Milo U-18 tournament: CWSS, Charlestown, Ann’s Grove pick up wins as Round 2 ends

The Ministry of Education (MoE) Ground was treated to another series of exhilarating games, as several teams fought to stay in the running for quarter-final spots in the Milo Schools’ Under 18 football tournament over the weekend.
New Amsterdam Secondary registered their first victory of the tournament thus far, after edging St Stanislaus College 2-1. New Amsterdam’s Keemani Spellen found the back of the net in the 36th and 47th minutes, while Saints’ consolation goal punctuated Spellen’s brace, coming off the boots of Joel King in the 42nd minute.
It was not as big a victory but a win nonetheless when Christianburg Wismar Secondary School (CWSS) met Essequibo’s 8th of May Secondary. Amani King and Kemani Field scored in the 50th and 70th minutes respectively, for CWSS’ 2-0 win.

Meanwhile, Berbice Educational Institute eased past St Cuthbert’s Secondary 3-1. T’Jon Reid netted a double in the 16th and 38th minutes, while Carlo Campbell scored Berbice’s other goal in the 35th. St Cuthbert’s Ronaldo Rodrigues was the lone striker to pierce Berbice’s net in the 49th minute.
Strikes from Jude Andrews (11th) and Michael Joseph (68thh) resulted in a comfortable 2-0 victory for President’s College over North Ruimveldt Multilateral.
The final game of the day was a close one, which saw New Central High prevailing 3-2 over Annandale Secondary. Kenneth Gordon (30th, 70th) had a brace and Peter Khan (62nd) one for New Central, while Swade Edwards (35th) and Shakeel Thomas (70th) made the scoresheet for Annandale.
Then on Sunday, Bush Lot Secondary and Marian Academy played to a 2-2 draw in the first clash of the day. In that contest, Bush Lot’s Omarion Anthony struck first in the 21st, but Tevaun Taylor levelled the score for Maria in the 47th. Nicholas Jones gave Marian the lead in the 53rd, but a goal from Quacey Fraser of Bush Lot tied the scores up in the 60th minute.
Next, Westminster Secondary thumped Charity Secondary 4-2 on the back of a Harold Haynes (8th, 40th) brace and one apiece from Darwin George (59th) and Nickelle Watson (70th). Raphiel Samuels (11th) and Makhaya Thomas (50th) were the scorers for Charity.
Goals from Shaquan David (22nd, 68th) and Antwon Payne (50th) spurred Ann’s Grove Secondary to a 3-0 victory over Vergenoegen in the penultimate game of the weekend; while Charlestown Secondary closed off on a high with a 4-0 win over Cummings Lodge.
Malcom Hendricks (3rd), Tyler Lyle (9th), Andrew Carto (21st) and Emmanuel Nedd (50th) were the goal scorers for Charlestown.
The third round of the group stage of the Milo tournament will commence this Saturday, April 1. The tournament is sponsored by Nestle Milo, Genequip, GINMIN and MVP Sports.