QUEENSTOWN Secondary and Tutorial High both booked semi-final places in the Premiership Sports Promotion (PSP) Inter-School Under-17 football competition, following victories at the Ministry of Education ground yesterday. Tutorial brushed aside St Mary’s 4-1 while Queenstown edged out pre-tournament favourites Lodge Secondary 1-0 in the second match of a double-header card. After a goalless first half, Tutorial dominated the second segment of the game to reduce St Mary’s to onlookers.

The game saw its first goal when Tutorial went ahead in the 38th minute following a strike from Mario Padmore, but Terrence Shepherd equalised for St Mary’s in the 59th minute and his side kept the score balanced until David Coates proved a game-changer.
Coates netted the first of a double in the 60th minute and returned to crown a stellar performance when he found the net in the 70th minute. Zion Gray drove the nail in St Mary’s coffin with a 73rd minute strike.
In the other match, Rappaill Bollers scored the lone goal in the 30th minute to hand Queenstown a well-earned semi-final spot. The tournament continues tomorrow at the same venue where the finalists would be decided.
Tutorial will clash with St George’s in the first semi-final scheduled to start at 13:00hrs followed by the second semifinal which kicks off at 15:00hrs and features Queenstown against North Ruimveldt Multilateral, with the winners clashing in Sunday’s final for a guaranteed purse of $200 000.