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Digicel Schools Football Championships Buxton Secondary School triumph 2-0 over Hope Secondary in keenly contested duel

Jun 26, 2014 Sports

Despite enjoying home advantage, the lads of Buxton Secondary School were forced to work hard to eventually secure a 2 nil victory over Hope Secondary when action in the Digicel Schools Football Championships continued at the Buxton/Friendship Community Centre Ground, Buxton East Coast Demerara yesterday afternoon.
Ato August (54) and Dillon Wright (68) were the players on target for the winners and their efforts occurred after a goalless first half riddled with missed chances. The battle for possession was fierce during the initial exchanges with both teams demonstrating admirable resilience in the middle. The passes were pin point when the respective teams wended their way to each other’s berth. It was close to the goal where tactical applications and accuracy were necessary that both team erred.
Buxton striker, Ezekiel Prince, was gifted a superb pass just in front of the opposition’s goal early in the first session but with only the advancing goalie to contend with, he lost his nerve and delivered a misdirected kick that slid down the right side of the goal.
The blunders continued, this time it was a player from Hope Secondary who wended his way to the opposition’s goal and was on the verge of sending in a mighty kick when the referee blew offside and spoiled the moment for him. Shortly afterwards, Buxton player, Jamal Thuesday, was gifted a pass that landed on his right foot; he failed to find his footing and sent in the tamest of kicks that the Hope Secondary custodian had no difficulty scooping up. It was definitely not Thuesday’s day when he received a pin point offering but yet again failed to take full advantage. Consequently, at the end of the first session, all both teams had to show for their efforts were rued chances.
During the intermission, staunch Buxton supporters predicted that during the second session, their team would have made amends for its glaring mistakes of the first. True to prediction, Deshawn Bacchus sprinted down the right flank to the opposition’s goal and then sent a perfect offering across to Ato August. The latter player failed to collect cleanly and the goalie first got to the ball. However, he also blundered and the ball bounced back into play for August to repair the damage.
Goal number two came after Wright collected a dolly of a pass from the right flank, trapped the ball and then gently tapped it past the advancing goalie. It was almost 3-0 less than 2 minutes later but for the agility of the Hope Secondary custodian who sprang across and tipped a sharp shot over the crossbars. The final act in the play came after Lesndray Brown performed a solo but erred badly at the finish with a soft shot that the Hope custodian effortlessly scooped up. The shrill sound of the final whistle sent the Buxton ball weavers and their supporters into unbridled ecstasy. The tournament continues today at venues countrywide.

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