Courts Optical Pee-Wee tournament: Rosignol oust defending champions as final 4 decided
The final four teams in the Courts Optical Under-11 Pee-Wee school football tournament have been decided following a day of nail-biting encounters in the quarter-finals, contested on Saturday at the Ministry of Education (MoE) Ground, Carifesta Avenue.
Adding to the excitement, a new champion is set to be crowned this year following the unceremonious ousting of the defending champions, St Pius Primary.
In what was probably the most shocking upset of the day, Rosignol Primary whipped St Pius 4-0 in the second quarter-final match-up. Timothy Rouse sent a strong message to the defending champions early, as he found the back of the net in just the first minute of the game. Then Abdul Kadir netted the first of his brace in the eighth minute, to put St Pius in further trouble.
Rosignol Primary (green) pulled off a major upset against the defending champions
Kadir completed his brace in the 18th minute, while Jeremiah Mc Donald netted in the 39th to seal the emphatic win for the Berbice-based team.
However, Rosignol were not the first team from the Ancient County to book their spot in the final four as Belladrum Primary had earlier needled Region 7’s St John the Baptist Primary 1-0.
Jadon Sampson netted the late game winner, beating the keeper in the 32nd minute to help his team advance.
Santa Rosa Primary (pink) grabbed the final semi-final spot
The third quarter-final was a thrilling one as Marian Academy and Enterprise Primary went toe-to-toe. Joshua Johnson stunned Enterprise Primary with an early goal in the first minute to put his team ahead and then, the temperature flared when Dontay Kowlessar finally found the reply in the 20th minute.
With the score locked at 1-1, a Cristiano LaRose assist fed Johnson a perfect ball which he buried to net his second and the decisive goal in the 29th minute.
A look at the clash between Belladrum (blue) and St John the Baptist
As the quarter-final action wound down, another slim victory was enjoyed, this time by Santa Rosa Primary against West Ruimveldt Primary.
Deon Henry was the lone marksman, finding the back of the net in the 23rd minute for the victory.
The Courts Optical semi-finals will go down at the same venue this Saturday, October 26. The tournament, while supported by the Education Ministry and the Culture, Youth and Sport Ministry, is also sponsored by Stenna Drilling and Sterling Products Limited.
