St Benedict’s College and St Anthony’s College both got narrow 2-1 wins to cement their places in the BGTT/First Citizens Secondary Schools Football Premier Division League “Big-Five” competition, yesterday.
With the win, St Benedict’s ended with 28 points from its 14 match schedule, to slip ahead of Presentation College of San Fernando, which fell to ten-man St Anthony’s College, 2-1 at the Mannie Ramjohn Stadium, Marabella.
The “Westmooring Tigers”, last year’s League and Big-Four runner-up, went into the match needing nothing less than a win to qualify.
However, it was Presentation College of San Fernando which took an early lead, through Nate Brooks in the fifth minute.
Ten minutes later, St Anthony’s College got back on level terms through Haile Beckles but midway through the second-half the visitors suffered a blow when Brent Noel was shown a second yellow-card by referee Larry Campbell.
But despite, being down a man, St Anthony’s dug deep and on one of their breaks got the go-ahead item from Adriel Kerr in the 72nd minute after which they defended doggedly to grab all three points and the fourth and final “Big-Four” spot.
At the other end of the table, Carapichaima East and Speyside joined Trinity College East as the relegated teams after defeats at the hands of St Augustine, 3-2 and champion Naparima College, 4-1.
Teams (by wired868)
Carapichaima East (4-2-3-1): 18.Dejourn Charles (GK); 14.Micah Serrette (captain) (17.Jamal Phillip 67), 28.Tyeral Fulan, 5.Darreon Thomas, 30.Jerome Forte; 7.Machael Alexander, 16.Daniel Pascal; 9.Justin Joseph (8.Amaru Cox 67), 6.Aaron Kennedy, 20.Kevaughn Smith (12.Kevon Williams 67); 3.Kadiz Chandler.
Unused Substitutes: 1.Jeremiah Phillips (GK), 10.Keston Virri, 24.Tyrone Fullan, 35.Andre St Clair.
Coach: Kevin Jeffrey
St Augustine (4-2-3-1): 1.Yannic Gamaldo (GK); 6.Kareem Walker (13.Darrian Parks 89), 3.Zion Holder, 5.Joshua Marshall (captain), 11.Kendell Boneo; 8.Jesse Joseph, 4.Ainsworth Grant; 15.Allan Hogan (18.Dike Wilson 69), 14.Tyriq Alexander, 10.Moses Jaikeran (19.Kenton James 46); 9.Anthony Samuel.
Unused Substitutes: 2.Akeem Hosten, 12.Jhavon Peters, 17.Tahj Devenish.
Coach: Michael Grayson
Referee: David Ramkallawan
Man of the Match: Yannic Gamaldo (St Augustine)
Results
St Augustine 3 (Jesse Joseph 9th, 59th, Tyriq Alexander 57th) vs Carapichima East 2 (Aaron Kennedy 4th, Darion Thomas 76th pen)
St Mary’s College 3 (Chinua Bernard 2, Ethan Shim) vs Trinity Moka 2 (Isaiah Mc Lean, Josiah Bentick)
Fyzabad 5 vs Fatima 2 (Krishorn Alexander 2)
St Benedict’s 2 (Shaquille Williams, Taryll Coutou) vs QRC 1 (Demitri Dunkley)
Naparima 4 (Akinol Gregory 2, Shobal Celestin, Jeremiah Kesar) vs Speyside 1 (Weah Adams)
St Anthony’s 2 (Haile Beckes 15th, Adriel Kerr 72nd) vs Presentation 1 (Nate Brooks 5th)
Shiva Boys 2 (Simeon De Bourgh 26th, Junior Assoon 86th) vs Trinity East 0
Final Standings:
Teams P W D L F A Pts
Naparima 14 11 2 1 29 7 35
St Benedict’s 14 8 4 2 21 14 28
Presentation 14 8 3 3 27 16 27
St Anthony’s 14 8 3 3 23 19 27
Shiva Boys 14 7 5 2 20 11 26
St Augustine 14 8 2 4 27 19 26
QRC 14 5 6 3 18 13 21
San Juan North 14 7 0 7 20 16 21
St Mary’s 14 7 1 6 26 19 22
Trinity Moka 14 3 5 6 23 26 14
Fyzabad 14 5 1 8 20 25 16
Fatima 14 2 4 8 19 29 10
Speyside 14 3 1 10 16 34 10
Carapichaima East 14 1 5 8 11 24 8
Trinity East 14 1 0 13 11 37 3
Coco-Cola Inter-Col fixtures
Monday, North Zone:
Venue: Hasely Crawford Stadium, Mucurapo,
Blanchisseuse vs Diego Martin central, 3.30pm
Tranquillity vs Malick, 5.30pm
Wednesday, South Zone:
Princes Town West vs Moruga, 3.30pm, VTBA
Pleasantville vs Pt Fortin East, 3.30pm, VTBA
Siparia West vs Vessigny, 3.30pm, VTBA
Zonal quarterfinals
November 5:
East Zone:
Five Rivers vs Arima North,
San Juan North vs Barataria South,
Tobago:
T1 vs T6
T3 vs T4
November 6:
South Zone:
PD4 vs Fyzabad
PD1 vs Pleasantville/Pt Fortin East winner
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