It will be a matchup of first time finalists for the fourth annual Courts Pee-Wee Under-11 football championship as Enterprise and St. Angela’s Primary recorded hard-fought semi-finals Saturday at the Thirst Park Ground.
In the battle of the giants, St. Angela’s Primary downed West Ruimveldt a 1-0 in a bruising affair. Keyon Douglas separated the two sides as he found the back of the net in the 38th minute.
Receiving the ball in the middle of the field, Douglas recorded an event leading 14th goal as his powerful right footed effort, took a slight deflection off the head of the centrehalf, wrong-footing the goalkeeper and settling into the left hand corner.
On the other hand, Enterprise downed former holders St. Pius 3-1 on penalty kicks after normal and extra time finished scoreless. The first round of the penalty shoot-out failed to separate the two sides as they both missed from the distance.
Enterprise then seized the lead in the second round as they scored from the spot while St. Pius missed from the mark. The score then became 2-1 in the third round as both teams scored from the distance.
Needing only a conversion to seal the win at the start of the fourth and final round, the Durban Backlands based unit made no mistake from the distance as they scored.
With their respective win, the two schools will now lock horns in the grand finale tomorrow at the same venue.
In the 5-8 positional division, St. Margaret’s downed Tucville Primary 1-0 compliments of a Josiah King strike in the 18th minute. The second match of the section saw South Ruimveldt defeat Stella Maris 1-0 led by a Zacharia Pemberton 30th minute effort.
In the 9-12 positional section, St. Agnes defeated Smith Memorial 1-0. Daniel Pollard netted in the 16th minute to seal the win. In the second match of the section, North Georgetown defeated St. Stephen’s 2-0 on penalty kicks after normal time ended 1-1.
Prior to the penalty shoot-out, Ronaldo Forde scored in the 12th minute for St. Stephen’s while K. King scored in 35th minute for North Georgetown.
In the 13-16 divisional section, Winfer Gardens defeated F.E. Pollard by a 2-1 margin compliments of a Jeremiah Harris double in the fifth and 13th minute. On target in the loss was Jamal December in the 31st minute.
The second match of the section witnessed St. Ambrose defeating Comenius Primary via a walkover.
Winners of the tourney will receive the championship trophy, medals, a set of team uniforms and certificates while the runners-up will collect the second place trophy, medals, six footballs and certificates.
The third placed side will receive the respective trophy, four balls and certificates while fourth placed will be presented with a trophy and certificates.
The most disciplined team will also be presented with a trophy.
On the individual side, the most valuable player, highest goal scorer and best goalkeeper will each receive a trophy and football cleats.
Action in the 5-8, 9-12 and 13-19 divisional sections will also continue tomorrow at the same venue.
