KINGSTON – The Ja­maica Un­der-16 net­ball team con­tin­ued their dom­i­nance over arch-ri­vals T&T, fol­low­ing a 42-16 vic­to­ry in the fi­nal game of their two-match se­ries in the Is­land Vibes Tour­na­ment in Kingston, Ja­maica which ran from Fri­day to Sun­day (Sep­tem­ber 20-22).

The vic­to­ry fol­lowed up their 40-13 win in the open­ing game at the Leila Robin­son Courts.

Led by stand­out goal shoot­er Kae­lyn-Kendra Smith, who net­ted an im­pres­sive 25 goals from 27 at­tempts, Ja­maica surged to an 11-4 lead at the end of the first quar­ter.

They ex­tend­ed their ad­van­tage with a strong sec­ond quar­ter, scor­ing 12 more goals to head in­to the half­time break lead­ing 23-7.

De­spite T&T’s best quar­ter in the third, where they added sev­en goals, the Ja­maicans held firm, main­tain­ing a com­fort­able 33-14 lead.

The fi­nal quar­ter saw Ja­maica close the match with nine goals to T&T’s two, seal­ing the em­phat­ic 42-16 win.

Goal at­tack Khere­sa Pec­co con­tributed nine goals from 11 at­tempts, while Kalee Mar­tin added eight from nine.

For T&T, goal-at­tack Teni­cia Goodrich was per­fect with six from six, while goal-shoot­er McK­ay­la Grant scored six from 10 at­tempts.

In the ear­li­er U-18 clash, Den­bigh High made light work of T&T’s U18s for the sec­ond time in the tour­na­ment, fol­low­ing a 38-15 vic­to­ry.

The Ja­maican team had pre­vi­ous­ly de­feat­ed the Twin Is­land Re­pub­lic 36-18.

Den­bigh steadi­ly built their lead with quar­ter­ly scores of 10-7, 18-9, 29-14, and 38-15.

Re­niece Williams was the top scor­er for Den­bigh with 28 goals from 40 at­tempts, sup­port­ed by Crisa­da Wig­nall and Abi­gail Williams, who both chipped in with five goals each. Ake­si Quashie led the scor­ing for T&T with sev­en goals from 10 at­tempts.

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T&T na­tion­al teams

U-16: Zewdi­tu Alexan­der, Ne­fer­ti­ti Bar­ring­ton, Ama­ra Bha­gan, Rayelle Bo­ca, Na­talia Chap­man, Tehilla Chap­man, Teni­cia Goodridge, Makay­la Grant (co-cap­tain), Sophia Her­nan­dez (co-cap­tain), Ja­da King, Adan­naya Mar­tin, Kalvinelle Roberts, Princess Tay­lor, Nabi­jah Wil­son, Deneill Zamore.

Tech­ni­cal staff: Leslie-Ann Bac­quain (head coach), Si­mone Mor­gan (as­sis­tant coach), Akeela Ro­driguez (man­ag­er), Abe­jah Robin­son (train­er), Melis­sa Al­lick (physio) and Jerome Browne (mas­sage ther­a­pists).

U-18: Ake­si Quashie, Ani­ka Collins, Akee­lah Ed­wards-Lid­low, Aza­lia Oliv­er­ie, Chaneisha John, Jilis­sa Bis­soon, Jo­ni­ah Be­har­ry, Karis­sa Grant, Keiko Roy, Khe­mayah An­der­son, Makay­la George, Menen Alexan­der, Mya-Marie Mor­ris, Raynelle Tay­lor, Zaria Ar­mour

Tech­ni­cal staff: So­journ­er Hyles-Lewis (coach), Joel Brown (as­sis­tant coach), Cyn­thia Stephen­son (man­ag­er), Wayne Samuel (train­er), Shenice Git­tens (mas­sage ther­a­pist)