By Iva Wharton
Hosororo Secondary School, despite their 11-0 defeat to Region One defending champions Port Kaituma yesterday, are through to today’s fional where they will face Santa Rosa Secondary at the Settlement Ground, Mabaruma.
Port Kaituma Secondary was disqualified from the tournament for fielding over aged players.
Nigel Peters, Hosororo Secondary’s coach, filed a protest after some of his players informed him that a number of the players on the Port Kaituma team were a part of the competition last year when it was an Under-19 tournament. According to him it was impossible for the players to be Under- 18 years of age this year.
Co-ordinator of the tournament, Lavern Fraser-Thomas, made the decision to disqualify Port Kaituma after several players were called upon and the date of births they gave did not correspond with those provided by the school.
In one case, one of the players who scored six goals apparently was not born on March 3, 1995 as was stated on the form stamped by the school but on August 22nd, 1994.
Peters said that despite the inaccurate ages provided, his team lost to the better team which was Port Kaituma. “They will be trained better for next year. I had one year to prepare them for this competition.”
He added that once the school will participate in such tournaments in the future they will need gear and he is asking the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Sports for assistance.
Santa Rosa secured a 3-1 victory over North West Secondary.
Scoring for Santa Rosa were Dominique Heyliger in the 15th minute, Keith Da Silva in the 27th minute and Brendon Rodrigues in the 30th minute.
The lone goal for North West was scored by Quincy Melville.
Coach for the North West Secondary School also filed a protest on the grounds that one of the players was over the stipulated age but that was sorted out by the coordinator who was able to make contact with teachers of the school and in one instance, a parent.
In Georgetown, Queen’s College narrowly defeated David Rose School 5-4 at the Carifesta Sports Complex Ground.
QC led 5-1 before a spirited comeback By David Rose saw them trying to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat.
QC’s Walter Roberts scored a helmet trick, scoring in the 5th, 11th, 26th and 40th minutes. Stephen Rutherford was the other goal scorer, netting in the tjird minute.
For David Rose, Jamal John, scored a double in the 17th and 57th minutes, while Reshawn Hicks (55th) and Matthew McKenzie (60th) were the other goal scorers.
In the opening game of the double header, Freeburg defeated Ascension 5-2.