CHASE Academy and Guyana Industrial Training Centre (GITC) have advanced into the next round of the Digicel Schools Football tournament following huge wins over their opponents yesterday.In the first game at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground, a disciplined Chase Academy swamped St Joseph High 9-0 for their spot in the Final of the North Georgetown Zone.
In the first half alone, Chase asserted their authority over their St Joseph High counterparts with Kelsey Benjamin opening the scoring in the 3rd minute, Jaleel Hamilton in the 20th added the second before Benjamin again put his name on the score sheet in the 23rd and 34th to end the half.
In the second half of play, Benjamin scored in the 56th, before Sese Norville’s 57th minute strike. Benjamin rounded out the game with another three strikes to close the game with his 7 goals.
In the second game, GITC routed a 9-man North Georgetown Secondary 7-0 for a spot in the second semi-final of the North Zone. Juan Bailey’s double (6th and 62nd) coupled with Robby McChaggen’s strike in the 32nd, Hakeem Clarke’s in the 49th, Raffiel Bollers’ in the 59th, and Paul Chang’s in the 75th accounted for GITC’s score.
Ackeem Adams’ own-goal rounded out the score line at 7-0. GITC will now have to play Morgan Learning Centre to determine the second finalists for the North Zone.
Over at the Tucville ground, Dolphin Secondary trumped Lodge Secondary 2-1. Dolphin’s scorers were Shawn Mohamed and Malachi Nelson while Mark Reece scored Lodge’s lone consolation goal. Dolphin will now play Sir Leon Lessons.