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Port Antonio into play-offs; ‘Knibb’ upset Cornwall
BY PAUL A REID Observer writer
reidp@jamaicaobserver.com
PORT ANTONIO, Portland — Port Antonio High secured their place in the Zone L play-offs after a 2-1 win over Titchfield at Cader Park yesterday as the return round of the ISSA/Pepsi/Digicel daCosta Cup continued.
Port Antonio avenged their first-round loss to the Andrew Edwards-coached twotime finalists to extend their streak to four in a row. They have an unassailable 10 points in Zone L (a), with a game to go.
It is not all over for Titchfield, however, as they can still progress with victory over Fair Prospect in Wednesday’s final set of matches.
Fair Prospect’s chances of advancing were dealt a severe blow after they were edged 1-0 by Happy Grove, who were winning for the first time this season.
Another team also winning for the first time was William Knibb, who beat Cornwall College 2-1 at Martha Brae for their first points to avenge an opening-day defeat at Jarrett Park and snapping Cornwall’s perfect win record in Zone A.
Romando Anderson and Rajiv Service scored for William Knibb, with all three goals coming in the second half.
Cornwall are still leading the rain-hit Zone A, however, on goal difference over St James High, whose game against Irwin High at Jarrett Park and the Herbert Morrison vs Anchovy game as well as the Zone B encounter between leaders Frome and Cambridge were all called off due to heavy rains in the Montego Bay area.
Clarendon College, Manchester High and Spalding all managed to extend their perfect win records, however. Clarendon, with two goals from Damali Samuels, blanked home team Claude McKay, 3-0, to race to 21 points in Zone H with seven straight wins.
Lennon High and Denbigh, who are chasing Clarendon for second, were also winners. Lennon edged Vere 1-0 as the former winners lost for the third straight game. Denbigh crushed Kellits, 7-1, with Germaine Christian scoring six times to take his tally to nine, but stayed a point behind Lennon with 15.
Manchester edged DeCarteret 1-0 to stay on top in Zone F, while Spalding had a similar scoreline over Christiana in Zone G.
Godfrey Stewart, winners in 2005, continued their resurgence in Zone C with a big 4-1 thrashing of Mannings in the Sav-La-Mar ‘derby’ to climb into second place on goal difference over Petersfield with 11 points.
BY PAUL A REID Observer writer
reidp@jamaicaobserver.com
PORT ANTONIO, Portland — Port Antonio High secured their place in the Zone L play-offs after a 2-1 win over Titchfield at Cader Park yesterday as the return round of the ISSA/Pepsi/Digicel daCosta Cup continued.
Port Antonio avenged their first-round loss to the Andrew Edwards-coached twotime finalists to extend their streak to four in a row. They have an unassailable 10 points in Zone L (a), with a game to go.
It is not all over for Titchfield, however, as they can still progress with victory over Fair Prospect in Wednesday’s final set of matches.
Fair Prospect’s chances of advancing were dealt a severe blow after they were edged 1-0 by Happy Grove, who were winning for the first time this season.
Another team also winning for the first time was William Knibb, who beat Cornwall College 2-1 at Martha Brae for their first points to avenge an opening-day defeat at Jarrett Park and snapping Cornwall’s perfect win record in Zone A.
Romando Anderson and Rajiv Service scored for William Knibb, with all three goals coming in the second half.
Cornwall are still leading the rain-hit Zone A, however, on goal difference over St James High, whose game against Irwin High at Jarrett Park and the Herbert Morrison vs Anchovy game as well as the Zone B encounter between leaders Frome and Cambridge were all called off due to heavy rains in the Montego Bay area.
Clarendon College, Manchester High and Spalding all managed to extend their perfect win records, however. Clarendon, with two goals from Damali Samuels, blanked home team Claude McKay, 3-0, to race to 21 points in Zone H with seven straight wins.
Lennon High and Denbigh, who are chasing Clarendon for second, were also winners. Lennon edged Vere 1-0 as the former winners lost for the third straight game. Denbigh crushed Kellits, 7-1, with Germaine Christian scoring six times to take his tally to nine, but stayed a point behind Lennon with 15.
Manchester edged DeCarteret 1-0 to stay on top in Zone F, while Spalding had a similar scoreline over Christiana in Zone G.
Godfrey Stewart, winners in 2005, continued their resurgence in Zone C with a big 4-1 thrashing of Mannings in the Sav-La-Mar ‘derby’ to climb into second place on goal difference over Petersfield with 11 points.