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4th Annual Digicel Schools Football Competition St. John’s impress en route to 6-0 trouncing of LVI

Jun 26, 2014 Sports

By Rawle Welch
Despite the occasional lopsided results and the inability of players to genuinely showcase their skills due to most of the grounds being affected by the inclement weather, fans could feel assured that they will see a high quality of play in this year’s 4th Annual Digicel Schools Football Competition.
Yesterday, at the Den Amstel Community Centre ground, St. John’s Secondary School trounced Leonora Vocational Institute (LVI) 6-0 and the manner in which they marched to victory much surely place them in pole position to win the Region 3 Zone.
The St. John’s lads were a class above their opponents and had they finished with more accuracy in the final third the scoreline might have been even more emphatic.
They opened the scoring as early as the 11th minute when Rolex Henry leaped high in the air to deliver a glancing header following a cross from the right flank.
Eight minutes later, St. John’s lead increased when Cordel Walcott reached on to the end of a clinical pass from Trevor Clarke, before rifling a fierce and low right-foot shot past goalkeeper Lexroy Wright to make it 2-0.
Playing with confidence and exhibiting plenty panache, St. John’s controlled much of the possession, stringing together an abundance of passes and stretched their advantage further in the 30th minute through Clarke, who neatly trapped a well directed cross and with the little room that was gifted fired past Wright for a 3-0 lead.
Clarke was denied an opportunity to score a second goal when his right-footed belter produced a brilliant save from Wright, who tipped it over the bar for a corner.
The half came with no addition to the score, but LVI searching for confidence and an opening goal, but clearly not possessing a player with the quality to manufacture one.
The final period started with St. John’s resuming where they left off, attacking with menacing intent and won a penalty after Henry was fouled inside the ‘red zone’ forcing Referee Lenval Peart to award the spot kick which was netted by Captain Stephon Bentick in the 62nd minute of play.
Even after opting for several substitutions, LVI just could not break the impregnable backline of St. John’s and eventually fell further behind when Wright fumbled a curling corner kick that slid through his hands and landed into the goal. That occurred in the 68th minute.
The die was cast for certain when Wright, who must have felt dispirited with the amount of goals that were being scored, made another blunder, allowing a free kick that was taken by Akimbo Henry from about 25 metres out to slip through his grasp and roll over the goal-line in the 75th minute.
The error summed up his afternoon and that of the team, before the final whistle sounded to their relief.
The competition resumes today with Patentia taking on La Grange at Uitvlugt from 15:30 hrs.

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