Cornwall, Glenmuir record daCosta Cup quarter-final victories
ST JAMES, Jamaica — Former champions Cornwall College and Glenmuir High were winners on Saturday as the quarter-finals of the ISSA daCosta Cup football competition got underway.
Despite finishing the game with 10 men, Cornwall College beat McGrath High 2-0 in Montego Bay, St James, while in the other Group A contest Glenmuir High held off Kemps Hill High 3-2 in the Clarendon derby in May Pen.
The Group B matches, featuring St Elizabeth Technical High School (STETHS) versus Clarendon College, and Dinthill High against Christiana High, both ended 1-1.
In Montego Bay, Cornwall scored twice in the final 25 minutes plus stoppage time as they handed McGrath back-to-back losses for the first time this season.
Cornwall College had the better of chances in a lacklustre first half and had to wait until the 66th minute to find the target. Shakeen Gibson unlocked the McGrath defence with a dribble into the six-yard box, drawing goalkeeper Orlando Griffiths and three defenders before passing the ball to the wide open Carlondo Morris to slot the ball into the unprotected goal.
Cornwall College were reduced to 10 players in the 88th minute when goalkeeper Carlyle Tingling was given a straight red card by Referee Romario Francis.
In time added, Griffiths misjudged a free kick taken by second-half substitute Shaheem Bernard from about 22 yards, with the ball bouncing just in front of him and nestling into the goal.
In May Pen, Kemps Hill High lost the first game of the round for the third-straight time.
Kemps Hill had lost their opening game of the round of 32 to Cornwall 0-2 and were beaten 0-4 by STETHS in the first game of the round of 16, but still managed to advance.
On Saturday, Oneil Headley and Dunsting Cohen staked Glenmuir High to a 2-0 lead after 39 minutes before Kemps Hill pulled a goal back in the 76th minute.
Orel Miller then made the score 3-1 in favour of Glenmuir in the 89th minute, before Kemps Hill managed to cut the lead to a single goal in time added.
At Santa Cruz, Kaieem Lewis gave home team STETHS the lead when he scored from the penalty spot in the 50th minute. But Rwanie Rampasaul salvaged a point for Clarendon College with a goal in the 57th minute.
SATURDAY’S RESULTS
Cornwall 2, McGrath 0
Glenmuir 3, Kemps Hill 2
STETHS 1, Clarendon 1
Dinthill 1, Christiana High 1
