Two-time defending champions Naparima College and Presentation College of San Fernando both picked up important victories to close the gap on leaders Shiva Boys Hindu College to three points when matches in the Premier Division of the 15-team 2016 Shell/First Citizens Secondary Schools Football League continued yesterday.
With the Naparima improved to 19 points from eight matches, the same as Presentation College and three behind Shiva Boys, but with a match in hand.
The scenes were more dramatic down at Morne Coco Road, Westmoorings with Alex Lee-Yaw scoring a hat-trick, including an 85th minute winner for Presentation College to hand St Anthony's a second straight home loss.
National Under-17 midfielder, Che Benny put the host ahead inside the first ten minutes, but Lee-Yaw replied with strikes in the 18th and 27th for Presentation to lead 2-1 at the half-time whistle.
With 14 minutes left in the match, another national Under-17 standout, Jaydon Prowell drew the “Westmooring Tigers” level, but with five minutes left on the clock Lee-Yaw snatched all three points for the visitors to keep their title hopes alive and dent the host chances as well.
Elswhere, St Mary’s close to within a point of St Anthony's in fifth spot with a 1-0 road win over Fyzabad Secondary thanks to Daniel Conocchiari; Queen's Royal College got its first win of the season, 2-1 against San Juan North Secondary; East Mucurapo Secondary also won 2-1 at home to St Benedict’s College and St Augustine Secondary blanked Fatima College 2-0. Matches resume tomorrow.
Standings
Teams P W D L F A Pts
Shiva Boys 9 7 1 1 17 8 22
Naparima 8 6 1 1 16 7 19
Pres (San F'do) 9 6 1 2 12 9 19
St Anthony's 8 5 1 2 21 12 16
St Mary's 9 4 3 2 10 11 15
Yesterday Results
QRC 2 (Daris Dickson, Jean-Paul Rochford) vs San Juan North 1 (Renaldo Boyce)
East Mucurapo 2 (Mickell Ravello 75th o.g, Zion Mc Leod 90+3) vs St Benedict’s 1 (Jaycee Parris 64th)
Presentation 3 (Alex Lee-Yaw 18th, 27th, 85th) vs St Anthony’s 2 (Che Benny 8th, Jaydon Powell 76th pen)
St Augustine 2 (Emmanuel Cumberbatch, Kendell Hitlal) vs Fatima 0
St Mary's 1 (Daniel Conocchiari) vs Fyzabad Sec 0
Naparima 3 (Akinola Gregory 2, Isaiah Lee) vs Pleasantville 1 (Anferee Joefield)
Wednesday
Shiva Boys 1 (Junior Assoon 24th) vs Signal Hill 0
RELATED NEWS
Naps move to second spot in Premiership.
T&T Newsday Reports.
NAPARIMA, the two-time Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premiership champions, jumped to second spot on the 15- team points standings yesterday.
At Lewis Street in San Fernando, Naparima inflicted a 3-1 beating on fellow South-based school Pleasantville.
Shiva Boys stayed top after a 1-0 win away to Signal Hill on Wednesday __ the lone match played on the day - courtesy of a Junio Asson goal in the 24th minute.
St Anthony’s lost their second game in a row, both at home, edged 3-2 by Presentation San Fernando in Westmoorings. Presentation San Fernando went up one place to third while St Anthony’s dropped two places to fourth.
St Mary’s continued their upward climb up the standings, going from eighth to fifth, after edging hosts Fyzabad 1-0. The Saints have been on a roll since beating their arch-rivals Queen’s Royal College.
Also yesterday, St Augustine got goals from Anthony Samuel (64th) and Kendall Hitlal (70th) to defeat Fatima College 2-0 at the St Augustine Ground.
QRC finally tasted victory in the 2016 Premiership season with a 2-1 result against San Juan North at the QRC Ground in St Clair, while East Mucurapo were victorious, by a similar 2-1 scoreline, against St Benedict’s at the Fatima Ground, Mucurapo.
League action will continue tomorrow.
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