Chase’s Academy make statement with 22-goal spree

…as Massy Distribution U18 tournament continues

The Massy Distribution Under-18 Secondary School football tournament’s 2025 runners-up, Chase’s Academic Foundation, sent a stern warning to the rest of the competition on Sunday afternoon with a 22-goal victory that highlighted a day of exhilarating school football action.
Chase’s star-studded outfit combined for 22 goals in a lopsided encounter with The Bishops’ High School.
Germaine Garrett broke the ice with the first strike for Chase in just the second minute of the contest, going on to get his hat-trick in the 8th and 31st minutes. Also leading the charge was National U17 player Nyron Barrow, with another hat-trick in the 11th, 23rd and 25th minutes.

Damani Hardy (10th, 29th); Shaquan David (12th, 14th); Mark Glasgow (15th, 26th); Jaden Tasher (18th, 22nd); Fabio Kowlessar (68th, 70th) and Jaden Christian (65th, 69th) all went on to register braces.
Solitary goals came off the boots of Darius Chester (21st); Malcolm Hendricks (58th); Kemron Pellew (70th) and Aaron Vasconcellos (71st) as they racked up the highest number of goals in a single match so far this year.
Earlier, Belladrum Secondary began the day’s proceedings with a 5-0 drubbing of New Campbellville Secondary. Deadrian Mckenzie was the leading marksman with a hat-trick in the 22nd, 30th and 31st minutes while Kahien Hercules (24th) and Roland Daniels (48th) added one each to the tally.
Anna Regina Secondary then sneaked past President’s College 3-2. Darius Fredricks (30th); Nickeem Braithwaite (40th) and Jerry Stephen (66th) netted one each for Anna Regina after David Samuel had given PC the lead in the seventh minute. Ray Hopkenson added to their tally in the 70th.
West Demerara Secondary got past Brickdam Secondary by the same margin. This time around, Jaquan Smith’s brace (22nd, 58th) and Malachi Charles goal (62nd) accounted for West Demerara’s match- winning effort while Cherub Trim (6th) and Enrique Green (57th) responded for Brickdam.
Early goals off the boots of Joshua James and Durel Washington in the 2nd and 6th minutes, helped Three Miles Secondary edge Carmel Secondary 2-1. Terry Bruce netted Carmel’s consolation in the 41st.
Lephan Henry (3rd) and Malachi Jervis (18th) found the back of the net to see Annandale Secondary past Mackenzie High, 2-0.

Then, another close encounter saw New Amsterdam Secondary brushing past Good Hope Secondary 3-2. Jaffarrie Albert opened the scoring for New Amsterdam in the 4th minute while Eon Williams made it a 2-0 affair by the 9th minute. Enqi Leacock later pushed their lead to 3-0 in the 26th. However, Good Hope staged a comeback with goals from Kareem Critchlow and Emmanuel Wharton, but the comeback was ultimately off the cards due to New Amsterdam’s resolute defence near the end.
Lodge Secondary cruised past New Central High in a 3-1 affair. Dane Vancooten pierced the nets in the 19th and 39th minutes for Lodge while Kemonthy Jones added another in the 14th. New Central High’s lone response came off the boots of Antwan Warner in the 28th minute.
Santa Rosa Secondary then brought the curtains down on the day’s action with a 3-0 victory over St Stanislaus College. Darren Williams (4th, 16th) netted a double while Jamal Abraham found their third strike in the 52nd minute for the comfortable win.
Round two of the group stage in the Massy Distribution U18 tournament will continue on Saturday, March 28 and Sunday, March 29 at the Queen’s College Ground.
The 32 teams in the competition are competing for bragging rights and a $300,000 grand prize to be awarded in kind for a project of the school’s choice.