BY SHERDON COWAN
Saturday, October 11, 2014
ALL-ISLAND cham-pions Jamaica College (JC) and Hydel High are through to the semi-finals of the Inter-Secondary Schools Sports’ Association (ISSA)/LIME Walker Cup knockout competition after scoring contrasting victories at Constant Spring football field yesterday.
Hydel High clipped Denham Town High 2-1 in the curtain-raiser. Stephen Barnett (18th) and substitute Nicholas Nelson (54th) were on target for Hydel High, before Howard Williams (90th) pulled one back for Denham Town High.
In the second game, JC through goals from Ronaldo Brown (33rd), captain Junior Flemmings (43rd & 82nd) and Raffique Bryan (90th) blanked Holy Trinity High 4-0 in the feature game.
The thrilling encounter began with both teams looking very composed, but it was Holy Trinity who controlled the first 15 minutes of the game but a lack of firepower saw them failing to get on the scoresheet.
Jamaica College settled into their game and replied with a string of attacks, and should have opened the scoring in the 30th minute. However, Brown who was under no pressure, hit the ball over the crossbar, after a decent build-up between Bryan and Akean Shackleford paved the way. Brown made amends three minutes later when he easily slotted home from the assistance of Flemmings.
The Old Hope Road-based boys then extended their lead 10 minutes later when a composed one-two combination between Flemmings and Shackleford saw Flemmings getting in behind defenders and rolling past the hapless Antonio Millington in goal for Holy Trinity.
The Manning Cup champions continued their dominance after the resumption and created numerous chances, but faulty shooting and resilient goalkeeping by Millington kept them at bay. However, they went further ahead when a header by substitute Dominic James was parried by Millington, but Flemmings was on hand to finish off.
Bryan then got his name on the scoresheet with a cracking left-footed shot from just outside the 18-yard box that stunned Millington, who produced a late dive.
Winning coach Delroy Brown told the Jamaica Observer that he was “happy with the win”, and was “looking forward to the clash with rivals Hydel High”.
Meanwhile, his counterpart Devon Anderson said that they were “going back to the drawing board” as they look forward to the LIME Super Cup and the remainder of the Manning Cup.
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JC, Hydel advance in Walker Cup
