The winners of the 5th annual Courts Pee-wee football championships will be determined by a clash of neighbours as defending champions St. Angela’s will clash with St. Agnes in the final on November 20 at the Banks DIH Thirst park Ground.
Action between St. Angela’s (yellow top) and St. Pius on Saturday at the Banks DIH Thirst Park Ground
Defending champions, St. Angela’s reached their second consecutive final on the bank of a brace by the talented Seon Cato who netted in the 17th to lead their team past a challenging St. Pius 1-0 in the first semi-final on Saturday at the Thirst Park ground.
Since the defending champions, were safely through to the final, the attention turned to who will face them and that question was answered until the 30th minute in the match between St. Agnes and West Ruimveldt Primary; Nikhail Carter’s conversion sent wide celebrations in the Church Street based school.
Meanwhile, in the 5th to 8th play-off matches, Marian Academy won 4-2 on sudden death kicks after the game was locked at 1-1 after regulation time. F.E. Pollard’s goal came off the heels of Bryan Wharton in the 2nd minute while Michael Alphonso equalized in the 48th.
The second match saw, also needed to be decided by spot kicks as St. Stephens and North Georgetown were locked in stalemate. However, the latter won 5-4 on sudden death kicks.
In the 9-12 section, Mickelle Andrews in the 32nd lead St. Margaret’s to a 1-0 victory over Tucville while Winfer Gardens defeated Stella Maris 1-0 when Makhaya Munroe netted in the 32nd.
For the 13th to 16th positions, South Ruimveldt hammered St. Gabriel’s 4-0 as Saleem Rameshwar recorded a double, netting in the 2nd and 8th minute; John Simon (10th) and Antonio Leitch (12th) were the other goal scorers.
In the other match, Redeemer won 1-0 against Mae’s Schools when Deshawn Lynch scored in the 6th.
Winners of the tourney will receive the championship trophy, medals, one set of team uniforms and certificates, while the runners-up will collect the second place trophy, medals, six footballs and certificates.
The third placed side will receive the respective trophy, four balls and certificates while fourth placed will be presented with a trophy and certificates. The most disciplined team will also be presented with a trophy.
On the individual side, the most valuable player, highest goal scorer and best goalkeeper will each receive a trophy and a pair of football cleats.
