PC girls, Chase boys snatch titles in tense finals
IT was a tense affair in both finals of the ExxonMobil U14 Boys and Girls Schools Football tournament Saturday evening at the Ministry of Education Ground.
It was a test of who could hold their nerves longer, and in the end, President’s College girls and Chase Academic Foundation boys emerged champions.

Defending champions Waramuri Top got the ball rolling early through Tina Williams in the 20th before Presidents College responded through Kimora Edwards in the 24th.
The half ended with the game deadlocked until Edwards returned to complete the brace and give her team the lead in the 56th; a lead that would hold to the final whistle.

In the third place play off, Bartica whipped Santa Rosa secondary 4-1.
Orlene Jameson (12th), Nerismar Williams (18th and 26th) and Vilerky Simon (40th) were the chief architects in the Santa Rosa demise.
Meanwhile on male end of things, Chase Academy retained their title after beating Dolphin secondary by a 1-0 margin.

Things started off cautiously for both sides and that caution moved well into the first half.
As the game wore on, both teams ventured further into each other’s half with Chase making the breakthrough in the 30th minute from Mark Glasgow.

After that, Dolphin had no choice but to attack their opponents and while there were several close chances, Dolphin never troubled the scoresheets.
In the third-place playoff, Leonora beat South Ruimveldt 2-1 thanks to goals from Keon Grant and Quincy Frazer in the 3rd and 9th minute respectively.

Both Chase boys and Presidents College girls have picked up $400,000 dollars for projects at their schools with the runners up in the respective classes collecting $200,000.
The tournament was sponsored by ExxonMobil, Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Amerindian Affair with support from Stena Drilling, Pepsi, MVP Sports and the Ministry of Culture Youth and Sports.