Toronto Lions, George United and Saints capture impressive wins
TORONTO Lion’s Hockey Club out of Canada had a hard fought battle against Pepsi Hiker before clinching a 5-3 victory on day 3 of the Guyana Hockey.
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Hikers led by field goals from Jamarj Assanah and Shane Samuels took the advantage in the first period of the match-up.
However, Lions owned the fourth quarter as they showed composure and grit coming from behind to register four goals to overturn the score line.
Lions’ Jasmeet Gill had a double before field goals from Devohn Teixeira and Navdeep Gill seal the win 5-3
In another clash in the men’s category on Friday Saints overcame TT Defence Force 2-nil with Shakeem Fausette and Jabari Lovell accounting for their goals.
In the women’s division George United out of T&T dominated their country mate TT Police Force Women team 8-1 with a pair of goal each from Alana Lewis and Shaniah De Freitas.
Zene Henry, Savannah De Freitas, Amanda George and Saarah Olton scored the other goals.
Saints then swept TT Police Women 5-nil with Solana Crum-Ewing scoring a brace, with goals also coming off the stick of Clayza Bobb, Africo Blackman and Makaylah Poole.
The competition also saw wins for Saints over YMCA Old Fort 3- nil and George United who beat GBTI GCC 8-1.
George United had a pair of goals each from Zene Henry, Shaniah De Freitas and Savannah De Freitas.
The over 35 category saw Queens Park Hockey Club beating Toronto Lions 3-2 with Akim Toussaint leading with two goals.
Lions bounce back to defeat Hickers 4-2, Devohn Teixeira lead with a pair of goals.
GCC the sequel led by Orland Semple double also bettered Old Fort Expendables 6-3.
Queen Park over 35 men also edged Old Fort Expendables 4-nil.
The veteran over 45 class saw wins for Trinidad masters that stopped Caribs 3-nil.
GCC Vintage, however, managed to eke out a draw against T&T masters 2-2.
Hikers Old Boys then dominated their over 45 contest with Caribs, winning 7-1 with their skipper Brian Asregada recording a quadruple of goals.