MVP Sports Girls Pee wee football championship…

SANTA Rosa Primary School captured their first MVP Sports Girls Pee Wee football title after a clinical showing against Waramuri Primary in Saturday’s final at the Ministry of Education Ground.

The CARIFESTA Avenue ground saw a huge crowd for the girls’ championship as the Region One teams showed skill to deliver an electrifying final.

Santa Rosa’s talisman Rovena Johnson, who had throughout the tournament shown her ability to lead the team, did not shy away.

On the biggest stage and the biggest moment, she didn’t shy away but came to the fore with a beautiful volley strike in the 12th minute to give the eventual winners their first goal.

Waramuri Primary’s marksman Atia Marks equalised in the 23rd and the game was level again.

Naomi Henry broke the deadlock in the 28th with Marks again finding the equaliser this time in the 39th minute to make it 2-2.

Johnson returned to save her team once again with a 40th minute goal to give Santa Rosa the edge.

She also emerged as the tournament MVP and leading goal scorer with 19 to cop both awards as her school side hoisted the title

The third-place game was won by former champions Marian Academy who beat St John the Baptist 1-nil, with Marian’s Haley Haberkorn being the difference maker with her strike.

The winning teams collected monies for school projects.

The tournament was sponsored by MVP Sports; Ministry of Education; Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports; Sterling Products Limited and Demerara Mutual, the former of which awarded the winning players with injury coverage for a year.