Christianburg-Wismar, Chase Academy seeking final spots

Digicel’s Schools Football Championships…

— semi-finals on today at Leonora

Four-time champions Christianburg-Wismar Secondary and Chase Academic Foundation will be seeking to dispose of their opponents today to set up a mouth-watering rematch of last year’s final in the Digicel’s Schools Football Championships.
Today, the semi-finals will be played at the Track and Field Facility at Leonora, West Coast Demerara and the Linden side will face South Georgetown champions Sir Leon’s Lessons at 18:00h. The “Multi” of Linden will start as certain favourites, having produced their most

dominant performance of this year on Monday by whipping Berbice side Tutorial Secondary 6-0, with star forward Omar Brewley netting two goals.
In a post-match interview, coach of the Linden side, Delon Peters made a stern statement that his team was the side to beat and would be playing their brand of football.
On the other side of the field, a buoyant Sir Leon’s Lesson will be seeking to create an massive upset, after having defeated 3-2 DC Caesar Fox (Waramadong) in their own backyard to reach this stage. Captain David George and Sylvester Richardson were the heroes in that match and will need to come to the fore once more in the city side’s bid to pull off a memorable heist.
In the other semi-final, Bush Lot will face arguably their toughest opponents thus far when they clash with Chase from 16:00h. Chase, who hold some of the country’s most talented footballers, faced their sternest test against Annai on their home turf and showed that despite the difficult conditions they could still find a way to win.
Captain Jeremy Garrett spoke of the clinching victory as one which showcased his team was here to do nothing but win the tournament.
Garrett will call on teammates Kelsey Benjamin, Jobe Caesar, and Ryan Hackett to continue their impressive form this season, as they seek to reach one step closer to the title.
On the other hand, Region Five champions Bush Lot Secondary cruised past Soesdyke by a 3-1 margin thanks to a hat-trick from Titus

Webster, but will need a valiant effort from the team, if they wish to move into the final.
The final, which is slated for July 31 at the National Stadium, Providence, will see the champion school collect $1 million to fund a project of its choice, while the second to fourth place finishers will receive $700,000, $400,000 and $350,000 respectively, to also fund a school project.
The regional champions collected $100,000 also for school projects.
Christianburg Wismar Secondary School are the defending champions, winning the title for four consecutive years.