Bush Lot upsets Port Kaituma

The victorious Region Five champs Bush Lot Secondary posing for a photo opportunity following their win over Region One title holders Port Kaituma Secondary.

By Duncan Saul in Mabaruma

 

The victorious Region Five champs Bush Lot Secondary posing for a photo opportunity following their win over Region One title holders Port Kaituma Secondary.
The victorious Region Five champs Bush Lot Secondary posing for a photo opportunity following their win over Region One title holders Port Kaituma Secondary.

Region Five champions Bush Lot Secondary upset Region One champions Port Kaituma Secondary 3-1 in their national playoffs when the Digicel National Secondary Schools U-18 football tourney commenced yesterday.

Hosted at the Mabaruma Community ground under wet conditions, the Berbice unit stole the early lead, silencing the partisan crowd in the seventh minute through a Marlon Nicholson strike into the right-hand corner of the goal, after pouncing on a deflected strike by the keeper inside the area.

However, their lead would only last 10 minutes as James Chand netted, placing his right-footed penalty kick conversion into