Digicel Schools Football Championships: Buxton crowned East Coast champs

…Vryman’s Erven in 25-0 victory

Buxton Secondary were on Tuesday night crowned Regional champions of the Region Four-East Coast Demerara division of Digicel’s Schools Football Championships.
Playing at the Ministry of Education (MoE) Ground, Carifesta Avenue, Buxton edged President’s College 2-1, on their way to claim the coveted title. However, both schools will have the opportunity to compete in the National Championships when it gets going.
Nearing the close of the first half of their encounter, Buxton’s Leon McFarlane and Ovid Browne netted two quickfire goals in the 27th and 29th minutes, respectively, to stun President’s College. Later, Shamar Barrington made it a 2-1 game in the 38th minute, scoring PC’s eventual consolation. However, the boys in purple were unable to find the equaliser.

Aside from the East Coast finals, games continued in other regions on Monday afternoon. In Region Two, Abram Zuil Secondary overcame Aurora Secondary 4-0. A double from Omar Kendall in the 27th and 43rd minutes led the charge for Abram Zuil, as Traven Evans and Lester Noel added one each in the 60th and 38th minutes for the 4-0 victory.
The second game in that region, also played at Tapakuma, saw Cotton Field Secondary being awarded a walkover, instead of facing Johanna Cecilia Secondary.
There were fireworks to be witnessed in Region Six, as Vryman’s Erven Secondary went berserk, firing 25 unanswered goals past Central Corentyne Secondary at Scott’s Ground.
Joshua Dougall opened the scoring in the 2nd minute and went on to add five more goals to his personal tally in the 23rd, 27th, 38th, 46th and 53rd. Three other teammates, Akeem Hosannah (4th, 31st, 35th 37th, 51); Royan Captain (6th, 30th, 40th, 54th, 59th) and Keron George (14th, 30th, 32nd, 52nd, 53rd) each pierced the nets five times, while Shumar Beresford netted a brace in the 56th and 57th minutes. Stephen Frank had joined the scoring fest in the 19th minute after he found the back of the net, in addition to an own goal in the 17th, which brought them to the whopping 25-goal tally.
Also in Region Six, Tutorial Academy defeated Canje Secondary 4-0, on the back of a Done Singh hat trick.
Singh registered Tutorial’s first goal in the sixth minute and went on to find the back of the net again in the 46th and 58th. Clevon Cort netted their fourth goal in the 48th minute.
The Digicel Championships were scheduled to continue with the Region Three third-place play offs and Finals at Leonora, West Coast Demerara (WCD) on Wednesday afternoon. The results for those games will be published in the next edition of the Guyana Times.