The 2025 Milo Schools’ Under-18 Football Tournament will head into the business end today, when the semifinal round is contested at the Ministry of Education (MoE) Ground on Carifesta Avenue in Georgetown.
Dolphin Secondary will take on West Ruimveldt Secondary from 17:00hrs, while a clash between Chase’s Academic Foundation and Waramuri Secondary follows from 19:00hrs.
A glimpse of what to expect in the Milo semis today
As last year’s third-place finishers, Dolphin are especially intent on flipping the script this time around, as told by Captain Brian Brower, who shared, “Well, it wasn’t really a competitive match, but we get the results and we execute good. Yeah! Well, we just know that we get a nice run to the finals, and if we play like how we usually train, [we’ll] win hard.
“Well, this time around, we just coming to play we heart out in the semifinals. Let this year be better, and for Dolphin, bring it home,” Brower explained.
West Ruimveldt Secondary have likely spent their down time, between the quarterfinals and semis, polishing their skills. Captain Jeremiah Griffith has said, “I think my team performed good, just that they need a little more training, and we shall be in the final.”
Griffith, who led his team with a hattrick in the last round, added, “We need to play with one another, focus on the game, come out to training, and work as a team.”
The West Ruimveldt Captain added, “I’m fully 100% confident in my team, and we shall win the semifinals first, and prevail to the finals.”
Captain Bryan Wharton of defending champions Chase’s Academic Foundation, detailing how their quarterfinal matchup went, said, “I think it was a good game. They had couple key players that coulda hurt us on the given day, but nevertheless we come out victorious. I think we was kinda the favourites, so we were just looking to get the early goal, and put the pressure on them after then”.
He added, “Every team get a way and a day that they could beat anybody, but we ain’t taking nobody lightly, and every game we treating as a final.”
Chase’s Academic Foundation have thus disclosed that although they have won every school’s football competition last year, they will not be taking any opposition lightly.
Given that the second semifinal is a repeat of the 2024 championship game, last year’s runners-up, Waramuri Secondary, are intent on turning the tables on the opposition, according to Captain Orwin Abrams.
“We could’ve scored more goals; we had more opportunities… the Waramuri Secondary Captain explained.
“Well, we have one objective, and the objective is to win. So, we keep that same mentality all the time. We are ready for a challenge,” Abrams assured.
The teams are competing for a $300,000 grand prize that will go towards a school project of the winner’s choice. The Milo final is scheduled for Saturday, April 19.
