Final eight face off tonight

ON a night where every match had to have a winner, eight teams prevailed victoriously in the nerve-racking Round-of-16 Guinness Greatest In Da Street contests which were held on Wednesday at the National Cultural Centre Tarmac.

This year’s Georgetown leg quarterfinalists are East Front Road, North East La Penitence, Bent Street, North Ruimveldt, Channel-9 Warriors, Back Circle, West Front Road and Sparta Boss who will spring into action tonight at the same venue to determine the final four.

This evening’s proceedings get underway at 20:00 hrs.

In the first match tonight Bent Street will oppose North Ruimveldt, and then East Front Road tackle Back Circle.

West Front Road will engage Channel-9 Warriors in the penultimate match on the programme then Sparta Boss face North East La Pentience to bring down the curtain.
On Wednesday, Upsetters must have been upset when they lost 3 – 1 to East Front Road in the opening match.

East Front Road were led by a double from Dillon Kelly (8th and 20th minute) with support from Shaka Jones who scored in the 17th minute, while Lorenzo Dewsbury managed to pull one back for the opposition but his effort was pointless.

In the game that followed, North East La Penitence needled Stevedore Housing Scheme, compliments of a golden strike from Gerald Gittens in the first half.

Old School Ballers and Bent Street battled to a stalemate which pushed the match into a penalty shootout where Bent Street were able to win 3 – 2.

West Back Road and North Ruimveldt played to a scoreless draw before the latter won 2 – 1 in the penalty shootout.

Joshua Fiffie scored in the 24th minute for Channel-9 Warriors in their 1 – 0 triumph over Leopold Street.

Back Circle steamrolled Jamoon Drive on their way to the final eight as they won 3 – 0. Andy Duke’s first goal 14 seconds into the match, along with another in the 13th minute and a Devon Harris third-minute goal was more than enough to get them the victory.

Michael Oie’s third minute goal spelled ‘EXIT’ for Shopping Plaza as the West Front Road team ensured they remained unbeaten for the fourth consecutive match.

In the last showdown of the evening, Sparta Boss defeated Holmes Street Tiger Bay in a nail-biter 4 – 3 on penalty kicks.

Darren Harris drew first blood for the Tiger Bay based team in the sixth minute but their jubilation ended the very next minute when Sheldon Shepherd equalised but the two sides could not be separated before the full time whistle sounded.