Defending champion St. Joseph’s Convent (Port-of-Spain) and Diego Martin Central Secondary will meet in the North Zone Secondary Schools Girls Football League Coca-Cola Inter-Col at the Diego Martin Sporting Complex, Diego Martin Thursday from 3.30 pm.
This after both teams registered comfortable wins in their respective rescheduled semifinal matches on Tuesday.
At St Mary’s College Ground, Serpentine Road, Rori Gitten scored a hat-trick to fire St. Joseph’s Convent (PoS) to a commanding 5-1 spanking of rival Bishop Anstey High School (PoS).
Gittens found the back of the net as early as the third and tenth minutes for a 2-0 lead before Gabrielle Jackson pulled one back in the 27th minute for Bishop’s Anstey to trail 2-1, but Kaitlyn Darwent then restored St. Joseph’s Convent’s two-goal cushion in the 35th minute before Coliya Harris made it 4-1 in the 38th comfortable advantage at the half-time interval of the 80-minute contest.
Three minutes into the second half, Gittens completed her hat-trick to push the margin to 5-1, after which the goals dried up with Bishop’s Anstey putting up a much more solid defensive effort to stop the flow of goals.
Down at the Diego Martin North Secondary Ground, Mariah Willaism also helped herself to a hat-trick in leading Diego Martin Central Secondary to a 3-0 win over Tranquillity Secondary.
Wednesday, the East Zone final will take place at the Arima Municipal Stadium in Arima from 3.30 pm between champions Five Rivers Secondary and San Juan North Secondary.
On Monday in the semifinals, Five Rivers Secondary got a beaver-trick from Hackeema Goodridge in a 7-3 thumping of host Bishop Anstey East.
Shaquilla Daniel added a pair of goals for Five Rivers Secondary and Mariah Matthew, the other while Bishop Anstey High East got a brace from Orielle Martin and one from Elisea King in the loss.
And at San Juan North Secondary, host San Juan North got the better of St. Augustine Secondary 3-2 on penalty kicks after a 1-1 draw in regulation.
For San Juan North, Keyanna Daniel scored in the seventh minute, while St. Augustine Secondary got its reply from Anike Simmons in the 29th to send the match to the penalty-kicks shootout.
The winner of the East Zone final will advance to the national semifinal against the winners of the lone quarterfinal between the Tobago and North winners.
The Tobago Zone final is scheduled for Friday at the Dwight Yorke Stadium, Bacolet, between Scarborough Secondary and Signal Hill Secondary from 3.30 pm, while the South Zone final is also scheduled for the same day, with Pleasantville Secondary coming up against Moruga Secondary.
On Monday, Miracle Ministries secured the Central Zone title via an 8-1 defeat of Holy Faith Convent (Couva) led by a Kyanna Isaac beaver-trick and will meet the South Zone champions in one semifinal.
Tuesday’s Results
North Zone
St Joseph’s Convent (PoS) 5 (Rori Gittens 3rd, 10th, 43rd, Kaitlyn Darwent 35th, Coliya Harris 38th) vs Bishop Anstey High (PoS) 1 (Gabrielle Jackson 27th)
Diego Martin Central Sec 3 (Mariah Williams 3) vs Tranquillity Secondary 0
Wednesday
East Zone final
Five Rivers Sec vs San Juan North Sec, Arima Municipal Stadium Arima from 3.30 pm
November 21
North Zone final
St Joseph’s Convent PoS vs Diego Martin Central Sec, Diego Martin Sporting Complex, Diego Martin, 3.30 pm
November 22
South Zone:
Pleasantville Sec vs Moruga Sec, Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva, 3.30 pm
Tobago Zone
Signal Hill Sec vs Scarborough Sec, Dwight Yorke Stadium, Bacolet, 3.30 -m
