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Digicel Schools Football Championships…Forde sparkles as St. John’s whack Sophia Special School 7-0; Belgrave scores helmet trick for NOC
Forward Tyrese Forde completed a helmet trick as St. John’s handed Sophia Special
Tyrese Forde (3rd left) celebrates after scoring his third goal for St. John’s College.
School a 7-0 drubbing when the Georgetown leg of the Digicel Schools Football Championships continued yesterday at the Police Sports Club ground, Eve Leary.
St. John’s dominated the contest from the onset and Forde put them ahead in the ninth minute when he converted from the penalty spot. Tafari Persaud doubled the advantage in the 15th; he collected a pass from Forde and tapped home from inside the 18- yard box.
St. John’s continued to press forward and after a few short passes inside the penalty area, Tyrone Arthur made it 3-0 four minutes later before Forde blasted home another penalty in the 29th minute. Sophia Special School made several attempts to reduce the deficit, but failed to find the back of the nets sending a number of shots wide.
Forde slotted home a cross from the right side of the box 10 minutes before half time to complete his hat-trick handing his team a 5-0 lead. St. John’s continued to dominate after the break and Arthur made it 6-0 seven minutes after the interval, firing home from inside the area while Forde netted his fourth in the 86th minute to complete a well deserved victory for his school.
Meanwhile, in the Essequibo leg, Aurora Secondary thumped Abram’s Zuil 4-1 and New Opportunity Corps (NOC), led by a helmet-trick from David Belgrave mauled Johanna Cecelia 10-0 in a double header played at the Walton Hall ground.
Khalid Thomas opened the scoring for Aurora in the 35th minute and extended the lead five minutes after before completing his hat-trick one minute later while Alec Wolfe pulled one back for Abram’s Zuil two minutes to the half.
Rahid Thomas handed Aurora a 4-1 win four minutes before the final whistle. Belgrave started the goal spree for NOC five minutes into play before Ossie Dey slotted home in the 10th minute. NOC’s dominance continued and Stephen Apple gave them a 3-0 lead in the 25 minutes on while Keyoma Pilgrim extended the advantage five minutes later.
Belgrave scored his second in the 35th minute before Apple netted his double a minute later to give his team a 6-0 lead at half time. Keston Brown and Shemar Davis added their names to score sheet in the 52nd and 69th minutes respectively. Belgrave scored his third in the 76th and his fourth six minutes to full time.
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