Pepsi Hikers overcame a three goal deficit to draw 3-3 with arch-rivals (+3) Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC)-A in their division-A matchup when the Noble House Goals Galore Indoor Hockey tourney continued on Tuesday at the National Gymnasium.
Jamarj Assanah reduced the deficit to two goals in the second minute, flicking his strike through the legs of the GCC custodian into the lower left hand corner of the net, from within the right side of the penalty area. The deficit would be further reduced one minute later as Robert France found the back of the net, finishing his effort down the middle of the goal, after collecting a left sided pass unchallenged inside the centre of the area. The matchup would then be levelled in the seventh minute compliments of a Colonel Heywood effort. Racing down the left flank, Heywood would place his attempt beyond the reach of the GCC shot-stopper into the lower right hand corner of the net.
Continuing in the same division, the youthful (+7) GCC Blue Steel crushed (+5) Old Fort Vikings by a 20-6 score line. In the division-B matches, (+15) Old Fort Shooting Stars squeaked out a win against GCC Tigers by a 15-13 margin while (+8) Hikers Revelation squeaked past (+6) Saints by an 11-10 score line in the second fixture of the section.
The final matchup of the section saw (+7) Under-19 Mix defeating (+6) GCC Pitbulls by a 12-9 score line. The action continues at the same venue today with six matches.
In the opening fixture at 17:30hrs, GCC Pitbulls will faceoff with Hikers Ladies in a division-B matchup while GCC Tigers will battle St. Stanislaus from 18:10hrs in the same division. The final matchup of the section will witness GCC Spartans tackling Under-19 Mix rom 18:50hrs.
In the A-division, Kingston will oppose Vikings from 19:30hrs while Old Fort Gladiators will engage GCC-A from 20:20hrs in the second matchup of the section. The final fixture of the division will witness Hikers locking horns with Saints from 21:10hrs.
