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<DIV class=scrolling id=insideDiv style="PADDING-RIGHT: 21px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px"><DIV class=HTMLTitle><SPAN id=Ar0190300 style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: newspaper; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">STETHS stop Holmwood; Spalding hold Munro </SPAN></DIV><BR style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 5px; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal"><BR style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 5px; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal"><BR style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 5px; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal"><DIV class=HTMLContent style="OVERFLOW: auto"><SPAN id=Ar0190301 style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: newspaper; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">SANTA CRUZ, St Elizabeth — Striker Renario Downswell struck two goals as two-time daCosta Cup winners St Elizabeth Technical (STETHS) rebounded from defeat against Clarendon College in mid-week to beat Holmwood Technical 3-1 in the feature daCosta Cup Inter-Zone round game at STETHS Sports Complex yesterday. </SPAN>
<SPAN style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: newspaper; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">But fellow St Elizabeth team, many-time winners Munro College, were held to a 2-2 draw by another Manchester team, Spalding High, in the opening game. </SPAN>
<SPAN style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: newspaper; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">STETHS fell behind in the sixth minute when Gabbi Bradley netted for Holmwood. But striker Comar Pascoe found the equaliser in the 11th minute, while Downswell supplied the winning goals in the 70th and 89th minutes. </SPAN>
<SPAN style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: newspaper; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">In the opener played in sweltering early afternoon sunshine, Munro opened the scoring through substitute Mark Lyn in the 63rd minute. National Under-20 striker Richard Wilson added a second in the 73rd. </SPAN>
<SPAN style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: newspaper; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">But Spalding’s impressive striker Francois Swaby in the 67th minute and substitute Milton Christopher in the 82nd provided the equalising goals. </SPAN>
<SPAN style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: newspaper; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">Munro pressed for most of the first half without success, but as the game opened up, chances came more freely, and Lyn capped a free-flowing attack through the middle with a right-foot shot which deflected off the legs of goalkeeper Andre Plummer and into the net. </SPAN>
<SPAN style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: newspaper; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">Spalding equalised four minutes later when Jahmaly Powell’s deep diagonal cross from the left was headed home by Swaby running free on the blind side of the Munro defence. </SPAN>
<SPAN style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: newspaper; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">Munro were sure they had the winner when the tricky, speedy Wilson, hounded by defenders, kept his composure to poke the ball home. But Christopher, having only just arrived on the field, drew his team level when he netted with his left foot from Powell’s right-side free kick. </SPAN>
<SPAN style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: newspaper; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">In the second game, STETHS were shocked early when Bradley scored with a bouncing header from Miguel Antoine’s free kick. But five minutes later, the ever dangerous Pascoe picked up Akeil Williams’ through pass following a dismantling dribble down the left by Downswell and hammered into the back of the net with his left-foot shot. </SPAN>
<SPAN style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: newspaper; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">Holmwood were threatening to at least draw the game deep in the second half, when Downswell slipped under the right arm of his marker to brilliantly head home substitute Deshorn Brown’s leftside cross. </SPAN>
<SPAN style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: newspaper; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">And with the game almost done, Downswell broke free through the inside right channel and drilled his low rightfooter int
<SPAN style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: newspaper; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">But fellow St Elizabeth team, many-time winners Munro College, were held to a 2-2 draw by another Manchester team, Spalding High, in the opening game. </SPAN>
<SPAN style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: newspaper; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">STETHS fell behind in the sixth minute when Gabbi Bradley netted for Holmwood. But striker Comar Pascoe found the equaliser in the 11th minute, while Downswell supplied the winning goals in the 70th and 89th minutes. </SPAN>
<SPAN style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: newspaper; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">In the opener played in sweltering early afternoon sunshine, Munro opened the scoring through substitute Mark Lyn in the 63rd minute. National Under-20 striker Richard Wilson added a second in the 73rd. </SPAN>
<SPAN style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: newspaper; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">But Spalding’s impressive striker Francois Swaby in the 67th minute and substitute Milton Christopher in the 82nd provided the equalising goals. </SPAN>
<SPAN style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: newspaper; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">Munro pressed for most of the first half without success, but as the game opened up, chances came more freely, and Lyn capped a free-flowing attack through the middle with a right-foot shot which deflected off the legs of goalkeeper Andre Plummer and into the net. </SPAN>
<SPAN style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: newspaper; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">Spalding equalised four minutes later when Jahmaly Powell’s deep diagonal cross from the left was headed home by Swaby running free on the blind side of the Munro defence. </SPAN>
<SPAN style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: newspaper; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">Munro were sure they had the winner when the tricky, speedy Wilson, hounded by defenders, kept his composure to poke the ball home. But Christopher, having only just arrived on the field, drew his team level when he netted with his left foot from Powell’s right-side free kick. </SPAN>
<SPAN style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: newspaper; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">In the second game, STETHS were shocked early when Bradley scored with a bouncing header from Miguel Antoine’s free kick. But five minutes later, the ever dangerous Pascoe picked up Akeil Williams’ through pass following a dismantling dribble down the left by Downswell and hammered into the back of the net with his left-foot shot. </SPAN>
<SPAN style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: newspaper; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">Holmwood were threatening to at least draw the game deep in the second half, when Downswell slipped under the right arm of his marker to brilliantly head home substitute Deshorn Brown’s leftside cross. </SPAN>
<SPAN style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: newspaper; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">And with the game almost done, Downswell broke free through the inside right channel and drilled his low rightfooter int