Nestle Milo Under-20 Schools Football Competition...Champs Lodge scrape past stubborn St. Mary’s

Nestle Milo Under-20 Schools Football Competition…Champs Lodge scrape past stubborn St. Mary’s

Mar 22, 2015 Sports

– Chase Academy impress against Queenstown

By Rawle Welch
Many regard him as being a bright prospect for the future, while opposing defenders view him as a potent threat and the latter description held true as defending champion Lodge talisman Ryan Hackett produced a moment of magic to send his team into the semi-finals of this year’s Nestle Milo Under-20 Schools Football Competition at the expense of St. Mary’s as play continued yesterday, at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue.
The talented mid-fielder blessed with skill and calmness picked up a ball in the first half of extra time calmly marched past one defender, before running wide on the left flank, a move that was deliberate for him to get the ball on to his sweet foot to unleash a curling left-footer past a scrambling St. Mary’s goalkeeper’s outstretched hands into the far corner. It came in the 91st minute of play and was enough to eliminate a game St. Mary’s team who must have felt disappointed by the narrow loss.
It was another goal that underlined the young Hackett’s football intelligence and one that the remaining teams in the tournament will have to construct a strategy to nullify.
The goal came after Str. Mary’s had pushed the defending champions to the limit in a matchup that clearly established the potential this country possesses in football.
In another exciting encounter, hot favourites Chase Academy proved too strong for a good, but clearly outclassed Queenstown.
Chase Academy, loaded with a cadre of youth talent, put it on display as early as the 7th Minute when the speedy Marlon Nedd dispossessed a defender raced past two more, before firing past the advancing goalkeeper.
Five minutes later, Jeremy Garrett stretched their advantage when he hit a screaming free kick from about 25 yards out past a transfixed Queenstown custodian for a 2-0 lead.
Queenstown responded just before the break through their leading marksman Kelsey Benjamin, who hit a piledriver past the Academy keeper and the scores remained 2-1 at the break.
In the second period, both teams squandered chances to add to the scoreline, but it was Chase’s Shemar Barrow, who beat the keeper with a well directed left-footer from the left side, before Simeon Moore added another in the 67th.
Benjamin then made it a little interesting when he doubled, but that was as far as they got before the final whistle sounded.
In the day’s full results:
Game-1
St. Joseph High-1 vs Morgan Learning Centre-5
Morgan Scorers
Wayne Murray-68th and 78th
Ronaldo Dover-16th
Travis Biardis-21st
Toquan Clarke-35th
St. Joseph Scorer
Dwight Ferguson-24th
Game-2
Dolphin Secondary-2 vs North Ruimveldt-0
Leon Richardson-24th
Joshua Brown-70th
Game-3
Lodge Secondary-1 vs St. Mary’s High-0
Ryan Hackett-91st
Game-4
Chase Academy-4 vs Queenstown Secondary-2
Chase Academy Scorers
Marlon Nedd-7th
Jeremy Garrett-12th
Shemar Barrow-44th
Simeon Moore-66th
Queenstown Scorer
Kelsey Benjamin-24th and 67th
The semi-finals will be played next Thursday, at the same venue.

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