Mt St Joseph gets first ever D’Cup win
MANCHESTER, Jamaica — Mt St Joseph Catholic High School scored their first ever win in the ISSA daCosta Cup football competition on Wednesday, beating May Day High 2-1 in their Zone F game played in Mandeville.
Mt St Joseph entered the competition last season, their first ever ISSA organised competition and lost all five games played, as well as their first two this season.
The two goals they scored on Wednesday, matched the total they had scored in their first two games.
Meanwhile, nine schools led by St Elizabeth Technical (STETHS) and Manning’s School extended their perfect win records on Wednesday.
Ajay Smith scored the only goal of the game as STETHS edged BB Coke 1-0 in their Zone E game at Junction to stay on top of the table with 12 points from four straight wins.
Jhamaleek Porter took his tally to eight goals from four games as he scored in the 51st minute to secure Manning’s School’s 2-0 win over Belmont Academy after Shamar Hamilton had scored the opening goal in the third minute.
Shamour Smith scored for the third straight game to lead Rusea’s High to a 2-0 win over Green Island, taking his tally to seven goals while Terome Morgan scored the other for the former champions.
Petersfield High stayed second in Zone D with a 2-1 win over Godfrey Stewart High, while Manchester High beat Belair High 2-0.
Stevaughan Spence scored four times to lead Frome Technical to their 7-0 win over Hopewell High, days after they beat Merlene Ottey High 9-0.
Amari-Christopher Reid scored a hat-trick and Mark Lewis got two as William Knibb beat Muschett High 8-0 at William Knibb and Cedric Titus were 3-0 winners over Herbert Morrison Technical, in Zone C.
Former winners Clarendon College were also back-to-back winners with a 3-0 win over Lennon High.