St John the Baptist, Leonora storm into Pee-Wee final

St John the Baptist Primary and Leonora Primary punched their tickets to the Courts Optical Boys’ Under- 11 Pee-Wee final after a packed day of U11 football action at the Ministry of Education (MoE) Ground, Carifesta Avenue on Saturday.
In the first of the two semi-finals, St John the Baptist comfortably got past Redeemer Primary 2-0. Alex Pearson opened the scoring for the Region Seven-based outfit in the 17th minute while Aaron Christian flat shot into the corner of the goal in the 35th to make it a 2-0 affair.

In arguably the more entertaining of the two semi-finals, Leonora Primary needled West Ruimveldt Primary 1-0. Much of the encounter was a goalless affair, as both sides brought out all their tricks and shots to pierce the nets.
Eventually, it was Chrison Austin’s header in the 33rd minute that sealed the win for the West Demerara outfit.
Earlier in the day, Redeemer Primary were the first to make it into the semi-finals, on the account of an early Aaron Lall strike in the first minute against St Pius Primary.
Then, St John the Baptist’s battle with St Gabriel’s Primary had to be decided on penalty kicks when neither side could find the back of the net. St John the Baptist prevailed 3-0 on kicks from the penalty spot.
Another encounter was forced down to penalties when Tucville Primary’s meeting with Leonora Primary ended 2-2. Roger Jason (10th) and Dominic Dickson (36th) scores for Tucville while Chrison Austin (28th) and Adrian Harry (38th) netted for Leonora. However, it was Leonora that came away with the win, 3-1 on penalty kicks.
The final quarter-final game of the day saw West Ruimveldt getting easy passage into the semi-finals, defeating Agatash Primary 2-0. Jassen Paris (8th) and Yanique Cadogan (15th) were the marksmen to watch.
The Courts Optical Pee-Wee final is set for the same venue on Saturday, November 1.