BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – St Lucia installed themselves as frontrunners to take the Jean Pierre Under-16 Championship when they upset title favourites Barbados on day three of the tournament Monday.
Buoyed by previous victories over Trinidad and Tobago and St Vincent and the Grenadines, St Lucia produced a strong fourth quarter performance to emerge with a 27-24 victory.
The loss for Barbados was their first after successive wins over Dominica and SVG on Sunday and Monday respectively.
And it seemed as if this trend would continue when they started the fourth quarter with a 19-16 lead. However, they were limited to just five goals while St Lucia rattled off 11, to remain unbeaten in the tournament.
Goal attack Ianna Hippolyte led St Lucia with 20 goals from 22 attempts while goal shoot Jo-Ann Anderson supported with seven from 13 attempts.
For Barbados, goal shoot Shonic Wharton scored 23 from 30 attempts.
T&T, meanwhile, had little problems in dealing with their Vincentian opposition, as the carved out an uncomplicated 38-24 victory to record their second triumph of the day.
Goal shoot Jameela McCarty led the Trinidadians with 23 goals from 27 attempts while Kalifa McCollin shot 15 from 22, as they led 9-7 at the end of the first quarter and 19-12 at half-time.
T&T extended their lead to 28-20 at the end of the third quarter before closing out the fourth quarter safely.
For SVG, goal shoot Meshanda Creese scored 13 from 20 attempts while goal attack Carlene Douglas got 11 from 19.
It was the second win of the day for T&T who had earlier beaten Dominica 51-16 while it was the second loss of the day for the Vincentians after they went down 40-18 to Barbados 40-18 in the morning session.
St Kitts’ good form continued as they crushed Anguilla 43-10, with goal shoot Onika Boyce starring with 28 from 31 attempts while Bermuda defeated Guyana 29-19.
Scores:
(Morning session)
T&T defeated Dominica 51-16
T&T – Jamilla McCarty 44/57
DOM – Sara Baptiste 12/23
Barbados beat St Vincent & the Grenadines 40-18
BAR – Shonic Wharton 32/40
SVG – Carlene Douglas 12/19
(Evening session)
Bermuda beat Guyana 29-19
BER – Danielle Onyia 22/27
GUY – Kirsty Roberts 11/13
St Lucia beat Barbados 27-24
SLA – Ianna Hippolyte 20/24
BAR – Shonic Wharton 23/30
T&T beat St Vincent and the Grenadines 38-24
T&T – Jameela McCarty 23/27
SVG – Meshanda Creese 13/20
St Kitts beat Anguilla 43-10
SKN – Onika Bloyce 28/31
AGU – Kalysha Richardson 8/15
