Chase’s 16, West’s 7 entertain on another Milo weekend

The Milo Schools’ Under-18 football tournament returned over the weekend with round two of the group stage.
With eight games played over Saturday and Sunday, Chase’s Academy was undeniably the highlight of the weekend, firing 16 unanswered goals against Bygeval Secondary.

On Saturday, Carmel narrowly got past Dora Secondary, 3-2, in the first game of the second round. A brace from Dwayne Baptiste (18th, 64th) and one goal from Shem James (34th) accounted for Carmel’s three, while Nkosi Morris (39th, 51st) netted a brace for Dora.
In the following game, a hat-trick from Daniel Sutton powered East Ruimveldt to a 4-2 victory over Bartica Secondary. Sutton found the back of the net in the 20th, 39th and 51st minutes while his team-mate, Joshua Leitch scored another in the 33rd minute.
For Bartica, Rondel Loncke (30th) and Ezekiel Baldeo (57th) were the goal scorers.
West Ruimveldt thumped Queen’s College 7-0 in the ensuing encounter. Donavan Welcome’s hat-trick (12th, 20th, 27th) led the way for West Ruimveldt while Elijah Sattaur (35th), Nikolas James(47th), Malachi Wray (59th) and Isaiah Peters (65th) contributed one each to their tally.

The final game on Saturday saw Santa Rosa and Dolphin Secondary playing to a 2-2 draw. Darius Williams (27th) and Nelon Lucas (40th) were on the scoresheet for Santa Rosa, while Cadwell Peters (45th) and Gerry Burnette (55th) did the same for Dolphin.
On Sunday, Vryman’s Erven Secondary opened the day’s proceedings with a 5-0 victory over West Demerara. Doubles from Darius Stephen (7th, 34th) and Daniel Sohail (56th, 70th) and one goal from Deandirel Logan (59th) made up their tally.
Next, Mackenzie High edged Patentia Secondary 2-1. Azenio Benjamin’s opening strike for Mackenzie in the 27th minute was soon levelled by Patentia’s Marvin Jeffrey in the 30th. However, a late strike from Aziz Grant in the 70th minute gave Mackenzie High the win.

It was raining goals in the next game, as Chase’s Academy sent a stern warning to their future opponents. Justin Alcindor opened the floodgates with their first goal in the fifth minute, after which Jude Daniels added a hat-trick (11th, 20th and 33rd minutes). Braces came off the boots of Seon Cato (16th, 61st), Neeiaz Baksh (30th, 44th), Darius Chester (35th, 50th) and Shakem Welcome (41st, 52nd), while Manasseh Anderson (26th), Wendel Pickett (60th) and Chai Williams (70th) added one each. Even the youngest baller on the team, 12-year-old Ronny Yaw got in on the action with his first Milo goal in the 58th minute .
Alcindor summed up his team’s performance for Guyana Times Sport.
“Today was a good day, it feels good coming out today and playing good football. Thank you to our coach, team-mates and the opposing team. We come out and execute our plan, which was making passes and scoring goals and it was a great feeling today,” Alcindor shared with this publication.
Meanwhile, young Yaw had this to say about his first outing in the Milo tournament: “This is my first goal ever in Milo and I feel good. I’m 100 per cent confident ‘cause my teammates is good and I hope they pass the ball to me to score more goals.”
The final game on Sunday saw Santa Rosa Secondary in action again, this time against St Stanislaus College. Nelson Lucas opened the scoring in the sixth minute, and Travis Jarvis added to the tally in the 10th and 26th minutes for an easy 3-0 win for the Region One outfit.
The second round of the Milo tournament will continue this Saturday, March 25.