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Excelsior repeat 4-0 beating of Tarrant
Excelsior&rsquo;s Tyrick Sutherland (left) and Malik Cockings of Tarrant in an aerial challenge for possession during the ISSA/FLOW Group A contest at Molynes Field yesterday. (<strong>Observer)</strong>
Football, Manning Cup, Sports
BY SHERDON COWAN Observer staff reporter cowans@jamaicaobserver.com  
September 25, 2016

Excelsior repeat 4-0 beating of Tarrant

Excelsior High whip Tarrant High 4-0 in repeat performance

In what was basically a repeat performance of their first-leg contest, Excelsior High once again trounced Tarrant High 4-0 in Group A return-leg action of the Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA)/FLOW Manning Cup competition yesterday.

Substitute Tyane Wilson led the way with a brace in the 65th and 70th minutes, with Voshawn Williams (23rd) and Alain Skerritt (88th) grabbing the others in the lopsided contest at Molynes Field.

The win propelled Excelsior to the top of the five-team standing on 10 points, with a superior goal difference over Greater Portmore. The latter also moved to 10 points following a 2-1 deafeat of Tivoli Gardens High in the other group fixture in St Catherine.

Group favourites St George’s College have slipped to third on nine points and will not be in action until Saturday.

It was one-way traffic from the first whistle at Molynes Field, with the Mountain View Avenue-based Excelsior settling very briskly to dictate the pace of the game. They went to the break 1-0 up after Williams’ intended cross from the left side of the park fortuitously bounced past everyone and into the back of the net.

Excelsior produced a more commanding display on the resumption with Coach Shavar Thomas inserting three of his more seasoned players in the dreadlocked Thorne Buchanan, Wilson and Ryan Spence.

The trio wasted little time in impacting the contest, as Wilson got on the scoresheet from close range five minutes past the hour mark, after connecting with a well-timed through pass from Spence.

Wilson completed his brace and sent Excelsior 3-0 up, when he capitalised on a defensive error at the far post and literally walked the ball into the net past the hapless Demario Riley in goal for Tarrant.

Skerritt then put the icing on the cake two minutes from time, when he picked up a loose ball on the left flank and drove home a well-struck left-footed shot.

Coach Thomas was pleased with the performance after fielding a second-tier team comprising mostly fringe players.

“We got three points today (yesterday) on a tough field; sometimes when the opponents are a little less than us it causes a lack of concentration. We got some chances that we should have put away, but nevertheless we got three points and four goals, so I am happy with that. We are just building as we go along and everybody will get a chance, that is how the game is,” Thomas told journalists in a post-game interview.

“We are most definitely hoping to stay at the top because the vision is to be in the FLOW Super Cup and the Walker Cup and even to win the Manning Cup, but I tell my players, to win we have to simply go through St George’s College and Jamaica College,” he added.

His counterpart, Francois Fenton, took some positives from the contest.

“We have some serious injury issues and we had to reconstruct the side so inexperience has contributed to our losses all season. But there are a lot of positives to take from this game because a lot of the younger players gained some experience here to build on their confidence going forward,” he noted.

Yesterday’s resultsGroup ATarrant 0, Excelsior 4Greater Portmore 2, Tivoli Gardens 1Group BEltham 0, STATHS 1Group EHoly Trinity 3, Waterford 1Charlie Smith 5, Mona 0Today’s scheduleGroup CNorman Manley vs Denham Town @ Maxfield ParkPapine vs Ascot @ PapineKingston College vs St Mary’s College @ National StadiumGroup DArdenne vs Jonathan Grant @ ArdennePembroke Hall vs Haile Selassie @ Pembroke HallMeadowbrook vs St Catherine @ Michigan AvenueGroup FKingston Technical vs Dunoon Technical @ Kingston TechnicalCamperdown vs Jose Marti @ Alpha InstituteWolmer’s Boys’ vs Edith Dalton James @ Heroe’s CircleGroup GSt Jago vs Campion College @ Prison OvalBridgeport vs Calabar @ DunbeholdenCumberland vs Hydel @ Cumberland*All games are scheduled for 3:30 pm kick-off

Yesterday’s results

Group A

Tarrant 0, Excelsior 4

Greater Portmore 2, Tivoli Gardens 1

Group B

Eltham 0, STATHS 1

Group E

Holy Trinity 3, Waterford 1

Charlie Smith 5, Mona 0

Today’s schedule

Group C

Norman Manley vs Denham Town @ Maxfield Park

Papine vs Ascot @ Papine

Kingston College vs St Mary’s College @ National Stadium

Group D

Ardenne vs Jonathan Grant @ Ardenne

Pembroke Hall vs Haile Selassie @ Pembroke Hall

Meadowbrook vs St Catherine @ Michigan Avenue

Group F

Kingston Technical vs Dunoon Technical @ Kingston Technical

Camperdown vs Jose Marti @ Alpha Institute

Wolmer’s Boys’ vs Edith Dalton James @ Heroe’s Circle

Group G

St Jago vs Campion College @ Prison Oval

Bridgeport vs Calabar @ Dunbeholden

Cumberland vs Hydel @ Cumberland

*All games are scheduled for 3:30 pm kick-off

Tyane Wilson (aerial) of Excelsior brings the ball under control while Chadpaul Dunkley of Tarrant looks on during the ISSA/FLOW Group A contest at Molynes Field yesterday.<strong> (Observer)</strong>

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