BV, Waramadong and Bush Lot Secondary also advance
Two times defending Champions Christianburg Wismar Secondary School (CWSS) showed that they are aiming to add a third Digicel School’s football championship trophy to their growing repertoire, after mauling Vryman’s Erven 8 – 0 Secondary yesterday to reach the semi-finals.
Their nemesis and the team whom they stopped in last year’s finals, Waramadong Secondary, also edged one step closer to their aim of dethroning the Linden school, when they cruised past Leonora Secondary 4 – 0.
In Berbice, Bush Lot Secondary fought off Annai to win 3 – 2 in a close encounter while Georgetown Champions St George’s were given marching orders by Beterverwagting Secondary who won 1 – 0.
From all indication, prior to the start of the tournament, it was clear that the participating schools had one thing in common which was to end the stronghold CWSS has on the tournament.
The inaugural hosting of the event which was won by Georgetown Technical Institute (GTI) saw the school which is popularly known as ‘Multi’ finishing second.
After Digicel had changed the tournament to Under-18, others find it hard to keep up with the Lindeners as they went on to win back-to-back titles in dramatic fashion.
Yesterday the school showed that they mean business and that message was clear and Vrymen’s Erven was unfortunately the messengers.
The visiting school from Berbice thought that it would’ve been easy after playing goalless for the first 20 minutes of the game, but then Donavan Francis would score his first of four goals in the 21st minute.
Two more from Francis in the 22nd and 45th minutes along with a Shane Luckie strike in the 24th minute saw the Lindeners taking a 4 – 0 lead going into second half.
Luckie, a potent striker known for his goal scoring ability, hammered in his second of the day (54th minute) to open CWSS’ account in the second half but Francis completed his helmet-trick one minute later.
Amaniki Buntin goals in the 60th and 78th minute was the final ‘hooray’ from the defending champions and a sigh of relief from the Vrymen’s Erven players as their nightmare soon ended.
Meanwhile, a 69th minute goal from Paul Kingston was more than enough to send BV Secondary past St George’s Secondary when the two met at the Camp Ayanganna Base ground.
Phillip Yearwood could’ve doubled the score for the East Coast Demerara school in the 87th minute but his effort went crashing into the cross bar.
St George’s really didn’t create any chances in the game and were virtually outplayed in every department on the pitch.
The semi-finals of the fourth Digicel School’s football championship is set for Friday while the Finals will be played on August 3.
(By Rawle Toney)
