SANTA Rosa girls were the biggest winners with a 9-nil victory over Abram Zuil Secondary, as the 2024 edition of the ExxonMobil U14 Boys and Girls Schools Football competition got underway.
Santa Rosa Secondary’s Veronica Chatta had five goals with a hat trick for Maria Atkinson, and Anelisa Robinson scoring the other goal.

Waramuri Primary Top girls’ team also destroyed Carmel Secondary, 7-nil, as the teams got down to the business end of the game.
Waramuri’s Erika Harris scored a hat trick, with a pair of goals from Nickisha Williams, and single strikes from Darwina Boyal and Brentia Marks.
Dolphin Secondary were outplayed as well, when they faced a strong Marian Academy female unit.

Marian Academy’s Kaleigh Todd had a double, with the side’s other goals coming from Caitlin Larose, Skyler DeNorbrega, Ashely Walton, Ella Feranades, and Haley Haberkorn for the emphatic 7-nil win.
Also with big wins were Bushlot Secondary and Bartica Secondary.

Bushlot stopped Westminster Secondary, 6-nil, after an Ashante Scott triple, with Moneta Fraser coming to the fore with a brace in the 29th and 33rd minutes.
Cotton Field Secondary could not contain Bartica Secondary, who beat them, 6-nil.

Nerismar Williams delivered for her team with a ‘fiver’ coming in the 5th, 10th, 13th, 16th and 27th minutes; Keyls Williams scored Bartica’s other goal.
Tucville Secondary lost to Linden’s Three Mile Secondary, 3-1, with the winner’s strikes coming off the boots of Arianna Stoby, Dalisa Joseph, and Melissa Evans.

Charity Secondary’s loss to President College, 3-1, was because of the latter’s Reyanna Gounga’s brace, while Christ Church Secondary went down to IAE, 1-nil, after a Tamera Fredericks goal.

BARTICAN DOMINANCE
In the boys’ category, Bartica was the top winner on Saturday, as they dominated former finalists East Ruimveldt, 3-1.
Jade Christian registered goals in the 3rd and 11th minutes, before Garfield Jones tripled the lead in the 17th minute.
East Ruimveldt’s Jadan Abrams scored a consolation goal in the 27th minute.

Top school side, Chase Academic Foundation also came out winners, 3-2, over Three Mile Secondary.
Chase’s Akeel Young got things going in the 6th minute of play, before his teammate Trevon Glasgow made it 2-nil with his 12th-minute strike.

Young came back to collect a double in the 15th minute, and extend the lead to 3-nil.
Second-half goals from Labron Mendonca and Aaron King pulled back the advantage, but Chase managed to survive the dying minutes for the win.

Essequibo’s Abram Zuil Secondary delivered a 2-1 win over St. Joseph’s High, compliments of an own goal, with the other coming off the boots of Ayden Kench.
Meantime, Patentia Secondary had goals from Floyd Thomas (14), Nigel Sulker (20), and Jadon Bourne (24), as they beat New Campbellville Secondary, 3-nil.

VYC Academy also lost, 4-2, to Leonora Secondary, with Keon Grant leading with a pair of goals.
President’s College also suffered a narrow 2-1 defeat to Christ Church Secondary, with Jadel Liverpool’s double being the difference-maker for his team.

West Demerara Secondary took a needle victory over Bush Lot Secondary with a Jaquan Smith strike, while School of the Nations stopped Queen’s College, 2-1, with Emanuel Yakara accounting for both of the winning goals.
Waramuri Primary Top lost to Hope Secondary, 2-1, with Malachi Khan and Kenrick Pellew scoring for the winners, while Charlestown Secondary also went down to Brickdam Secondary, 2-1.