‘Multi’ after historic 4th title in 5th consecutive final tonight

Two schools, one trophy, one year bragging rights and one million dollars up for grabs; the story of the 5th Digicel School’s Football tournament finals which is set for tonight, 18:00 hours at the Guyana National Stadium, between Chase Academy and Christianburg/Wismar Secondary.

What started with 160 schools stretched across Guyana, the ‘win or go home’ formatted championship is the country’s biggest school’s football tournament. In fact, it’s the only one of its kind that allows for starts to be born where players are immortalized for their football exploits.

Christianburg/Wismar Secondary is the tournament’s most decorated school, having featured in all five finals, winning three consecutive and are chasing their fourth title.

Their consistency, style of play and unmatched track-record makes them a clear favourite over Chase Academy but while to neutral lovers of the games Linden seems to have the advantage, on paper, the two sides are very similar.

Chase Academy can easily boast about being the best team in Georgetown, and why not – after all, not since the Georgetown Technical Institute defeated Christianburg/Wismar Secondary in the tournament’s first installation (2011) has a city school featured in the final.

Waramadong, the school from Region 7 who will be playing in the third place playoff against Annai Secondary, have played in three finals and two semi-finals.

Behind Head Coach Vurlon Mills, the school has built a team that is certainly hard to beat. They’ve proven their worth among all the top schools in Georgetown by capturing the Milo School’s football championship and now looking to add the Digicel title to their cabinet.

Certainly wouldn’t be an easy task and the players understand such. While not meeting in an official tournament, Chase Academy played the reigning Digicel Champions twice earlier in the year, drawing the first game 1 – 1 and losing the other 4 – 3.

“Those two games thought us a lot about them” Mills said at a post game Press Conference hosted at Digicel’s Kingston Head Office on Friday last.

Mills noted that winning three titles in four outing in the finals is an unbelievable achievement in the tournament and as such, the defending champions must be respected. He however said that Chase Academy is looking to make a mark of their own in school’s football and will be aiming to bring the title back to Georgetown.

Meanwhile, after being the ‘team to beat’ in school football, one would think that Christianburg/Wismar Secondary’s coach Anthony Stephens would be boastful, but the approach taken towards tonight’s game is much to admire.

“We play the game and God decides the winner” Stephens told the gathering of reporters at the press conference.

“We don’t really have anything to prove anymore in this competition. I think we’ve already built a legacy and now it’s just us going out there and playing the same way we do all the time and we’re hoping for the best” the coach humbly said.

While Duquan Hercules, Omar Brewley, Jovon Babb and Kendolph Lewis are the ones doing the bulk of the scoring for the champions, Coach Stephens attributed his team’s success to their collective approach to the game.

“We don’t play one man football. Everyone works together. We play as a team and I’m proud of my guys. They go out there and do their best and at least try hard to keep the system we practice” Stephens said.

 

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