Thursday, September 19, 2024

ORANE BUCHANAN Staff Reporter H ead coach of Camperdown High, Lebert Halliman, believes the 2024 season of the ISSA/WATA Manning Cup football competition will be a tough one for his boys, based on the lack of resources at his disposal. “If you noticed we only had two changes on the bench as we don’t have enough resources. We’re not getting that support and it’s like getting basket to carry water,” Halliman related. “I think the boys tried, but we don’t have a football culture at the moment,” the veteran coach explained. Those comments came after his team’s 2-0 defeat against Group D opponents St Andrew Technical High School at Boys’ Town FC’s playing field yesterday. STATHS started off with their feet on the gas pedal, making their intentions known as early as the second minute when Howard Linton fired a powerful right- footed shot on to the upright. As they continued their press for an early goal, STATHS were rewarded in the 15th minute, courtesy of a strike from Ajetai Marshall. Those wake up calls drummed up a more spirited defensive work from Camperdown who slowly grew into the game and kept the STATHS offence at bay for the remainder of the first half. In the second half, chances were few and far between as both teams cancelled out any goal-bound effort. However, in the final five minutes of action STATHS went in search of the insurance goal, which came in the dying moments of the game courtesy of a Christiano Brown goal. In his post-game assessment, Phillip Williams, head coach of STATHS, shared that he expected a tough game due to the nature of the group. “We got the three points. However, we know it’s going to be a tight zone. It was a tough game as we played without three of our regular players. It’s a very tough zone and we have to gather the points so we’re thankful for that,” he stated. orane.buchanan@gleanerjm.com 22 THE STAR SPORTS • Thursday, September 19, 2024 @JamaicaStar www.facebook.com/JamaicaStar • www.jamaica-star.com LIST PRICES ONE DAY ONLY SALE. C’down’s Halliman predicts tough season YESTERDAY’S RESULTS Hydel 1 Clan Carthy 0 Eltham 5 Dunoon 0 Haile Selassie 5 KTHS 2 Vauxhall 0 Calabar 0 STATHS 2 Camperdown 0 TODAY’S MATCHES Wolmer’s Boys’ vs St Mary’s College at Mico at 3:30 p.m. Edith Dalton James vs Denham Town at Edith Dalton James at 3:30 p.m. Tivoli Gardens vs St Jago at Tivoli Gardens High at 3:30 p.m. Pembroke Hall vs Ascot at Jamaica College at 1:15 p.m. Jamaica College vs Excelsior at Jamaica College at 3:30 p.m. Jahreem McKenzie (left) of Camperdown High School and Kennardo Gordon of St Andrew Technical High School (STATHS) are caught in an aerial battle for the ball during their ISSA/WATA Manning Cup football match at Boys’ Town yesterday. STATHS won 2-0. I an a llen H appy Grove High School maintained their perfect record in the ISSA/WATA daCosta Cup football competition when they blanked Seaforth High 4-0 at Seaforth High yesterday. The win was Happy Grove’s fourth in as many matches and kept them atop Zone L on 12 points. Despite losing, Seaforth High stayed second in the group on seven points, which they had secured with two wins and a draw in their previous three matches. Yallahs High also maintained their position in the group, at third, on six points from three games, despite a surprise 2-0 home defeat against Morant Bay High. The latter climbed to five points, following their first win in three matches. Paul Bogle High made a big jump to secure fourth place in Zone L on six points, following their 3-1 away win against bottom-of- the-table Robert Lighbourne High, who have lost all four matches. Meanwhile, Garvey Maceo registered the biggest win of the day, a 12-1 thumping of Porus High at Porus Community Centre in their Zone I matchup. The huge victory catapulted Garvey Maceo from fourth spot to second on nine points, in this their fourth match. Kemps Hill High, who have also played four matches, have nine points but their goal difference is inferior to Garvey Maceo’s. Porus have been very porous, letting in 37 goals while scoring twice in four matches, all of which they have lost. Defending champions Clarendon College shot to the top of Zone H with a 6-0 drubbing of Thompson Town. The champions were registering their third win in as many matches, while Thompson Town were losing for the second time in as many outings. Edwin Allen scored their second win in three matches to move to six points and second in the group, after beating Denbigh High 5-1 at Denbigh. Central High, with two wins from two matches, also have six points in Zone H, but lie third by virtue of goal difference. Denbigh High were losing for the second time in three matches. They have three points. Happy Grove stay perfect in d’Cup YESTERDAY’S RESULTS William Knibb 1 Discovery Bay 0 Dinthill 6 Charlemont 0 Ocho Rios 4 Aabuthnott Gallimore 0 Robert Lightbourne 1 Paul Bogle 3 Denbigh 1 Edwin Allen 5 Clarendon College 6 Thompson Town 0 St James 3 Green Pond 3 Porus 1 Garvey Maceo 12 Titchfield 2 St Mary High 1 Maggotty 2 Lacovia 0 Mile Gully 0 Alphansus Davis 2 Holmwood Tech 3 Knox College 1 Claude McKay 0 Lennon 3 Yallahs 0 Morant Bay 2 Seaforth 0 Happy Grove 4 Horace Clarke 1 Port Antonio 4 Manchester 2 deCarteret 1