Mash Street Football Championships-North East, Bent Street win big to progress

The action intensified in the Mash Street Football Championships at the Mocha Community Ground when the competition headed into the Round of 16 on night three.
There, North East, Bent Street and Stabroek Ballers pulled off convincing victories while the likes of Back Circle B had to fight tooth and nail to advance to the next round.
The first match of the night saw Gold is Money needling Bragging Rights with a fifth-minute strike off the boots of Shamar Koulen.
There was a one-goal difference between Showstoppers and Albouystown in the following game, which saw the former enjoying the 2-1 victory. Stephen Jupiter netted a brace for the winners in the 13th and 34th minutes while Wayne Sampson had Albouystown’s lone reply in the 20th.
Next, North East drubbed Timehri Footsteppers 4-0. Eissi Crawford opened the scoring for North East in just the second minute of the game while Lennox Cort made it a 2-0 affair by the seventh. A late brace from Shawn Grosvenor in the 21st and 22nd minutes sealed the 4-0 win for North East.
A team effort from Stabroek Ballers saw them getting past Team Cruel 3-0. Brandon Solomon found the back of the net first in the 17th minute while goals off the boots of Mark Jhalu and Dwayne James in the 20th and 22nd minutes accounted for their 3.
Bent Street were the next team to secure their spot in the quarter-finals, thumping Westside Ballers 5-1. Westside Ballers were the first to pierce the net through Keron Campbell in the sixth minute. The reply was almost instantaneous from Bent Street as Bevney Marks equalised in the ninth minute.
An own goal in the 15th minute going Bent Street’s way broke the tie while Adrian Aaron found the back of the net in the 20th minute to extend their lead. Randy Roberts later netted in the 24th and 25th minutes to complete their 5.
A nail-biting clash between Ztekk and Festival City was up next. Ztekk’s Kevin Baptiste got things going with a goal in the seventh minute while Mario Eastman levelled the score for Festival City in the 18th. Ian Daniels then netted a brace for Ztekk in the 27th and 28th minutes, but Mark Wronge would pull one back for Festival City in the 30th. Though Festival City attempted the comeback, time was not on their side, resulting in the 3-2 win for Ztekk.
The penultimate encounter of the night was a thriller as the winner of the Back Circle B-Broad Street clash had to be decided by kicks from the penalty spot.
Martin King (1st, 5th) and Jermaine Beckles (20th, 35th) led the charge for Back Circle with two goals each while a hat-trick off the boots of Akeem Sam (16th, 29th, 32nd) and a solitary strike from Joshua Daniels in the ninth minute levelled Broad Street on four goals at the end of regulation time. However, Back Circle B would prevail on penalty kicks, 2-1.
Taliban were the last side to seal their progression to the next round, edging Laing Avenue 2-1. While David George opened the scoring in the sixth minute for Laing Avenue’s lone goal, Sonny Logan (23rd) and Nicholas McArthur (29th) scored one goal each to hand Taliban the win.
The Mash Street Football Championships will move to Georgetown for the quarter-finals where the teams will look to ignite the National Park Tarmac.
The teams are competing for a $500,000 grand prize while second, third and fourth place will have to settle for $300,000, $200,000 and $100,000 respectively.