Mae’s Secondary maintained its unbeaten run heading into the knockout round, dismantling St. Rose’s High 4-1 when the group stage of the 4th Annual Milo Schools u-20 Football Championship concluded yesterday.
Staged at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue, the Subryan-ville unit broke the deadlock in the 24th minute as Darshanie Persaud netted, pouncing on loose ball within the centre of the box before finishing into lower left corner.
Their lead however was short-lived as Shamar Jones scored one minute later, blasting his right footed shot from inside the right of the box into the roof of the net.
With the score remaining unchanged going into the half time interval, Mae’s retook the lead in the 44th minute as Alec Hopkinson scored from the penalty spot.
Awarded the spot kick following a wild challenge on Persaud within the left side of the box, Hopkinson made no mistake from the distance as he placed his right footed effort into the lower right corner.
The score line then ballooned to 3-1 in the 59th minute as Persaud unleased a left footed dagger into the top right hand corner, after collecting a flat led sided cross within the centre of the box.
The result was sealed in the 70th minute as Persaud completed a deserved hat-trick, placing his attempt from the right side of the box down the centre of the net.
Meanwhile, Queenstown Secondary crushed St. John’s College 3-0 to secure top spot in the group.
Jermin Padmore with a double in the fifth and 11th minutes and e Vickram Chandranand in the 53rd minute were the goal scorers.
Also St. George’s High and Tutorial High battled to a 1-1 draw. Zion Gray scored for the Woolford Avenue unit in the 15th minute while Travis Parris equalised in the 34th minute.
In other results, Freeburg Secondary defeated Charlestown Secondary via walkover. The round of 16 stage of the event will commence on Saturday.
Winner of the event will walk away with the championship trophy and $500,000 towards a school project.
On the other hand, the second, third and fourth place finishers will receive $300,000, $200,000 and $100,000 correspondingly towards the funding of a school initiative and the respective trophy.
