National striker Kathon St Hillaire scored a goal in each half to fire San Juan Jabloteh to a comfortable 3-1 defeat of Police FC when matches in Division One of the Ascension Invitational Football Tournament continued on Sunday.
St Hillaire opened the scoring as early as the fourth minute at the San Juan North Secondary School Ground, Bourg Mulatresse, San Juan which his team took into the half-time interval.
Keshawn Hamilton made it 2-0 to Jabloteh in the 62nd minute, but five minutes later, Kareem Freitas pulled a goal back for the Lawmen to set up an interesting final 23 minutes.
However, any hopes of Police stealing a point were dashed in the 83rd when St Hillaire notched his second of the match to seal all three points for Jabloteh, their first in their opening match of the pre-season competition and level with Club Sando FC and Cunupia FC.
At the top of the table though, are the trio of Defence Force, Morvant Caledonia AIA United and Guaya United, all with six points each.
This after Morvant Caledonia edged Club Sando FC on a 69th-minute strike from Johnny Noreiga-Britto at Mannie Ramjohn Stadium, Marabella while Guaya United also won by a similar margin at host Matura ReUnited on Saturday and Defence Force blanked Prison Service 3-0 led by a Reon More double.
Adan Noel and former national midfielder Andrei Pacheco scored two goals each to lead free-scoring Deportivo P.F to another emphatic win, this time 6-0 over Marabella Family Crisis Centre in Division Two at Mannie Ramjohn Stadium, Training Field on Sunday.
Noel got his goals in the ninth and 90th, the latter a penalty while Pacheco was on target in the 39th and 45th minute for a 3-0 half-time lead.
Ackeel Jacob and Jeremy Primus added second-half items in the 65th and 86th minutes for Deportivo P.F, which was coming off a 7-0 beating of Harlem Strikers.
Joing Deportivo at the top with six points was RSSR FC after its 1-0 victory against Club Sando Uprising Youths at Guapo Recreation Ground, Guapo on Saturday night courtesy Jovon Vincent.
In other Division Two matches, Petit Valley/Diego Martin squandered a 2-0 lead at the Diego Martin Stadium in a 2-all draw with University of T&T, San Fernando Giants trampled Police FC (Super League) 4-0 with Kerville Jeremiah scoring a late brace while Harlem Strikers got a winner in the ninth minute of time added in a 3-2 victory over Erin FC at Frederick Settlement, Caroni.
Results
Division One:
Friday:
Cunupia FC 5 (Kevon Woodley 29th, 56th, Michael Darko 51st, 77th, Mikheil Peters 54th) vs FC Santa Rosa 2 (John-Paul Rochford 64th, 97th)
Saturday:
Defence Force 3 (Reon Moore 17th, 66th, Devorn Jorsling 38th) vs Prison Service FC 0
Guaya United 1 (Kerwyn Navarro 3rd) vs Matura ReUnited 0
Sunday:
Morvant Caledonia United 1 (Johnny Noreiga-Britto - 69th) vs Club Sando FC 0
San Juan Jabloteh 3 (Kathon St Hillaire 4th, 83rd, Keshawn Hamilton 62nd) vs Police FC 1 (Kareem Freitas 67th)
Division Two:
Saturday:
Moruga FC 0 vs Bethel United 0
RSSR FC 1 (Jovon Vincent 18th) vs Club Sando Uprising Youths 0
Sunday:
Harlem Strikers 3 (Dez Jones o.g 29th, Keron Fox 44th, David Maloney 99th) vs Erin FC 2 (Aaron Ambrose o.g 18th, Israel Williams 37th)
Deportivo P.F 6 (Adan Noel 9th, 90th pen, Andrei Pacheco 39th, 45th, Ackeel Jacob 65th, Jeremy Primus 86th) vs Marabella Family Crisis Centre 0
San Fernando Giants 4 (Kori Cupid 52nd, Kurlan Khan 64th, Kerville Jeremiah 81st, 84th) vs Police FC 0
Petit Valley/Diego Martin 2 (Kazim Donald 42nd, 63rd) vs UTT 2 (Kishun Seecharan 80th, 92nd)
Current Standings:
Division One:
Teams*P*W*D*L*F*A*Pts
1. Defence Force*2*2*0*0*5*0*6
2. Morvant Caledonia*2*2*0*0*5*2*6
3. Guaya United*2*2*0*0*3*1*6
4. Club Sando FC*2*1*0*1*6*1*3
5. Jabloteh*1*1*0*0*3*1*3
6. Cunupia FC*2*1*0*1*5*4*3
7. QPCC*1*0*1*0*0*0*1
8. Santa Rosa*2*0*1*1*2*5*1
9. Terminix Rangers*0*0*0*0*0*0*0
10. Police FC*2*0*0*2*2*5*0
11. Prison FC*2*0*0*2*2*7*0
12. Matura ReUnited*2*0*0*2*0*7*0
Division Two:
Teams*P*W*D*L*F*A*Pts
1. Deportivo P.F*2*2*0*0*13*0*6
2. RSSR FC*2*2*0*0*4*0*6
3. San F'do Giants*2*1*1*0*4*0*4
4. UTT*2*1*1*0*6*4*4
5. Police FC*2*1*0*1*2*5*3
6. Harlem Strikers*2*1*0*1*3*9*3
7. Bethel United*2*0*2*0*2*2*2
8. P.V/D.M*2*0*1*1*3*4*1
9. Erin FC*2*0*1*1*2*3*1
10. Club Sando Uprising*2*0*1*1*2*3*1
11. Moruga FC*2*0*1*1*2*4*1
12. Marabella Family CC*2*0*0*2*0*9*0