KINGSTON, Jamaica — Following another outstanding display from Rajae McGeachy, Kingston College (KC) retained its Inter-secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA) Urban Under-14 cricket title with a comprehensive win over Excelsior High on Saturday.

KC batted first and made 132- 6 from their 30 allotted overs with opener McGeachy making 76 runs from 61 balls inclusive of seven fours and four sixes. When he was dismissed first man out, the score was 82, with KC well on their way.

Marcus Bryan contributed 36 with six fours and KC reached 132-6, a more than reasonable score at this level. Nathan Laing took 3-44 and Jqune Morales 2-16 for Excelsior.

But the boys from Mountain View started badly in their run chase, losing top batsman Ricardo Clarke for a duck, being bowled by McGeachy and they never recovered and folded for a paltry 21 runs.

McGeachy captured seven wickets for just six runs as he destroyed the Excelsior batting line up and was ably supported by Jaydon Miller who took 3-13.

The promising McGeachy was the Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the competition hitting 636 runs from six innings at an amazing average of 212. He had a high score of 196 made against Excelsior in the earlier round as KC piled up 238-3. He also scored 146 against Campion College and 168 against Innswood High.

McGeachy was second in the bowling department with 44 wickets, behind Keyrani Beckford of Bridgeport High, who took 52 wickets.

McGeachy was also the MVP of the Under-16 competition that KC also won for the second consecutive year. He stroked a masterful 224 not out as KC defeated Wolmer’s Boys’ by 266 runs in the semi-final.

With KC winning both the Under-14 and Under-16 titles for the last two years head coach Shane Brooks said they put in the work and have reaped the rewards.

“We defended our U-14 and U-16 title. I think we have been doing a lot of work. This programme is going non-stop for the last two years,” Brooks told the Observer Online.

“Having joined the KC programme in 2022, we have not stopped. We have been going right through the summers with different programmes that we put in place. We have been going through all the holidays while other persons are resting and relaxing,” Brooks pointed out.

“We are pushing these boys. We are continuing the work because we don’t think we are where we want to be as yet. But, you know, everything comes with time,” he noted.

“We might lower the intensity during certain periods, but we never come to a standstill. We ensure that our boys are involved with clubs. We ensure that our boys are involved with whatever teams that they can get some experience from. We are open to training right through the year”.

“We have planned properly. These guys have executed perfectly. The KC, rightfully, are champions again, Under-14, Under-16″.