FROME, Westmoreland — Defending ISSA/Gatorade/Digicel daCosta Cup champions Rusea’s High romped to their fourth straight win in Zone B by blanking Frome Technical, 2-0, at Frome Sports Grounds yesterday.

Brian Brown broke his three-match drought by scoring both goals for Rusea’s to snap Frome’s three-game win streak and give his team a three-point lead atop the group.

Frome’s second-half substitute Norval James suffered a fractured leg within three minutes of entering the fray and was due to undergo surgery last night.

After being put under pressure in the first half, Rusea’s rebounded decisively in the 43rd minute when Brown latched onto a ball outside the box and fired high into the net.

Brown added a second in the second half to take his tally to 10 for the season — behind St Elizabeth Technical’s Kevon Farquharson.

Meanwhile, St James, Grange Hill, Buff Bay and Cedric Titus all extended their winning starts.

St James edged William Knibb, 1-0, in a Zone A game at Martha Brae; Grange Hill assumed the lead in Zone E after beating Godfrey Stewart, 1-0, while Mannings drew 2-2 with Petersfield. Cedric Titus blanked Browns Town, 2-0, in Zone C.

STETHS had their five-game win streak snapped through a 1-1 draw at Munro College, while Shamario Mullings scored twice for Black River in a 5-1 win over Newell High.

Edwin Allen rebounded form Wednesday 0-0 draw with Clarendon College to beat Claude McKay, 3-0, and stay atop Zone H, while Clarendon College and Lennon drew 1-1.

Denbigh stayed on top of Zone I with a 3-0 win over Kemps Hill, while Glenmuir edged past Garvey Maceo with a 3-1 result.

Denbigh lead with 15 points, two more than Glenmuir, with Garvey a point back.

Green Pond scored their first win of the season a come-from-behind to beat Cornwall College, 4-1, at Jarrett Park after a 1-1 half-time scoreline.

Yesterday’s results

Zone A

Cornwall College 1 Green Pond 4

William Knibb 0 St James 1

Spot Valley 3 Irwin 1

Zone B

Green Island 2 Merlene Ottey 1

Frome 0 Rusea’s 2

Anchovy 3 Maldon 2

Zone C

Albert Town 0 Marcus Garvey 2

Cedric Titus 2 Browns Town 0

Ocho Rios 1 York Castle 0

Zone D

St Mary High 1 Tacky 0

Zone E

Little London Maud McLeod 3

Grange Hill 1 Godfrey Stewart 0

Petersfield 2 Mannings 2

Zone F

Munro 1 STETHS 1

Black River 5 Newell 1

Lacovia 0 Balaclava 2

Zone G

Mile Gully 1 Holmwood 0

Christiana 3 Bellefield 1

Manchester High 1 Spaulding 0

Zone H

Clarendon College 1 Lennon 1

Claude McKay 0 Edwin Allen 3

Zone I

Bustamante 0 Vere 1

Glenmuir 3 Garvey Maceo 1

Denbigh 3 Kemps H -0

Zone J

Dinthill 2 Tacius Golding 2

Charlemont vs Old Harbour — water-logged field

Bog Walk 1 McGrath 0

Zone K

Port Antonio 1 Titchfield 1

Buff Bay 3 Happy Grove 1

Fair Prospect 2 Annotto Bay 1

Zone L

Robert Lightbourne 0 Morant Bay 2

St Thomas Technical 1 Paul Bogle 2