Manchester tighten grip on Zone G

Adrian Frater, News Editor

Western Bureau:

Last year's beaten finalist Manchester High School added another chapter to their domi-nance of Zone G of the 2010 ISSA/Pepsi/Digicel daCosta Cup yesterday afternoon when they defeated Knox 1-0 in their top-of-the-table clash at Knox College.

The Barry Watson-coached Manchester team which now sports an impressive eight wins and one draw from their nine games, has now moved five points clear of Knox who were relegated to third place on 19 points. Samuda Johnson scored the game's lone goal.

In the other two Zone G games, Spaldings High blanked Porus 5-0 to move into second place on 20 points while Christiana clipped Cross Keys 2-1 to move into fourth place on 17 points.

In Zone H, the Donovan Duckie-coached Clarendon College made it six wins from six starts with a 1-0 victory against Vere Technical. The winners are joint zone leaders with Edwin Allen, who had a 2-0 win against Claude McKay.

Players banned

Meanwhile, following a disciplinary hearing yesterday, six players, who were accused of inappropriate behaviour, which marred two recent daCosta Cup games, were found guilty and slapped with lengthy bans by the Disciplinary Committee of the Inter-Secondary School Sports Association.

The six players are Davion Graham and Aldane Kennedy of Petersfield High School; and Curtis Francis, Shane Thompson, Tevon Thomas and Jemar Miller of Brimmervale High School. They have all been banned for the remainder of the season.

The competition will continue this afternoon at 3:30 with the penultimate round of matches in zones A, B, C, D, E, F, I and L.

While there are no major clashes in the offering, the games involving St James High, St. Mary Technical, Munro College, Glenmuir, Charlemont, Buff Bay High, Paul Bogle and St Thomas Technical, who are all poised to qualify for the inter-zone round, will be closely watched.

However, schools like Cornwall College, Muschett, Garvey Maceo and Denbigh High are all locked in crucial games they cannot afford to lose.

Yesterday's results

Zone G: Christiana 2, Cross Keys 1; Spaldings 5, Porus 0; Manchester 1, Knox College 0.Zone H: Clarendon College 1, Vere Technical 0; Edwin Allen 2, Claude McKay 0.

Today's Games

Zone A: Cornwall College vs Spot Valley at Jarrett Park; Muschett vs Green Pond at Muschett; William Knibb vs St James at William Knibb.

Zone B: Herbert Morrison vs Rusea's at Herbert Morrison; Maldon vs Frome at Maldon.

Zone C: Cedric Titus vs Marcus Garvey at Clarke's Town; York Castle vs Albert Town at York Castle; Ocho Rios vs Brown's Town at Drax Hall.

Zone D: Annotto Bay vs Iona at Westmoreland Oval; Brimmervale vs St Mary Tech at Brimmervale; St. Mary High vs Islington at Highgate.

Zone E: Maud Mcleod vs Little London at Maud McLeod; Petersfield vs Grange Hill at Petersfield; Godfrey Stewart vs Little London at Godfrey Stewart.

Zone F: Munro vs Lacovia at Munro; DeCarteret vs Maggotty at Decarteret;

Mile Gully vs STETHS at Mile Gully.

Zone I: Garvey Maceo vs Central at Marcus Garvey; Tacius Golding vs Denbigh at Tacius Golding; Kemps Hill vs Glenmuir at Kemps Hill.

Zone K: Buff Bay vs Fair Prospect at Buff Bay; Happy Grove vs Titchfield at Happy Grove.

Zone L: Yallahs vs St. Thomas Tech at Yallahs; Paul Bogle vs Robert Lightbourne at Paul Bogle.