Three different players were on target to lead visitors Arima North Secondary to a 3-1 win away to St Anthony’s College to go top of the 16-team Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premiership Division standings on Wednesday.
The trio of Tyrell Stapleton, Dimitri Jones, and Micha’el John got a goal each for the ‘Dial Dynamos” of Arima to cancel out Terique Theobald’s lone item for the previously perfect ‘Westmooring Tiger’ at St Anthony’s College, Westmoorings.
With the win, Arima North improved to seven points from three matches, the same as Malick Secondray, Naparima College, and St. Benedict’s College, while Presentation College of San Fernando, St. Anthony’s College, and San Juan North Secondary are next with six points each.
At St Mary’s College Ground, Serpentine Road, St Clair, Tyrese Manswell scored a hat-trick to lead former powerhouse Malick Secondary to a 4-2 whipping of previously unbeaten Signal Hill Secondary.
In addition to Manswell, who has now netted four goals in three matches on the season, Ronaldinho Richards was also on target for Malick Secondary with his second of the campaign to cancel out strikes from Kyle James, his fifth goal, and Jaden Richardson in the see-saw battle.
At Fatima College Ground, Mucurapo Road, visitors Naparima College was denied all three points by defending champions Fatima College in a 1-1 deadlock.
Darius Procope got the opener for Naparima College two minutes before the half-time interval, and that lead lasted until the 85th minute when national Under-17 midfielder Luke Correia challenged two defenders and then slotted the ball to the left of the keeper in the southern goal to snatched a point for the host, who moved to four points. Fatima has a match in hand as a result of their match with St Augustine Secondary which was postponed on September 11.
At the Mahaica Oval Sporting Complex, Point Fortin, national Under-20 winger Josiah Winger converted two penalty kicks in the 56th and 91st minutes for St Benedict’s College after Khaleem Prince had netted a 17th opener for Trinity East.
Elsewhere, Phillip Nelson netted a double to earn Queen’s Royal College an exciting 3-2 victory over Speyside Secondary, who also got a brace from Shyon George. San Juan North Secondary kept East Mucurapo Secondary pointless with a 2-0 triumph, and St Mary’s College finally got its campaign up and rolling behind a 2-1 win over Miracle Ministries, while the matches between St Augustine Secondary and Presentation College were postponed due to a waterlogged field.
Wednesday’s Results
Fatima 1 (Luke Correia 85th) vs Naparima 1 (Darius Procope 43rd)
Malick 4 (Tyrese Manswell 3, Ronaldinho Richards) vs Signal Hill 2 (Kyle James, Jaden Richardson)
St Mary’s College 2 (Kyle Phillip, Alejandro Harper) vs Miracle Ministries 1 (Kyle Holder)
QRC 3 (Phillip Nelson 2, Aydon Caruth) vs Speyside 2 (Shyon George 2)
San Juan North 2 (Jadiel Joseph 65th, Malique Marrat 81st) vs East Mucurapo 0
Arima North 3 (Tyrell Stapleton, Dimitri Jones, Micha’e John) vs St Anthony’s 1 (Terique Theobald)
St Benedict’s 2 (Josiah Ochoa 56th pen, 91st pen) vs Trinity East 1 (Khaleem Prince 17th)
St Augustine vs Presentation - postponed
Teams P W D L F A Pts
1. Arima North 3 2 1 0 8 1 7
2. Malick 3 2 1 0 9 5 7
3. Naparima 3 2 1 0 6 3 7
4. St Benedict’s 3 2 1 0 5 2 7
5. Presentation 2 2 0 0 8 1 6
6. St Anthony’s 3 2 0 1 9 4 6
7. San Juan North 3 2 0 1 6 4 6
8. Signal Hill 3 2 0 1 8 8 6
9. Fatima 2 1 1 0 9 1 4
10. QRC 3 1 0 2 5 6 3
11. St Mary’s 3 1 0 2 3 10 3
12. Speyside 3 0 1 2 5 8 1
13. Trinity East 3 0 0 3 5 8 0
14. East Mucurapo 3 0 0 3 2 6 0
15. St Augustine 1 0 0 1 0 5 0
16. Miracle Ministries 3 0 0 3 1 16 0