Seon Shippley netted the lone goal as defending champions Naparima College stayed on course for a repeat of success in the 2019 Shell/First Citizens Secondary Schools Football League Premiership Division with a 1-0 win over host Speyside on Saturday.
Shippley got the decisive item in the 75th minute for Naparima to push their points tally to 26 from 10 matches, four ahead of southern rivals, Presentation College of San Fernando which was made to work hard for its three points, in a similar 1-0 win over Pleasantville Secondary with Adica Ash, the scorer.
At St Mary's College Ground, Serpentine Road, St Clair, visiting St Anthony's College had no such trouble as they romped to a 7-0 mauling of St Mary's College led by a double from Zion Williams to improve to third with 20 points and a match in hand.
Elsewhere, fourth-placed Carapichaima East (19) slipped off the pace a bit via 0-0 draw with San Juan North Secondary while East Mucurapo (18) pipped Malick Secondary 1-0 with Zion Williams 44th minute strike the difference; Queen's Royal College (16) continued its climb up the table by edging Trinity College Moka, 4-3 thanks to a Miguel Cross brace, and St Augustine blanked St Benedict's 3-0.
Yesterday's Results
St Anthony's 7 (Zion Williams 2, Kai Phillip, Jelani King, Darius Douglas, Quinn Frederick, Jean-Heim Mc Fee) vs St Mary's 0
Naparima 1 (Seon Shippley 75th) vs Speyside 0
East Mucurapo 1 (Zion Mc Leod 44th) vs Malick 0
Carapichaima East 0 vs San Juan North 0
QRC 4 (Miguel Cross 2, Nathaneal James, Jaheem Granderson) vs Trinity College Moka 3 (Jardel Mitchell, Josiah Superville, Anfernee Bascombe)
St Augustine 3 (Kyle Carrington 2, Tyrese Spicer) vs St Benedict's 0
Presentation 1 (Adica Ash) vs Pleasantville 0
Latest SSFL Premiership Standings
SCHOOLS*P*W*L*D*GF*GA*GD*PTS
1*Naparima College*10*8*0*2*25*10*+15*26
2*Presentation College*9*7*1*1*25*6*+19*22
*St. Anthony’s College*9*6*1*2*31*10*+21*20
3*Carapichaima East Secondary*9*5*0*4*16*9*+7*19
5*East Mucurapo Secondary*9* 5* 1* 3* 18* 8* +10 *18
6*Queen’s Royal College*9*5*3*1*18*20*-2*16
7*San Juan North Secondary*9*3*4*2*19*7*+12*11
8*St. Augustine Secondary*9*1*4*4*18*16*+2*10
9*Pleasantville Secondary*9*3*5*1*12*14*-2*10
10*Malick Secondary*10*3*6*1*15*19*-4*10
11*Trinity College East*8*2*5*2*13*18*-5*8
12*Speyside High School*9*2*9*2*11*24*-13*8
13*St. Benedict’s College*9*2*6*1*8*19*-11*7
14*Trinity College, Moka*9*1*7*1*11*31*-23*4
15*St. Mary’s College*10*1*8*1*5*34*-29*4
Wednesday's Matches
All matches kick-off at 3.30 pm
St Augustine vs Speyside, St Augustine
Naparima vs Carapichaima East, Lewis St, San F'do
Trinity East vs East Mucurapo, Trinity East
San Juan North vs Malick, San Juan North
Presentation vs QRC, Mannie Ramjohn Stadium, Marabella
Trinity Moka vs St Benedict's, Trinity Moka, Maraval
St Anthony's vs Pleasantville, Westmoorings