgetown Industrial Training Centre (GITC) stamped their authority over St Winefride’s Secondary to come away with a 6-1 victory, when action in the Georgetown zone of this year’s fourth annual Digicel Inter-Secondary School Football Championships continued yesterday.

Playing at the Ministry of Education ground, Wilson rocked the net in the 41st and 83rd minutes and received support from Joel Pollard (33rd), Stephon Hopkinson (52nd), Shane Morris (74th) and Egbert Nedd (78th), after Stephon Reynolds opened the scoring for St Winefride in the 22nd minute.
At the Police Sports Club, Eve Leary ground, Morgan Learning Institute blanked The Business School 7-0, thanks to Wayne Murray’s hat-trick, while at the Victoria Community Centre ground Beterverwagting Secondary needled Golden Grove Secondary 1-0.
Morris started purposefully for GITC, when he made a spirited run into St Winefride’s box just after the opening whistle, only to be denied by their custodian Delroy Hinds, who was later given marching orders for unsportsmanlike behaviour.
St Winefride’s scored, when Reynolds rocked GITC’s when the ball came loose from their custodian Azariel Davis, who failed to hold on to a corner kick from the boot of Andrew Holder.
Sparked by their lead, complacency stepped in and St Winefride’s allowed GITC to run all over them like a pack of wolves, following which Pollard scored the equaliser when he beat Hinds on his far post with a well-placed shot from the right hand side of the box in the 33rd minute.
St Winefride’s had the opportunity to regain the lead several times, but selfish play from their strikers saw them denied, as Davis regained his composure after the equalising goal was scored by Pollard.
A penalty kick, that was awarded to GITC after Hinds brought down Morris in the box,, was converted by Wilson in the 41st minute, handing his team a 2-1 lead at lemon-time and after the break with the wind on their backs, GITC asserted themselves and controlled the run of play in St Winefride’s half.
They scored goals at will, with Hopkinson scoring the first within seven minutes of the second half, following which Hinds was ejected. Morris, who was a thorn in St Winefride’s flesh throughout the encounter along with Pollard, won another penalty and scored same himself to make it 4-1 in the 74th minute.
Four minutes later and well directed corner kick from Morris, who assumed the role of custodian for his team, found the head of an unmarked Nedd, who made no mistake in finding the back of the net, while Wilson completed his double with his 83rd minute strike, underlining his side’s superiority over their opponents when the final whistle sounded.
At Eve Leary, Murray scored in the 17th, 24th and 59th minutes which, along with solitary strikes from Sherwyn Haynes 34th, Travis Brandis (59th), Bobby Vaughan (76th) and an own goal from Vaughan Pilgrim in the 28th minute, guided Morgan Learning Institute to the win.
At Victoria, Osafa Campbell’s solitary strike that was scored in the 22nd minute, was all Beterverwagting needed to overcome a spirited Golden Grove Secondary, who will go back to the drawing board early to prepare for next year’s tournament.
At Charity in Essequibo, Wakapoa Secondary went under to Charity Secondary 3-0, with an own goal in the 29th minute and a double from Richard Cariah, scored in the 31st and 34th minute, accounting for the victors’ goals.
In the second match of the day there, Cotton Field came away with a 6-2 victory over 8th of May, thanks to five strikes from Hosea Peters after Raphael Cook opened the scoring in the 10th minute of play.
Not to be outdone, even though they were facing a losing battle, 8th of May had much to smile about, after De Angelo Pitman opened the scoring in the 2nd minute, following which Cook snared the equaliser, before Peters put Cotton Field ahead, for which Ronsville O’Neil scored the equaliser for 8th of May.
After that, it was all Peters who scored his remaining four goals in the 33rd, 55th, 63rd, 70th and 75th minutes, in the second half which had resumed with the scores locked at 2-2.

(By Calvin Roberts)