Clarendon College, BB Coke stay hot in Round of 16
SANTA CRUZ, St Elizabeth – Defending champions Clarendon College and BB Coke High won back-to-back games in the round of 16 in the ISSA/Wata daCosta Cup football competition on Wednesday as they closed in on qualifying for the quarter-final round.
Clarendon College who ended the game with 10 players, handed St Elizabeth Technical High (STETHS) their first loss of the season, edging them 1-0 while BB Coke ended Manchester High’s perfect win record at 13, outscoring them 4-2. Both games were played at the St Elizabeth Technical Sports Complex in Santa Cruz.
Glenmuir High and Garvey Maceo rebounded from their draw on Saturday to beat Port Antonio High 5-0 and Frome Technical 1-0, respectively, while Dinthill Technical edged Christiana High 1-0 with Cornwall College beating Mile Gully 2-0.
In Santa Cruz, Devonte Hodges scored the only goal of the game as Clarendon College extended their perfect record to 12 games as they took control of Group 1 with six points.
Clarendon College had to play the final four minutes of regulation plus time added with one less player after Nahshon Bolt-Barrett was sent off late in the game after being issued a second yellow card.
In the first game of the double-header, Zoreck Grant scored a brace to lead BB Coke, while Semar Williams and Devonte Blake got the others as they led Manchester High 3-1 at half-time.
Kyle Gordon and Deandre Johnson both scored braces for Glenmuir High and Orel Miller got the other in their big 5-0 win over Port Antonio as they took the lead in Group 4, on goal difference over Garvey Maceo, who edged Frome Technical 1-0.
Both Glenmuir High and Garvey Maceo are on four points, one more than Frome Technical.
Dinthill Tech are the leaders in Group 3 after edging Christiana High 1-0, while Cornwall College moved ahead of STEHS into second place in Group 1 after blanking Mile Gully High 2-0 with goals from Braxton Richards and Michael Balfour who scored his first goal at this level.