Silver Bullets shoot down High Stars seven times

DEFENDING champions Silver Bullets sent an early message to all their opponents who are looking to win the Banks DIH/Linden Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Futsal football competition, last Wednesday night, following a 7-0 drubbing over High Stars at the Mackenzie Bus Park.Competing in the fifth game of the night, Silver Bullets who shot down Assassins in last year’s tournament to walk away with the big prize and one-year bragging rights got a hat-trick of goals from Colwin Drakes who found the back of the net in the 4th, 8th and 17th minutes of play.
He received support from Robin Adams who scored his brace in the 2nd and 5th minutes, along with another brace from Jermaine Samuels in the 9th and 15th minutes to hand the defending champions a convincing win in their opening match.
In the first game of the night, Speightland defeated Rough and Rugged 2-1, with Allen Creighton (4th) and Michael Rondell (16th) being the goalscorers for the victors, while Lee Ross pulled one back for Rough and Rugged in the 8th minute, nullifying Creighton’s opening goal.
Eagles scored a 2-0 win over Trainline Warriors in the 3rd and 14th minutes, even as Star Boyz blanked Street Vibes 6-0, with Ron Fiedtkou hitting a hat-trick in the 3rd, 8th and 14th minutes, backed by solitary strikes from Jermaine Grandison 4th, Dexter Garraway 9th and Delon Duke 16th.
Attackers won from Hard-knocks 2-1 on penalty kicks, even as Ituni defeated Silent Assassins 3-2 also on penalty kicks, before Bloomerdale Russians through goals from Shawn Daniels (8th) and Carlos Grant in the 17th minute, defeated South Stars 2-0.
The final game of the night saw Retrieve Unknowns defeat Ripping Bullets 4-0, with their goalscorers being Darrel George (2nd), Jameel Caesar (6th), Kennard Simon 12th and Travis Adolph respectively, as all the victorious teams booked a place in last night’s round of 16, even as the quarterfinals and semifinals will be hosted tonight at the Silvercity hard court.

(Calvin Roberts)