Milo/Petra Organisation Schools Football Competition...Defending champs St. George’s and Lodge to meet in Saturday’s final

Milo/Petra Organisation Schools Football Competition…Defending champs St. George’s and Lodge to meet in Saturday’s final

Mar 30, 2014 Sports

– Christ Church and Kingston to contest third place

Reigning champions St. George’s reminded all aspirants to their throne who is boss when they inflicted a crushing 3-0 win over Christ Church in the feature clash of a semi-finals double header in this year’s Milo/Petra Organisation Schools Football Competition which concluded yesterday, at the Ministry of Education ground on Carifesta Avenue.

Action in the clash between Lodge and Kingston yesterday.

In the other semi-final, Lodge defeated Dolphin 3-1 to set up a mouth watering engagement against the current champions next Saturday, at the same venue.
In the feature clash, Ozeal Small set the tone for the afternoon with a rasping shot from about 30 metres out that beat a surprised Christ Church goalkeeper in the 19th minute after the champions had to withstand an early onslaught by the opposition.
This came after Christ Church had squandered two clear opportunities to take the lead with Lonsdale George missing from close range, while another player had also muffed a clear chance of scoring.
The half came with no addition to the scoreline and St. George’s clinging to a slim 1-0 lead.
On the resumption, Orin Moore Jnr, who had deputised between the uprights in the previous encounter, collected a clinical pass from the left side and he unleashed a powerful strike into the far corner in the 57th minute of play.
With time running out, Christ Church tried to push more players forward and this ploy backfired as Marlon Duncan fired in from close range to seal victory and a place in the final for another year.
In the earlier fixture, Lodge scored an impressive win over Dolphin.
Orlando Gravesande opened their account in the 16th minute of play when he reached on to a perfectly lobbed passed from the right flank and he fired a left-footed shot over the keeper’s head into the roof of the nets.

(From left) Marlon Duncan, Ozeal Small and Orin Moore Jnr.

The prolific Shemar Smith then added another, five minutes after the break when he trapped a through pass from the left side and he controlled it superbly, before dinking it over the keeper’s head. It was a finish with sheer composure.
Shortly, after, Kingston won a penalty, but Leon Richardson missed it, firing his effort straight at the goalkeeper, who made an easy save.
However, the effervescent Job Caesar, easily one of the more skilful players on the pitch, pulled one back to make things interesting when he curled a free kick past the outstretched hands of the opposing goalkeeper into the goal. That strike came in the 56th minute.
Gravesande then completed his double with a simple finish from a Ryan Hackett’s pass delivered from the left wing in the 74th minute and the scores remained that way until the final whistle sounded.
In the day’s full results:
Lodge Secondary-3 vs Dolphin Secondary-1
Lodge Scorers
Orlando Gravesande-16th and 74th
Shemar Smith-50th
Dolphin Scorer
Job Caesar-56th