Pre­sen­ta­tion Col­lege, San Fer­nan­do is the Pre­mier­ship Di­vi­sion cham­pi­on team of the Pow­er­Gen Sec­ondary School tour­na­ment for the first time in 26 years.

The Tariq Mo­hammed-led south­ern out­fit de­feat­ed Cou­va East in its round-robin round match to lift the South­ern Cham­pi­onship ti­tle to book its place in the top flight next year.

Bat­ting first, Cou­va East made 122 all out with Dil­lon Manohar get­ting 26 and open­er Den­zil An­toine 19. the pick of the Pre­sen­ta­tion bowlers were na­tion­al youth play­er V0anir Ma­haraj 3/19, off-spin­ner Jalen Agard 2/10 and Shem Acevero 2/11). In re­sponse, Pre­sen­ta­tion Col­lege San Fer­nan­do made 124/3 with Mo­hammed lead­ing the way with 42 and the hard-hit­ting San­jay Jawahir get­ting an un­beat­en 46.

Al­so mak­ing their way to the top rung is St. Mary's Col­lege, which won the North Cham­pi­onship with a vic­to­ry over To­co by six wick­ets.

Sachin Sood­een played a great hand in dis­miss­ing To­co for 112. He snared six wick­ets for 14 runs, as on­ly Eli­jah Williams 36 and Trevon Bobb 23 showed any fight. St. Mary's Col­lege in re­ply got to 116/4 as Leon Bas­sano 36 and Ger­ard Chin 36 made light work of the tar­get.

In the Pre­mier­ship, Hillview end­ed the league un­beat­en, when it got the bet­ter of Fa­ti­ma Col­lege by three wick­ets. Navin Be­daisee was the star of the show as he claimed 5/23 to bowl out Fa­ti­ma for 129. He then scored 31 which helped his team to the win­ning tar­get.

POW­ER­GEN SEC­ONDARY SCHOOL SCORES

PRE­MIER­SHIP

At Bene­dicts: Pre­sen­ta­tion Col­lege Chag 103/9 (26.5) - Aban­doned due to rain.

At Mu­cu­rapo: Fa­ti­ma 129 all out (Je­re­mi­ah Cruick­shank 29, Navin Be­daisee 5/23) vs Hillview 134/7 (Navin Be­daisee 31, Rick­ash Boodram 31, Jonathan Ramd­hanie 2/28) - Hillview won by 3 wk­ts.

At Lewis Street: Na­pari­ma Col­lege 57/7 (Avinash Ma­habirs­ingh 26, Isa­iah Gomez 2/8) - Match aban­doned due to rain.

NORTH CHAM­PI­ONSHIP

At Ser­pen­tine Rd: To­co 112 all out (Eli­jah Williams 36, Trevon Bobb 23, Sachin Sood­een 6/14) vs St. Mary's Col­lege 116/4 (Leon Bas­sano 36, Ger­ard Chin 36) - St. Mary's won by 6 wk­ts.

SOUTH CHAM­PI­ONSHIP

At NCC: Cou­va East 122 all out (Dil­lon Manohar 26, Den­zil An­toine 19, Javed Mo­hammed 18, Vanir Ma­haraj 3/19, Jalen Agard 2/10, Shem Acevero 2/11) vs Pre­sen­ta­tion S'Fdo 124/3 (Tariq Mo­hammed 42, San­jay Jawahir 46no, Am­rit Ma­haraj 17) - Pre­sen­ta­tion won by 7 wk­ts.