A dominant Christianburg/Wismar Secondary School side continued their winning ways in this year’s Digicel Schools Football tournament by snatching the Region 10 Zone finals on Thursday.
Christianburg/ Wismar whipped Kwakwani Secondary 5 – 1 at the Wisburg Secondary school football Ground.
Digicel’s Otrain Bowen makes a presentation of uniforms to Captain Omar Brewley
Christianburg’s talismanic forward Omar Brewley struck a double, while Jehu Regis, Andre Mayers and Kevin Dare added a goal each for their side. The Christianburg side also won $100,000 and will face Mahdia in a playoff on Sunday.
They will continue the quest to reclaim the title held for four consecutive years but relinquished to Chase Academy last year.
Despite playing in conditions not favourable for a game of football, Wismar/Christianburg (‘Multi’) showed exhibited grit and determination to take the lead seven minutes into the contest when Brewley fired one home from point-blank range.
Mayers increased the lead with a goal in the 13th minute. There would be no more goals in the first half as Kwakwani shored up their defense enough to stop the Lindeners from scoring.
However, after the resumption, Regis, who has scored in every game for Christianburg, netted from close range to make it 3–0.
Being 3 goals down, Kwakwani Secondary refused to roll over and allow ‘Multi’ to have their way, as Ivan La Rose, in the 55th minute, scored the best goal of the game; a free-kick from approximately 30 yards out to haul one back for Kwakwani.
That goal would briefly spark life into Kwakwani but it was not enough as five minutes later, Dare made it 4 – 1 when he collected a pass from Brewley and wasted little time in hammering home a right-footed volley that the Kwakwani keeper had no chance of stopping.
In the 65th minute, Brewley converted a penalty and sealed his double to lead the Christianburg Wismar Secondary to their 7th Regional title.
Action will continue today at the Ministry of Education ground on Carifesta Avenue with Bartica and Waramadong facing off in the Region 8 Zone finals at 2pm.
