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Digicel Secondary School Football Championships…Waramadong survive scare to clinch victory on penalties over Beterverwagting
By Michael Benjamin
A grueling tussle between Beterverwagting Secondary School (BSS) and their
Captain of the Waramadong team, Gerald Isaacs and his men engage the media in discussions following their victory.
counterparts from Waramadong (WSS) for a spot in the finals of the Digicel Schools’ Football Championships scheduled for the Providence Stadium, August 3 next, went all the way down to penalty kicks before the latter education institution prevailed when one of two semi-finals encounter concluded at the Beterverwagting Community Centre Ground Friday afternoon.
The teams battled for all of ninety minutes during which time Waramadong Secondary netted through Deon Rodrigues (19th) and Uriah King (72nd), while BSS rebounded with two late strikes off the boots of Paul Kingston (75th) and Okema Hoppie (83rd) that equalized the situation and forced the two teams into a penalty shootout where the WSS prevailed 4-3.
WSS will now go on to play defending champions, Wismar/Christianburg Multilateral after that team prevailed in the other semifinal encounter played simultaneously at the Burnham Park, New Amsterdam.
WSS started aggressively with their strike force of Donovan Francis and Shane Luckie sending in two power shots, but one went wide while the BSS custodian scooped up the other. Indeed WSS started as the favourites but their opponents remained unfazed and matched their aggression with several raids to the Waramadong goal. WSS received a golden opportunity to surge ahead after the BSS custodian was drawn out of his comfort zone to hold on to a loose ball. The ensuing kick by star striker, Miles Alberts sped past the goalie but slammed into the goalpost and allowed the BSS custodian to save some face. Deon Rodrigues made amends shortly afterwards when he latched on to a rebound from a free kick to send his team into the ascendency.
The Waramadong boys displayed acute ball distribution skills but while they faltered somewhat in this department, the BSS unit demonstrated staunch tenacity that kept their opponents busy and restricted the halftime score to just one goal.
The BSS started the second session in urgency and Phillip Liverpool collected a pass on the right flank and astutely steered the ball to the opposition’s goal before sending in a powerful right foot kick which was a mite misjudged and sped down the left side of the goalpost.
The Beterverwagting team made another raid just afterwards but the WSS goalie and captain, Gerald Isaacs, averted a possible goal after advancing and grabbing hold of the ball. Thereafter, the battle for possession took a different twist with the Waramadong team demonstrating acute skills while the BSS unit displayed matching determination.
Waramadong’s second success came from a wonderful header by King from a free kick at a sharp angle of the BSS goal. Three minutes later Kingston narrowed the lead for the BSS after his team was awarded an indirect free kick, taken very near to the penalty spot.
Inspired by the goal, the BSS players upped the ante and Okema Hoppie’s effort moments before the final whistle zipped past the Waramadong goalie to equalize the situation and send the two teams to a penalty shootout where Waramadong prevailed.
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