Rural schools hunt semi-final berths

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<DIV class=HTMLTitle><SPAN id=Ar0330000 style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: newspaper; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">Rural schools hunt semi-final berths </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=Ar0330001 style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: newspaper; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">BY PAUL A REID Observer writer </SPAN><SPAN id=Ar0330002 style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: newspaper; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"></SPAN>
<SPAN style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: newspaper; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">MONTEGO BAY — </SPAN>
<SPAN style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: newspaper; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">Glenmuir High and Garvey Maceo will meet at Brancourt today in the feature game as the ISSA/Pepsi/JN daCosta Cup quarter-finals kick off at four venues. </SPAN>
<SPAN style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: newspaper; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">The Clarendon teams will be meeting for the third time this season after drawing twice when they met in Zone I of the preliminary rounds. </SPAN>
<SPAN style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: newspaper; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">Five former champions and two first time quarter-finalists are among the eight teams left in the title chase. </SPAN>
<SPAN style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: newspaper; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">Clarendon teams dominate the line up as four schools from the parish have advanced to the top eight with at least one certain to advance to the semifinals. Former winners Clarendon College and Glenmuir High, 2002 semifinalists Garvey Maceo and first time quarter-finalists Denbigh are from Clarendon. </SPAN><SPAN id=Ar0330003 style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: newspaper; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"></SPAN>
<SPAN style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: newspaper; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">Rusea’s from Hanover, Frome Technical from Westmoreland and Titchfield from Portland are the other teams in the quarter-finals. </SPAN>
<SPAN style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: newspaper; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">The battle for the two qualifying places form Group One is expected to be intense from the very start, as three former winners — Rusea's, Clarendon and Glenmuir along with Garvey Maceo — will be going after the prized spots. </SPAN>
<SPAN style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: newspaper; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">Ben Francis Knockout champions Frome Technical and Titchfield have been drawn along with the two newcomers Denbigh High and Bog Walk High in Group Two. </SPAN>
<SPAN style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: newspaper; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">Frome Technical’s Boysie </SPAN><SPAN id=Ar0330004 style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: newspaper; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"></SPAN>
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[/B]Nicholson and Titchfield’s Andrew Edwards will be quick to point out that at this stage no team can be taken for granted. </SPAN>
<SPAN style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: newspaper; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">Clarendon College, Glenmuir and Titchfield are coming into the quarter-finals with perfect win records from the Inter-Zone round and will be hoping their form will hold for this round as well. </SPAN>
<SPAN style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: newspaper; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">Garvey Maceo will be hoping to prove their two draws against Glenmuir earlier in the season were no fluke. </SPAN>
<SPAN style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: newspaper; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">Ashton Bennett, who leads the goal scoring race with eight goals, will spearhead the Jeffrey Hewitt-coached team in their first quarter-final game in four years. </SPAN><SPAN id=Ar0330005 style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: ne