BODLES, St Catherine — Tacius Golding High maintained their lead in Zone J of the ISSA/Gatorade/Digicel daCosta Cup schoolboy competition yesterday after blanking Charlemont High, 3-0, at Bodles.

The Brown’s Hall-based boys were winning their third straight game after an opening-day draw and increased their tally to 11 points with goals from topscorer Kason Sutherland in the first half and Keneil Newell and Gary Francis in the second.

Tacius Golding are coming off three straight dismal years while playing in Zone I, scoring just four points in 2008, none in 2009 — when they managed just three goals — and one point last year to dominate Zone J so far.

Ewarton stayed in second place on nine points after a 2-1 win over Dinthill Technical, while Old Harbour scored their first win of the season, blanking Bog Walk, 3-0, to leap two places into third on goal difference over Dinthill and McGrath.

The high-flying St Elizabeth Technical (STETHS) continued on their merry way with a 6-0 rout of Lacovia for their fifth straight victory, with Carl Campbell scoring four goals on his debut.

Kevon Farquharson took his tally to 12 for the season with one goal, while Donjay Smith got the other for STETHS, who lead Zone F with 15 points and are yet to concede a goal.

Munro College and Black River were also winners to move past DeCarteret College into second place on nine points each.

Black River snapped their two-match skid with a 2-1 win over Balaclava, while Munro beat DeCarteret, 2-0, in Mandeville.

In Zone G, Knox College joined Manchester at the top with 11 points after edging Holmwood Technical, 1-0.

Bellefield returned to winning ways, blanking winless Mile Gully, 2-0, while Spaulding were 2-0 winners over Christiana High.