SANTA CRUZ, St Elizabeth — Ben Francis KO champions St Elizabeth Technical High (STETHS) and ISSA Champions Cup holders Glenmuir High are among 12 schools that will be making their first appearances of the ISSA daCosta Cup season Wednesday when the competition continues with 31 games across 12 zones.

After missing Saturday’s kick-off, the teams will now get their campaigns underway and will be hoping for wins.

STETHS, who were runners-up in Zone E last season, will host Newell High, who held the former winners to a 1-1 draw in their first round game last year but capitulated 6-0 at STETHS.

Glenmuir High won their first ISSA Champions Cup but fell at the semi-final level in the daCosta Cup competition, where they had appeared to be on course for a win.

On Wednesday, they will play Bustamante High, who are returning to the competition for the first time since the 2017 season when they lost all first-round games.

Veteran coach Lenworth Hyde has taken over at Dinthill Technical (Photo: Paul Reid)

Glenmuir High won their first eight games last season and were among the first qualifiers for the second round and are expected to be among the favourites this season.

The Lenworth Hyde era at Dinthill Technical will begin when they take on rivals Charlemont High in a Zone J game on Wednesday, and much will be expected from one of the most decorated schoolboys coaches in Jamaica.

Dinthill Technical have been agonisingly close to winning titles over the last few seasons, only to come up short at crucial moments and the experienced Hyde is expected to get them over the hump.

Meanwhile, there will also be six games featuring teams that won their opening games on Saturday, going up against each other.

Maldon High and Irwin High will clash in Zone A at Maldon; BB Coke who upset Munro College on Saturday will take on Maggotty High in Zone E; Bellefield High who beat Alston High 7-0 will be away to Alphansus Davis High in Zone G; Ocho Rios will face York Castle in a Zone K game at Drax Hall; and St Mary High and Port Antonio High meets in Zone M at Highgate Community Centre.

Wednesday games:

Maldon High vs Irwin High — Maldon
Green Pond High vs Herbert Morrison — Green Pond
Cornwall College vs St James High — Cornwall
Rusea’s High vs Anchovy — Colin Miller Sports Complex
Knockalva Tech vs Cambridge — Knockalva
Frome Tech vs Green Island High — Frome
Lewisville High vs Mannings School — Lewisville
Little London vs Petersfield High — Petersfield
William Knibb Memorial vs Troy High — William Knibb
Spot Valley High vs Muschett — Spot Valley
STETHS vs Newell High — STETHS
Munro College vs Sydney Pagon High — Munro
BB Coke vs Maggotty High — BB Coke
Cross Keys High vs Manchester High — Cross Keys
Belair High vs deCarteret College — Brooks Park
May Day High vs Mt St Joseph Catholic — May Day
Porus High vs Holmwood Technical — Porus Comm Centre
Christiana High vs Knox College — Kirkvine
Mile Gully High vs Alston — Mile Gully Comm Centre
Alphansus Davis High vs Bellefield High — Alphansus Davis
Lennon High vs Clarendon College — Lennon
Central High vs Edwin Allen — Effortville
Glenmuir High vs Bustamante High — Glenmuir
Vere Tech vs Winston Jones High — Vere
Denbigh High vs Kemps Hill — Denbigh
Tacius Golding High vs McGrath High — MOE Region 6
Charlemont High vs Dinthill Tech — Charlemont
York Castle High vs Ocho Rios High — York Castle
Marcus Garvey Tech vs Discovery Bay — Drax Hall
St Mary High vs Port Antonio High — Highgate
Titchfield High vs Horace Clarke High — Carder Park