Orealla and Tutorial Academy battle in regional final today
Digicel Schools Football
Orealla Secondary and Tutorial Academy (TASS) will meet in the final of the 6th annual Digicel National Knockout schools football
tournament at the Skeldon Community Centre today.
Both teams have proven that they are worthy opponents at the national quarter-final stage and will be eager for a win today. TASS are one time champions while Orealla are two time regionalist.
On Friday, Orealla defeated former regional champions New Amsterdam Technical Institute (NATI) 3-1 with goals from Donell France in the 39th minute, Edwin Russel in the 66th minute and Cameron Edwards in the 90+3 minute for Orealla while NATI’s consolation goal came off of the booth of Kelston Luke in the 49th minute.
On the other hand, TASS reached regional final with a 7-0 win over the regional defending champions Berbice High School (BHS) on
Thursday at the Burnham Park in New Amsterdam.
Scoring, were; Orin Glen in the first minute of play and in the 16th, while Joshua Wilson and Jaleen Fraser both scored twice. A defense error accounted for the seventh goal.
Today’s game starts at 16:00h.
Andrew Carmichael