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<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=450 align=left border=0><TBODY><TR><TD><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=1 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD><SPAN class=TopStory>C'Smith, JC advance to semis</SPAN>
<SPAN class=Subheadline></SPAN></TD></TR><TR><TD>BY Livingston Scott Observer staff reporter
Sunday, October 22, 2006
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<P class=StoryText align=justify>Jamaica College and Charlie Smith High booked their spots in the last four of the Corporate Area schoolboy Walker Cup KO competition following victories over Norman Manley and Bridgeport High at the Stadium East field yesterday.<P class=StoryText align=justify>Charlie Smith outscored Bridgeport 3-2 in the feature match, while JC edged Norman Manley 2-1.
In the opening game, Dewayne Williams scored twice to give his side a deserved victory over Norman Manley, for whom Yashine Bravo scored.<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=5 width=360 align=center border=0><TBODY><TR><TD>
</TD></TR><TR><TD><SPAN class=Description>Jamaica College's Dewayne Williams (front) turns on Norman Manley defender Kenrick Brown during their Walker Cup knock-out semi-final at the Stadium East field yesterday. Williams scored twice to give his side a 2-1 win. (Photo: Bryan Cummings) </SPAN></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><P class=StoryText align=justify>In the other match, Michael Russell, Dennis McKenley and Andrew Phang scored for Charlie Smith, while Adrian King and Gavin Campbell replied for Bridgeport.
The Jerome Waite-coached Charlie Smith were off the mark as early as the fifth minute when Russell picked up a loose ball inside the area and slipped a shot under Carlloyd Walters in goal.<P class=StoryText align=justify>Bridgeport remained positive in the heavy conditions, but squandered a number of easy chances to level the scores.
Charlie Smith also missed some good opportunties, but three minutes before the break, captain McKenley left Kenardo Forbes for dead before rifling a left-footed shot past Walters to make it 2-0.<P class=StoryText align=justify>Charlie Smith added a third goal eight minutes into the second half when Russell picked out an unmarked Phang at the far post and the midfielder control and fired past Walters to send his team 3-0 up.<P class=StoryText align=justify>Bridgeport continued to pour players forward in search of goals, and although they continued to waste good chances, they eventually found the net when King headed home Lorenzo Vidal's cross just after the hour mark.<P class=StoryText align=justify>Five minutes from time, Anthony Patrick's team got another goal when Thelophelus Samuels' shot came off Gillians Pusey's arm and Campbell calmly converted the spot-kick.
Coach Waite said although it was tough playing under those conditions, both teams applied themselves well.
"I thought we did enough to win, but we still need to improve on our concentration," he said.<P class=StoryText align=justify>Patrick said injuries hampered his team. "We had to force and start captain Kenardo Forbes to bring some influence to the team.. but we had to pull him. Adrian King and Andre Steele are injured... and we had to bring them on to get something going," he said.
Earlier, Williams scored two first-half freekicks to give his side a two-goal cushion heading into the break.<P class=StoryText align=justify>However, after Romario Campbell failed to put away two easy chances in the second half, Geovannie Gordon deflected Bravo's tame shot into his own net to give the Alrick Clarke-coached side a lifeline 12 minutes from time.<P class=StoryText align=justify>Bravo should have e
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<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=450 align=left border=0><TBODY><TR><TD><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=1 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD><SPAN class=TopStory>C'Smith, JC advance to semis</SPAN>
<SPAN class=Subheadline></SPAN></TD></TR><TR><TD>BY Livingston Scott Observer staff reporter
Sunday, October 22, 2006
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<P class=StoryText align=justify>Jamaica College and Charlie Smith High booked their spots in the last four of the Corporate Area schoolboy Walker Cup KO competition following victories over Norman Manley and Bridgeport High at the Stadium East field yesterday.<P class=StoryText align=justify>Charlie Smith outscored Bridgeport 3-2 in the feature match, while JC edged Norman Manley 2-1.
In the opening game, Dewayne Williams scored twice to give his side a deserved victory over Norman Manley, for whom Yashine Bravo scored.<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=5 width=360 align=center border=0><TBODY><TR><TD>
</TD></TR><TR><TD><SPAN class=Description>Jamaica College's Dewayne Williams (front) turns on Norman Manley defender Kenrick Brown during their Walker Cup knock-out semi-final at the Stadium East field yesterday. Williams scored twice to give his side a 2-1 win. (Photo: Bryan Cummings) </SPAN></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><P class=StoryText align=justify>In the other match, Michael Russell, Dennis McKenley and Andrew Phang scored for Charlie Smith, while Adrian King and Gavin Campbell replied for Bridgeport. The Jerome Waite-coached Charlie Smith were off the mark as early as the fifth minute when Russell picked up a loose ball inside the area and slipped a shot under Carlloyd Walters in goal.<P class=StoryText align=justify>Bridgeport remained positive in the heavy conditions, but squandered a number of easy chances to level the scores.
Charlie Smith also missed some good opportunties, but three minutes before the break, captain McKenley left Kenardo Forbes for dead before rifling a left-footed shot past Walters to make it 2-0.<P class=StoryText align=justify>Charlie Smith added a third goal eight minutes into the second half when Russell picked out an unmarked Phang at the far post and the midfielder control and fired past Walters to send his team 3-0 up.<P class=StoryText align=justify>Bridgeport continued to pour players forward in search of goals, and although they continued to waste good chances, they eventually found the net when King headed home Lorenzo Vidal's cross just after the hour mark.<P class=StoryText align=justify>Five minutes from time, Anthony Patrick's team got another goal when Thelophelus Samuels' shot came off Gillians Pusey's arm and Campbell calmly converted the spot-kick.
Coach Waite said although it was tough playing under those conditions, both teams applied themselves well.
"I thought we did enough to win, but we still need to improve on our concentration," he said.<P class=StoryText align=justify>Patrick said injuries hampered his team. "We had to force and start captain Kenardo Forbes to bring some influence to the team.. but we had to pull him. Adrian King and Andre Steele are injured... and we had to bring them on to get something going," he said.
Earlier, Williams scored two first-half freekicks to give his side a two-goal cushion heading into the break.<P class=StoryText align=justify>However, after Romario Campbell failed to put away two easy chances in the second half, Geovannie Gordon deflected Bravo's tame shot into his own net to give the Alrick Clarke-coached side a lifeline 12 minutes from time.<P class=StoryText align=justify>Bravo should have e