Milo School’s Football Competition…
The Petra organized Milo School’s Football competition has crowned a new champion, which hails from Greenheart Street Georgetown. An ecstatic Sir Leon’s Lessons reigned supreme on Saturday evening after trouncing the Buxton Youth Development team with a final score of 5-1.
The newly crowned champions Sir Leon’s Team celebrating their victory
Viewed as one of the underdogs of the tournament, the disciplined Buxton team was expected to come out victorious but Sir Leon’s team was confident and hungry for victory after defeating last year’s champion Chase’s Academy in the semi-final round.
Operating under Ministry of Health’s theme ‘Stop gender based violence’, both team captains expressed their solidarity with the mission before the players flooded the Ministry of Education’s pitch. The first goal came in the just the second minute of the game from Sir Leon’s striker Zion Gray, who seized the opportunity after his team mate’s penalty kick was foiled. The Sir Leon dominated crowd erupted in cheers and celebrations, and even sprinted onto the field to congratulate their lessons counterparts. However, their celebration was put on pause as Shamash London of Buxton found the back of the net in the 18th minute. The nail biting match remained in deadlock for the remainder of the half as both goal keepers managed to fend off a great deal of attempts which came at them from all directions.
In the second half, it seemed that only Sir Leon’s side could have executed their game plan. The high paced game continued with a flurry of goals from the victorious team; tournament favorite Zion Gray rounded off his hat trick of goals with one in the 48th and 63rd minutes. Ably assisting was Alwin Franklin and Teon Forde with one goal each. As easy as the goals seemed to flow for Sir Leon, the Buxton team was never able to regain their balance, yielding defeat even before the final whistle blew.
Speaking after the game, Petra’s Co-director Troy Mendonca stated that he was pleased with the high levels of competitiveness that the players exhibited. “After the round robin stage, at that point in time there wasn’t any clear cut winner which speaks volumes for the level of competition that we witnessed in the tournament,” he remarked. Mendonca also praised the initiative which saw the inclusion of the schools from outside of Georgetown, stating that the heightened competition added value to the tournament.
At the presentations, Zion Gray of Sir Leon’s was adjudged the most valuable player of the tournament and also walked away with the highest goal scorer’s prize; while his team mate, was hailed as the best goal keeper of the competition. On the other hand, Buxton was declared the most discipline team in the competition.
Sir Leon’s lesson’s walked away with $500,000 while Buxton took home $300,000. Annandale secondary took the $200,000 third prize by way of a walk over and Lodge Secondary will receive $100,000. The monetary prizes are expected to be put towards a school project of their choosing.
