Wolmer’s Boys continued their unbeaten start to the ISSA/Digicel Manning Cup season with a comfortable 5-2 win over Edith Dalton James High at Heroes’ Circle on Monday as they made it seven wins and a draw from eight games.

The Alex Thomas-coached outfit have now taken a stranglehold on Group G and are well positioned to top the group ahead of the round of 16 and first knockout phase of the competition.

Twenty-one goals for and five against to go along with the 22 points amassed so far means that Wolmer’s are now way ahead of last season’s shambolic showing where they failed to advance from the group stage.

Following a string of good performances, at least one member of the team has started to dream big.

Striker Milton Harris was given only his second start of the season on Monday and he took full advantage of it to score a first-half brace to set up the second win for his school over Edith Dalton this season.

Harris broke the deadlock in the 23rd minute with a simple tap in to finish before showing persistence to chase down a lost cause and score his and the team’s second and restore their lead on the stroke of half-time. Brandon Duckette had drawn Edith Dalton level just two minutes after his first strike.

Clearly possessing the right instincts as a forward, Harris was not impressed with his own performance because he fell short of every striker’s dream.

“I wasn’t impressed with my performance because I had the hat-trick, but I rushed it. But I know I can improve as the season goes on,” he insisted.

“It’s good to get two goals today; it was good for the team and helped to build our confidence. I feel very good because I got the start and I helped my team to win the game,” said Harris.

Though he wants more goals, he also wants something else.

“I am looking forward to… going very far in the Manning Cup or even to win it,” he said.

He trusts the way the team is being prepared and believes that is the key to the success so far.

“The team is good, but we can improve as we go along because we have a good coaching staff,” Harris suggested.

Looming large for all the teams that advance out of the group stage is the newly renamed ISSA Champions Cup. Formerly known as the Super Cup, the competition, which was shortened by one round last year, returns to its original format of 16 teams: eight from the DaCosta Cup and eight from the Manning Cup.

Wolmer’s were the third winners of the Super Cup, and Harris says etching their names on the newly minted Champions Cup is a major target for him and his teammates.

“We want to be the first team to win the ISSA Champions Cup and also win the Manning Cup because this year would be 24 years since Wolmer’s last won the competition,” noted Harris.

Wolmer’s coach Alex Thomas insists that his team is taking it one game at a time, but notes boys are dreaming and dreaming big.

— Dwayne Richards