Naps stay top of SSFL; Isaiah Jacob stars for 'Pres'

Naparima College maintained their flawless start to the 2025 Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) premiership campaign when they made it three wins on the trot, courtesy a 2-0 victory over Trinity College Moka, on September 20.At Trinity College Grounds, second-half goals from Riquelme Phillips in the 57th and Adasa Richardson in the 69th minutes affirmed “Naps” full points in round three, as they continued their impressive run this season.

Over at Manny Ramjohn Stadium in Marabella, Presentation College San Fernando’s Isaiah Jacob sounded an early warning to all rival schools when he slotted four past San Juan North Secondary, in a comfortable 4-1 result.At Fatima Grounds in Mucurapo, hosts and last year’s Coca-Cola Intercol champions Fatima College edged defending league champions St Benedict’s College 3-2 in a thrilling second-half showdown.

Results:

Naparima College 2 vs Trinity Moka 0

Fatima College 3 vs St Benedict’s 2

QRC 1 vs Carapichaima East 0

Presentation San Fernando 4 vs San Juan North 1...

St Augustine Sec. 1 vs Arima North Sec. 1

Malick Sec. 2 vs Scarborough Sec. 2

St Mary’s 5 vs Trinity East 0

Signal Hill vs St Anthony’s (Did not play)

TODAY’S MATCHES

(3.30pm kick-off)

St Benedict’s College vs Presentation College, San Fernando, Manny Ramjohn Stadium, Marabella

Queen’s Royal College vs St Anthony’s College, QRC Ground

Fatima College vs Trinity College, Fatima Ground

St Augustine Secondary vs Carapichaima East Secondary, St Augustine Ground

Naparima College vs Malick Secondary, Lewis Street

San Juan North Secondary vs Trinity College East, San Juan North Ground

St Mary’s College vs Scarborough Secondary, St Mary’s Ground

Arima North Secondary vs Signal Hill Secondary, Arima Velodrome

In Cooper’s absence, assistant coach Dunstan Williams has guided Presentation to their third win, keeping them in third place with nine points, having played a match less than both leaders Naparima College (12 points) and St Mary’s College (10 points).Defending champions Fatima College are fourth, also on nine points, but also with a match in hand.


YESTERDAY’S SSFL RESULTS:

Presentation (Sando) 1 vs St Benedict’s 0

Naparima College 3 vs Malick Sec 0

Queen’s Royal College 3 vs St Anthony’s College 1

Fatima College 3 vs Trinity College (Moka) 0

St Augustine Sec 2 vs Carapichaima East 1

San Juan North Sec 4 vs Trinity College East 1

St Mary’s College 5 vs Scarborough Sec 0

Arima North Sec 3 vs Signal Hill Sec 1

‘Pres’ wins but Naps keep top spot

Presentation College moved to the second position on the 16-team standings in the Premier Division of the Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Saturday (September 27)with a commanding 4-1 victory over Malick Secondary at the Mannie Ramjohn Stadium in Marabella.It took another double contribution from their instrumental striker, Isaiah Jacob, to spearhead the win, with Raul Perreira and Nikosi Foncette adding the other goals in a win that took them to 12 points, the same amount as their southern counterparts, Naparima College, only for an inferior goal difference to rob them of the opportunity to take the top spot.

Presentation lifted itself despite losing coach Shawn Cooper due to a safeguarding suspension earlier this year. And after a first-match bye, the school, which in 2023 won both the schools’ football and cricket InterCol for the first time, defeated Trinity College East 3-0 in their first match, San Juan North Secondary 4-1, and St Benedict’s College 3-1.The southerners leapfrogged St Mary’s College, whose three-game winning streak was snapped by Fatima College in a 2-2 tie at their ground on Serpentine Road, St Clair. The "Saints", as they are popularly known, came from two goals behind to draw with archrival Queen’s Royal College (QRC), three weeks ago at their Serpentine Road home. But since they have racked up the scores by beating Carapichaima Secondary 5-2, Trinity College East 5-0, and Scarborough Secondary 5-0.

Yesterday, the Saints got strikes from the feet of Joshua Miguel and Jalon Manswell, which were cancelled out by goals from Seth Hadeed and Josiah Fernandes. Fatima has had a flying start this season by taking the opening National Gas Company (NGC) Super Cup with a 4-2 victory over St Benedict’s College at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Mucurapo, Port-of-Spain, despite sporting a fairly inexperienced team, following the loss of some 50 percent of players from 2024.Like St Mary’s, Fatima has gone unbeaten to date, with victories over Scarborough Secondary 3-0, St Benedict’s 3-2, and Trinity Moka, 3-2.Meanwhile, Trinity College East recorded its first win of the season by beating its namesake Trinity College (Moka) 2-1, thanks to goals from Dexter Croal and Kamani Nicholls.


Saturday's results

Carapichaima 1 vs St Anthony’s 4 (Kanye Glasgow 7th, Modecai Ford 21st, Aadil Jr Abdul Hakeem 65th, Adriel Faure 90+1)

Presentation Sando 4 (Isaiah Jacob 2, Raul Perreira, Nikosi Foncette) vs Malick 1 (Jahda Riley 45+1)

St Mary’s 2 (Joshua Miguel, Jalon Manswell) vs Fatima 2 (Seth Hadeed, Josiah Fernandes)

Trinity Moka 1 vs Trinity East 2 (Dexter Croal, Kamani Nicholls)

St Benedict’s 3 (Kamron Burke 2, Josiah Ochoa) vs Scarborough 1

QRC 2 (Jordan Grant, Jasai Theophilus) vs Arima North 1 (Jaquan Augillera

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Hillview edge El Dorado East 3-2 in ‘Championship’ clash


SSFL BOYS’

CHAMPIONSHIP

RESULTS:

EAST ZONE

Hillview College 3 vs El Dorado East 2

Sande Grande Sec 2 vs Holy Cross 1

CENTRAL ZONE

Presentation Chaguanas 7 vs Cunupia Secondary 0

Carapichaima West 2 vs Chaguanas North 2

Couva West 4 vs Tabaquite Secondary 2

TOBAGO ZONE

Speyside Secondary 13 vs Pentecostal Light & Life 1

Mason Hall 3 vs Roxborough 0

Goodwood secondary 3 vs Bishop’s High 2

'Naps' go five for five in SSFL, beat Scarborough 2-0

Southern giants Naparima College (15 points) continued their strong start to the 2025 Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) premier division campaign when they got a 2-0 win over Scarborough Secondary at Shaw Park Recreation Ground, Tobago on October 1 on an exciting day of action across the league.

With newly minted TT women's team coach Angus Eve in their dugout, Naparima didn't lose any focus on the mission at hand and first-half goals from Antonio Hills and captain Jerrel Cooper saw them getting their fifth straight win of the young season as they opened up a narrow two-point gap atop the standings.

‘Pres’ hoping to rebound against QRC

ATTENTION will be centred on the Manny Ramjohn Stadium, where Presentation College (San Fernando) will attempt to bounce back following a surprise, first defeat of the campaign, when they host third-placed Queen’s Royal College (QRC) as action in the SSFL Premier Division continues nationwide today.

“Pres”are in unfamiliar territory after Wednesday’s setback, when second-half goals from Zion Metivier and Darren De Four condemned them to a 2–0 defeat away to Arima North Secondary. That loss dropped the southerners from second to fifth, adding more pressure entering today’s clash.

QRC, however, have climbed to third, following a narrow 3-2 win over San Juan North Secondary. Having their best startto a season for some time, QRC have won four of six matches, despite a porous defence, which has seen them concede 11 goals.

TODAY’S FIXTURES

(Matches kick off

at 3.30 p.m.)

Presentation College (San F’do) vs QRC, Manny Ramjohn Stadium, Marabella

St Mary’s College v Arima North Sec, CIC ground, St Clair

Fatima College vs St Augustine Sec, Fatima ground, Mucurapo Rd

Naparima College vs Carapichaima East, Lewis Street, San F’do

St Anthony’s College vs Scarborough Sec, Westmoorings

Signal Hill Secondary vs Trinity East, Signal Hill, Tobago

San Juan North vs Malick Sec, Bourg Mulatresse

St Benedict’s College vs Trinity College, Mahaica Sporting Complex

Naps blast Carapichaima 3-0 to stay unbeaten in SSFL

Naparima College continued the winning trend that kept them ahead on the 16-team standings in the Premiership Division of the Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) after drubbing lowly Carapichaima Secondary School 3-0 at their Lewis Street Ground, San Fernando home on Saturday.

The win moved the former National champions 18 points in the standings. The result was expected, as Naps, entering the match as overwhelming favourites, having played unbeaten to date, were up against a team yet to win their first game. And the Southerners did not disappoint, with goals coming from the boot of Jerrel Cooper, Ryan Radellant, and Jaydon Caprietta. However, they face their southern arch rival, St Benedict’s College, in a match that could go in any direction on Wednesday at Lewis Street in San Fernando.

Only the day before, Naps manager Percy Samlalsingh said his charges were not going to take any team for granted, despite Carapichaima's winless season to date.At the Mannie Ramjohn Stadium in Marabella, Presentation College prevailed 1-0 in a dicey contest over Queen’s Royal College to move to 15 points. The lone item came from their prolific scorer, Isaiah Jacob, who has now scored in almost every game they played. The win also snapped a five-game winning streak by the Royalians, who will now have to pick themselves up, St Augustine Secondary being their next opponent at their Serpentine Road home

YESTERDAY'S RESULTS

Fatima - 5 (Jaheim Bailey 2, Jasai Fernandes 2, Seth Hadeed) vs St Augustine Sec- 1 (Giovanni Hospedales)

Naps- 3 (Jerrel Cooper, Ryan Radellant, Jaydon Caprietta) vs Carapichaima Sec- 0

San Juan 3 (Daniel Lewis 2, Malachai Diaz) vs Malick Sec- 3 (Jaquan Phillips 29th, Jahda Riley 9th, Jayden Roberts 45th)

Presentation College- 1 (Isaiah Jacob) vs QRC- 0

St Benedict’s College- 4 (Josiah Ochoa, Joshua Figaro, Jalen Forbes, Jalen Carrington) vs Trinity College- 0

St Anthony’s- 7 (Jean Marc Thomas 3, Jaydon Bobb, Karim Mullington, Kanye Glasgow, Modicai Ford) vs Scarborough- 1

CIC- 3 vs Arima North Sec- 3 (Jaquan Aguilleira, Criston Gomez, Keston Richards)

Signal Hill vs Trinity College East (DID NOT PLAY)

League champs Fatima assume lead

Defending champions Fatima College have taken the outright lead in the Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Boys Premier Division after a facile 3–1 victory over San Juan North Secondary, yesterday.

The win lifts Fatima to 19 points from seven matches, having played a match more than inactive early season leaders Naparima College, who were joined on 18 points by South rivals Presentation College San Fernando.

Meanwhile, Presentation College (Sando) maintained their solid form with a 4–2 victory away to St Mary’s College-- moving them on to 18 points with Naparima, but sit third in the standings via goal-difference.

YESTERDAY’S SSFL RESULTS:

Pres College Sando 4 (Nikosi Foncette 33’, Isaiah Jocob 54’, 62’, 76’) vs St. Mary’s College 2 (Nadeem Grant 38’, Finn DeFretias 65’)

Fatima College 3 (Seth Hadeed 28’ PK, Reagan Rowe 33’, Phillip Nelson 64’) vs San Juan North Sec 1 (Daniel Lewis 61’)

Queen’s Royal College 4 (Jasai Theophilus 45’, 55’, Neomiah Thompson 57’, Jalano Straker 88’) vs St. Augustine Secondary 1 (Donte Gordon 68’)

Signal Hill Secondary 4 (Kisean Grant 11’, Jamiah Gibbs 23’, Kyle James 78’, 80’) vs Carapichaima East Sec 0

Trinity East 4 (Elijah Diaz 5’, Deisean Plaza 45+1’, Jehrell Ignatius 64’, Dexter Croal 88’) vs Malick Secondary 3 (Teung Burnley 9’, Jacquan Phillip 43’, Uzochi Bacchus 85og’)

Arima North Sec 1 (Zion Metivier 16’) vs St. Anthony’s College 1 (Kanye Glasgow 15’)

Naparima College vs St Benedict’s College (DNP)

Trinity College vs Scarborough Sec (DNP)