Last December, Chase’s Academic Foundation produced a spectacle in the final of the Republic Bank Secondary Schools League, drubbing Dolphin Secondary 8-1 to complete an unbeaten run and seal the championship.
For four months, that loss lived ‘rent- free’ in the minds of the Broad Street outfit as they prepared to face off with their rivals again.
Dolphin Secondary celebrate with their championship trophy following the Milo final
The final of the Milo Under-18 Schools Football tournament turned out to be something out of a fairytale for Dolphin as they defeated Chase’s 3-2 to clinch the title. Finally, their revenge was complete.
Dolphin Secondary Captain Brian Brower declared in the aftermath of the win, “Basically, revenge was always in my head from since the final whistle blow in the last game and we now get the revenge. That’s all we wanted.”
Jeremiah Griffith receives West Ruimveldt’s third-place trophy from Petra Organisation’s Co- Director Troy Mendonca
Quizzed about how he felt after the win, Brower responded, “Well, it’s the best feeling, because most people was against we, them didn’t have we for this game and the last time when Chase beat we 8-1, I had that in my mind for like four months now and what I had to do was come, save and win. Even though I make two mistakes.”
Though they found themselves trailing twice in the encounter, Brower’s side managed to equalise on both occasions. As such, the tournament’s eventual best goalkeeper went on to divulge some of the encouragement he shared with his team.
Brian Brower (yellow bib) celebrates with teammates after netting Dolphin’s second goal in the final
“I just tell my team stay focused, keep your head on and we know we would’ve won this game ‘cause the so-called wonder kid get a red card. So, we know we were winning this game since before the match play,” the goalkeeper explained.
“We going back to school as a champion and for the rest of the year we’ll always be a champion. One Dolphin,” he added with a smile.
On the other hand, though not finishing in the top two, it was an all-time high placing for West Ruimveldt Secondary in this year’s, 11th edition of the Milo competition.
The Georgetown-based outfit came from behind to defeat Region One’s Waramuri Secondary 2-1 on Sunday last, on the back of a double off the boots of Captain Jeremiah Griffith.
Ecstatic at the fact that they were able to rebound from a semifinal loss to pull off the win, Griffith shared what the third-place trophy meant to his team.
“Feels wonderful,” Griffth said about being the tournament’s third-place finisher.
The player went on to share, “Well, this win means a lot. At least we couldn’t do it in the semi, but we do it in the third place. When we was out there in the first half, we couldn’t manage to put away the chance, but in the second half, we come out as a team and get it done.”
“The motivation was like, we couldn’t get to go through to the final, but at least we had the third place, go out there and do what we have to do to bring it home,” Griffith added.
