Well dished out and served on a cold platter.

Such was the revenge of St Elizabeth Technical High School (STETHS), who made amends for last year’s defeat in the Super Cup final by sending defending champions Kingston College packing from the now rebranded ISSA All-Island Champions Cup knockout competition.

STETHS came away with a 6-5 sudden-death penalty victory, after playing out a 1-1 stalemate in full time to book their spot in the quarter-final, joining St George’s College who had earlier defeated Garvey Maceo 2-0 in the curtain-raiser of the double-header at Sabina Park on Friday.

Kevaun Garwood (28th) sent STETHS in front, but Jahmari Morrison pulled Kingston College level in the 56th minute. With no extra time being played, the game went straight into the dreaded penalty kicks.

From their first five kicks, goalkeeper Devonte Clarke, captain Tahjae Green and Anthony Biggs converted for STETHS from the 12-yard spot with Shemar Murray and Tahjae Black missing.

For KC, Trayvone Reid, Brandon Allen and Morrison converted, while Aryamanya Rodgers and Dwayne Atkinson failed from the spot.

In sudden death, STETHS converted all three courtesy of Ronaldo Webster, Garwood and Deangello Brown, while substitute goalkeeper Nataniel Francis and Shane Edmondson scored for KC with Scott McLeod being denied by Clarke to give STETHS victory.

Though STETHS’s win was nothing close to the polished 3-0 scoreline dropped by Kingston College last year, it was good enough for head coach Omar Wedderburn and his Santa Cruz-based team.

“It is somewhat of revenge because if you really look back on last year when we played them, we had the daCosta Cup semi-final and they didn’t have anything to play for but this championship, so now we don’t have anything to play for but this (Champions Cup) and they have Manning Cup semi-final,: he said.

His counterpart Ludlow Bernard took some positives from the outing, vowing that his team will bounce back for the Manning Cup.

“We really did fight valiantly and then it came down to the Russian roulette. So it was a tough one still, but we enjoyed it while it lasted,” Bernard told reporters.

Earlier, both teams were evenly poised in an action-packed first half which had both teams giving as much as they got. But Kingston College were slightly better in possession and seemed more likely to score first, as they utilised the channels before serving a cross in the final third to their advantage.

However, STETHS struck first through Garwood, who pounced on a loose ball and calmly placed a right- footed effort to the left of custodian Devonte Bancroft, who had a fairly good showing in goal before being forced out of the game with an injury.

STETHS maintained the ascendancy on the resumption but failed to extend the lead from a few good openings, which allowed KC to claw their way back into the contest when Morrison converted a delightful left-footed free kick from approximately 30 yards out.

With the score levelled, the teams failed to separate themselves as they squandered a number of chances in end-to-end action.

Despite now sporting one of the favourite tags to claim the title, Wedderburn pointed out that the celebration will be short-lived as they seek to regain their focus on the next assignment.

— Sherdon Cowan