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Culpepper, Duke lead Charity to Region two title
By Zaheer Mohamed in Essequibo
John Culpepper scored twice while Gavin Duke netted
once to give Charity their 6th successive title when the Region two leg of the Digicel National Schools’ football tournament concluded on Sunday at the New Opportunity Corps ground on the Essequibo Coast.
Both teams showed promise as the game got off to an exciting start on the heavy outfield, and Wakapoa’s Deylon Jaikaran wasted a golden opportunity to give his team the lead as early as in the 2ndminute. With only goalkeeper Leeland Smith to beat from inside the area, Jaikaran opted to pass the ball to one of his team mates instead of making an attempt to score and Charity without hesitation played their way out of trouble.
Culpepper then handed Charity the lead in the 25th minute, finding the back of the net from inside the area.
Wakapoa created several chances thereafter, but couldn’t finish as they went to the break with a goal down.
Charity dominated possession after the interval and midfielder De Andre Thomas saw his free kick being kept out by Wakapoa goalkeeper Ron Allen.
But Culpepper netted his double in the 62ndminute to extend Charity lead. The striker had little trouble in beating Allen from inside the area after he was fed by winger Gavin Duke.
Charity continued to dominate and could have had another, but Delano Charles sent his shot wide of goal after beating two defenders inside the 18-yard box.
Duke gave his opponents some hiccups with his speed; he made an excellent run down the left flank before crossing to Arnold Wells whose shot was blocked by Allen who pulled off a fine save moments later from Charles inside the 6-yard box.
Wakapoa made several raids at goal and almost pulled one back, but Nixon Cornelius angled shot hit the cross bar after coming of the fingers of goalkeeper Smith. That was the closest Wakapoa came to scoring in the second half.
Duke then made his way into the area and beat Allen with a low shot from the side of the box to hand his team a 3-0 advantage.
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