San Juan Jabloteh continued its march towards the Under-16 and Under-18 Division titles in the T&T Professional Football League with impressive wins at the Manny Ramjohn Stadium, Marabella, on Tuesday.
Once again, national Under-17 striker, Khaleem Highland was among the scorers for the runaway leaders of the Under-16 competition with a first-half brace.
Franz Husbands also got a goal each on either side of the interval to add to strikes from Sheldon Bateau and Joel Russell’s. Taurean Hamilton fired in Petrotrin’s only reply.
Jabloteh now has an impressive 28 points from ten matches, seven clear of VIBE CT 105 W Connection who has played a match less.
Trent Lougheed netted three goals to secure a nail-biting 4-2 win for W Connection over Defence Force at the Hasely Crawford Stadium, Mucurapo.
Keon Quow also banged in a treble for Caledonia AIA/Fire who scorched host National Quarries North East Stars 6-3 at the Sangre Grande Recreation Ground.
Jared Bartholomew, Chuvalos George and Gary Bart chipped in with one each for Stars while Kerin Vincent, Gabriel Navarro and Leroy Jones were on target for Stars.
San Juan Jabloteh and W Connection also had easy wins in the Under-18 series while Stars cooled off AIA/Fire.
Kadeem Gibbs, Jonathan Romain, Shastri Spencer did the damage for Jabloteh in its 3-1 win over Petrotrin to carry its point total to 28 from ten matches.
Eight points back in second spot is W Connection, after a 5-2 thumping of Defence Force while Stars got past AIA/Fire 3-1.
Tuesday PFL Youth Division Results:
Under-16 Division
San Juan Jabloteh 6 (Khaleem Hyland 2, Franz Husbands 2, Sheldon Bateau, Joel Russell) vs United Petrotrin 1 (Taurean Hamilton).
Caledonia AIA Fire 6 (Keon Quow 3, Jared Bartholomew, Chuvalos George, Gary Bart) vs North East Stars 3 (Kerin Vincent, Gabriel Navarro, Leroy Jones).
W Connection 4 (Trent Lougheed 20th, 55th, 60th, Kyle Texeira 25th) vs Defence Force 2 (Sherron Joseph 23rd, Keston George 28th).
Under-18 Division
San Juan Jabloteh 3 (Shastri Spencer 13th, Jonathan Romain 41st, Kadeem Gibbs 92nd) vs United Petrotrin 1 (James Trimm 90th).
North East Stars 3 (Daniel Joseph 2, Jody Allsop) vs Caledonia AIA Fire 1 (Shane Glasgow).
W Connection 5 (Silas Span 16th, 29th, 63rd, Kendall Penny 45th, Devon Drayton 73rd) vs Defence Force 2 (Cyrano Glen 24th, 40th).
Current PFL Youth Standings
Under-16 Division
Teams P W D L F A Pts
Jabloteh 11 9 1 1 55 7 28
W Connection 10 7 0 3 35 13 21
AIA Fire 10 6 1 3 23 22 19
Tobago United 10 5 2 3 22 12 17
Defence Force 10 5 1 4 21 17 16
NE Stars 10 1 0 9 7 53 3
United Petrotrin 11 0 1 10 3 42 1
Under-18 Division
Teams P W D L F A Pts
Jabloteh 10 9 1 0 41 8 28
W Connection 10 6 2 2 33 11 20
Tobago United 9 6 2 1 33 14 20
Defence Force 10 3 3 4 13 16 12
NE Stars 10 2 2 6 15 40 8
AIA Fire 10 2 1 7 9 36 7
United Petrotrin 11 1 1 9 12 31 4