The Uitvlugt Secondary School’s Under-18 team are on a steady rise in the Guyoil/Tradewind Tankers Under-18 tournament, and in their last match, they made Queen’s College their latest victim.
The encounter between Uitvlugt and Queen’s College came in the sixth round of the already intense tournament.
Anthony Benn, who was indisputably the star of the match, began his scoring as early as the fourth minute to give Uitvlugt an early advantage. Ruben Dainty joined in in the 18th minute with his first goal, pushing the score to 2-0.
As Uitvlugt became more comfortable, their scoring improved, which saw a series of impressive plays rewarding them with a hat-trick of goals between the 26th and 29th minutes. Ivelaw Khan added his name to the score sheet just after the second half began and was followed by Dainty with his second. Diarra Thomas made an attempt to save face for QC, with a goal in the 43rd minute. However, Uitvlugt could not be contained as Dainty completed his hat-trick in the 53rd and Benn secured five by the 66th minute. Also contributing to Uitvlugt’s tally was Jadius Edwards with two goals. Thomas of QC had netted another by this time, but it was a little too late as they bowed out in an 11-2 loss.
The next game of the evening featured front-runners Christianburg Wismar Secondary School and Vergenoegen Secondary School. Both teams have beaten their opponents by large margins in the past, but this pairing seemed a task too difficult for both sides. After much back and forth on the playing field, piercing the hands of Christianburg’s goalkeeper was Ronaldo Macey, who placed Vergenoegen one up. Although the West Coast team held on to the lead for a while, Christianburg’s top striker, Tyrese Lewis managed to slip one through in the 43rd minute for a level score at the end of regulation time.
The sixth round of games will continue today, November 8, at the Ministry of Education Ground from 15:30h.
