Der­rel Gar­cia con­tin­ued to grab the head­lines in this year’s Sec­ondary Schools Foot­ball League when he got both goals to lead St Bene­dict’s Col­lege to a 2-0 win over Siparia West Sec­ondary in their South Zone Co­ca-Co­la In­ter­col quar­ter­fi­nal at Ma­haica Sport­ing Com­plex, Point Fortin, Fri­day.

Al­so yes­ter­day, the SS­FL gen­er­al sec­re­tary Aza­ad Mo­hammed-Khan is­sued a state­ment to the me­dia sur­round­ing Gar­cia’s bona fide sta­tus at St Bene­dict’s Col­lege which stat­ed that the mat­ter has been re­ferred to the Dis­ci­pli­nary Com­mit­tee of the league, which will meet on Thurs­day, No­vem­ber 14 at 10 am with their cre­den­tials as league cham­pi­ons un­der ques­tion along with any pos­si­ble fur­ther sanc­tions in­clu­sive of be­ing thrown out of the rest of this year’s SS­FL com­pe­ti­tions.

How­ev­er, Gar­cia seemed to not let the off-field is­sues be of both­er as he scored both items to steer St Bene­dict’s Col­lege to a semi­fi­nal date on Fri­day, No­vem­ber 15 at Point Fortin with Pleas­antville Sec­ondary, who ham­mered Rio Claro West Sec­ondary 5-0 at the Man­nie Ramjohn Sta­di­um, Mara­bel­la, pow­ered by a hat-trick from Je­lani Richards, and one each from En­e­sio Williams and Ah­jahi­di No­ray.

In the Cen­tral Zone quar­ter­fi­nals, Cara­pichaima East Sec­ondary won by de­fault from Cou­va East Sec­ondary and will come up against Ch­agua­nas North Sec­ondary in the semi­fi­nals on Mon­day at the Ato Boldon Sta­di­um, Cou­va, af­ter the lat­ter got a goal each from Is­rael Out­ar, Ne­gaste Moore, and Je­re­mi­ah Vil­lafana to shut out Cou­va West Sec­ondary at Ed­in­burgh 500 Recre­ation Ground, Ch­agua­nas.

Up North, Mal­ick Sec­ondary blanked St Mary’s Col­lege 2-0 with a goal each from Ronald­in­ho Richards, and Josante Dun­can at Fa­ti­ma Col­lege Ground, Mu­cu­rapo Road and will next face Fa­ti­ma Col­lege on Thurs­day in the fi­nal four.

Al­so yes­ter­day, Queen’s Roy­al Col­lege got a goal each from Ja­sai Theophilus, and Phillip Gray in a 2-1 win over East Mu­cu­rapo Sec­ondary at St Mary’s Col­lege Ground, St Clair with Jalane Brown on tar­get for the losers.

In the first match of the East Zone quar­ter­fi­nals dou­ble-head­er, na­tion­al se­nior team play­er Lin­dell Sween helped him­self to a hat-trick in lead­ing San Juan North Sec­ondary to a 6-0 romp over Va­len­cia Sec­ondary.

The trio of Jadiel Joseph, Jahdel Chase-Charles and Ja­heshua Fer­gu­son added the oth­ers for San Juan North who will meet the win­ners of last night’s sec­ond match be­tween St Au­gus­tine Sec­ondary and El Do­ra­do East Sec­ondary in Wednes­day’s semi­fi­nals.

Fri­day’s SS­FL Co­ca-Co­la Boys In­ter-Col re­sults

Zon­al Quar­ter­fi­nals:

CEN­TRAL:

Cara­pichaima East 3 vs Cou­va East 0 - by de­fault

Ch­agua­nas North 3 (Is­rael Out­ar, Ne­gaste Moore, Je­re­mi­ah Vil­lafana) vs Cou­va West 0

EAST ZONE:

San Juan North 6 (Lin­dell Sween 3, Jadiel Joseph, Jahdel Chase-Charles Ja­heshua Fer­gu­son) vs Va­len­cia 0

St Au­gus­tine 2 vs El Do­ra­do East 2. El Do won 4-3 on penal­ty kicks.

NORTH:

Mal­ick 2 (Ronald­in­ho Richards, Josante Dun­can) vs St Mary’s Col­lege 0

Queen’s Roy­al Col­lege 2 (Ja­sai Theophilus, Phillip Gray) vs East Mu­cu­rapo 1 (Jalane Brown)

SOUTH:

Pleas­antville 5 (Je­lani Richards 3, En­e­sio Williams, Ah­jahi­di No­ray) vs Rio Claro West 0

St Bene­dict’s Col­lege 2 (Der­rell Gar­cia 2) vs Siparia West Sec 0

To­day’s match­es:

TO­BA­GO: At Shaw Park Sports Com­plex, Scar­bor­ough

Scar­bor­ough Sec vs Rox­bor­ough Sec, 2 pm

Spey­side Sec vs Pen­te­costal L&L, 4 pm