Hubern Blair scored the tournament’s first hat trick to power Tucville secondary School past St. John’s Secondary as the
Milo U20 schools tournament kicked off at the Ministry of Education ground yesterday.
Blair netted his goals in the 10th, 20th and 53rd minutes.
Played under glorious sunshine, the Tucville unit opened the first half clearly in control as they attacked their opponents through their silky passing and deft touches.
Abundant amounts of attacking opportunities were created compliments of the potent duumvirate of Blair and Denzel Green who continuously unlocked the St. John’s defense.
The skilful duo constantly led the attacking output for the Tucville unit as the under siege St. John’s team struggled for consistency in the final third. The constant pressure exerted by the attacking duo led to the stalemate being broken as a brilliantly worked move by the precocious Blair was expertly consolidated to send the small but vocal mass into rhapsodic jubilation.
The ensuring attacking pressure became