BEACONS SWEPT past Santos 6-3 when the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) Under-17 league continued last Saturday at the Tucville Community ground.The victorious Beacons lineup took the lead in the 12th minute through an Akosi Jarvis thunderbolt into the roof of the goal, with Samuel Hunte doubling the score one minute later with his clinical finish to the bottom right-hand side of the goal, from within the penalty area.
An own goal in the 37th minute, handed Beacons a 3-0 advantage going into halftime, after a Santos defender deflected the ball into his own goal, during his bid to clear same out of the area.
Four minutes into the second half Shamar Barrow increased Beacons’ lead with a powerful strike down the centre of the goal from inside the right half of the penalty box, before Lionel Holder managed to pull one back for Santos, with his 56th minute penalty kick conversion.
With a comfortable three-goal advantage, many felt that Beacons would relax and let Santos bring the game to them, but that was not to be; they went in search of more goals and got one when Josiah Charles scored with a header down the middle of the goal in the 63rd minute, after collecting a cross from the right side.
Travis Lyken then etched his name on the scorer’s sheet for Santos, curling his left-footed right-sided free kick into the right hand side of the goal in the 71st minute to make it 5-2, before Barrow completed his double in the 79th minute.
Kevin McPherson would eventually net the final Santos goal with a 85th minute strike down the middle of the net, from inside the six-yard box, but with five minutes to go and Beacons showing no signs of letting up, it was a little to late for Santos.
The second game of the doubleheader saw BK Western Tigers through goals from Shane Morris and Dakshawn Matthews in the 77th and 85th minutes of play respectively, defeat Sunburst Camptown 2-0.