Richardson leads Naparima rout

Led by Adasa Richardson’s hat-trick and a brace from Donovan Drayton, defending champions Naparima College opened their defence of the SporTT Secondary Schools Football League Boys Premiership Division with a 7–0 victory over Trinity College, Moka yesterday at their Lewis Street Ground in San Fernando, handing Trinity their second defeat of the season.

Meanwhile, Fatima College fought back twice to earn a 2–2 draw with Presentation College San Fernando, after Aiden McDonald put Presentation ahead in the first minute. Jonathan Mason equalised for Fatima in the 56th minute, but Joshua Ryce restored Presentation’s lead in the 72nd before Jaheim Bailey levelled three minutes later.

St Mary’s College, meanwhile, maintained their perfect start to the season with a 1–0 victory over rivals Queen’s Royal College in the North derby, Josiah Hunte scoring the decisive goal in the 84th minute.

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YESTERDAY’S SSFL RESULTS

Boys Premier Division

Naparima College 7 (Adasa Richardson 3; Donovan Drayton 2; Darion Hernandez, D’Lani Hunte) Trinity College, Moka 0

Presentation College 2 (Aiden McDonald, Joshua Ryce) Fatima College 2 (Jonathan Mason, Jaheim Bailey)

St Mary’s College 1 (Josiah Hunte) Queen’s Royal College 0

Malick Secondary 6 (Keshan Spence 2; Israel Outar; Jaquan Phillip 2; Jovanni Hosanny) Trinity College East 2

Hillview College 3 Arima North Secondary 4 (Jediah David 2, own goal, Jaden Samuel)

San Juan North Secondary 1 St Benedict’s College 0

Speyside Secondary 3 (Justin Bernand, Kasseri Gray, Requilme Phillips) St Anthony’s College 0

Mucurapo West Secondary 2 St Augustine Secondary 2 (Joaquin Joseph Luke Eckles)

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Wednesday’s matches

• ↓Fatima College vs Hillview College, Fatima College Grd, Mucurapo Road

• ↓Malick Sec vs St Benedict’s College, Hasely Crawford Stadium,, Training Field, Mucurapo

• ↓Queen’s Royal College vs Mucurapo West Sec, QRC Grd, St Clair;

• ↓Arima North Sec vs Speyside High, Larry Gomes Stadium, Malabar

• ↓Signal Hill Sec vs Naparima College, Signal Hill Grd, Signal Hill

• ↓St Mary’s College vs St Anthony’s College, St Mary’s Grd, St Clair

• ↓San Juan North Sec vs Trinity College, San Juan North Sec Grd, San Juan

• ↓Trinity College East vs Presentation (San F’do), Trinity East Grd, Trincity

• ↓St Augustine Secondary - bye

NB: All matches kick off at 3.40 pm

Champions Naparima beaten

Controversial penalty hands Signal Hill 2-1 win

A contentiously-awarded penalty saw champions Naparima College beaten 2-1 by Signal Hill Secondary in Tobago, yesterday, in the Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Boys’ Premier division.

The result was a reversal, by a similar scoreline, to which Naparima had defeated Signal Hill in last year’s decisive SSFL Boys Premier division match.

Controversy aside, midfielder Akeem Duncan proved the heroics for Signal Hill in scoring both their goals, while goalkeeper Caleb Romeo also produced a series of fine saves toward the end of the game to ensure they stayed ahead.

YESTERDAY’S RESULTS:

(Premier Division)

Signal Hill Secondary 2 Naparima College 1

Arima North Secondary 8 Speyside Secondary 0

St Mary’s College 3 St Anthony’s College 0

Hillview College 6 Fatima College 2

St Benedict’s College 1 Malick Secondary 0

Queen’s Royal College 1 Mucurapo West Secondary 1

Trinity College Moka 4 San Juan North Secondary 1

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Naparima, Fatima share points in 2-2 draw

Naparima and Fatima Colleges shared the points in a 2-2 tie when a battle between two heavyweights in the Sports Company of Trinidad and Tobago (SporTT) Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premiership Division took place at Fatima Ground, Mucurapo Road, Port-of-Spain, yesterday afternoon.​Nerves dominated the early moments as both Fatima–considered to have one of the better development programmes in the SSFL–and Naparima, the triple crown winners from 2025, struggled to find their rhythm.

​Angus Eve’s Naparima charges from the southland opted for a patient build-up, but were forced onto the back foot when a cheering crowd at the Mucurapo facility lifted the home team's confidence. A diagonal ball sent Jahaem Bailey galloping down the left side; he unselfishly released it to the unmarked Tyler Edwards, who drove it hard and low past the outstretched arms of Naparima goalkeeper Mikhail Clement in the 27th minute. ​The Fatima advantage did not come as a surprise, but it placed Eve’s men in a spot of bother, forcing them to show their mettle after losing some ten players from the previous season.

​Three minutes before the halftime interval, Naparima striker Adasa Richardson gave his team hope when he connected with a snapshot right at the edge of the Fatima goal area. However, goalkeeper Jadon Pollard tipped it over the crossbar to preserve the score line. ​Eve’s halftime talk inspired his team, leading to the equalizer early in the second half. From a looping cross from the left side, Naps’ Arron Raymond rose high to head home in the 48th minute.

Yesterday's results

Fatima College 2 (Tyler Edwards 27th, Jiary Nanton 75th) vs Naparima College 2 (Arron Raymond 48th, Jabari Rodriguez 68th)

St Anthony’s College 2 vs St Benedict’s College 4( Orande Parris 3, Elijah David)

St Augustine Secondary 5 vs San Juan North 3 (Gabriel Britto 1, Akil Britto 2)

Hillview College 4 vs Mucurapo West 1

Malick Sec 0 vs Signal Hill 4 (Kyle James, J’meke Watson 2, Kisean Grant)

Speyside Sec 2 vs St Mary’s 7 (Javan Joseph 2, Jalen Hislop 2, Jaydon Thomas, Erin Mc Leod, Jaylon Roberts)

Trinity College East 2 vs Arima North 3

Trinity College Moka 4 vs Queen’s Royal College 0

Today’s matches

Arima North vs St Benedict’s, Arima Velodrome

Fatima vs Trinity East, Fatima Ground

Malick vs St Augustine

Mucurapo West vs Speyside

Naparima vs St Mary’s, Naparima

San Juan North vs QRC, San Juan

Signal Hill vs Presentation S’Fdo, Signal Hill

Trinity vs St Anthony’s, Trinity

YESTERDAY’S RESULTS:

St Mary’s College 2 Naparima College 1

St Benedict’s College 4 Arima North Secondary 0

Signal Hill Secondary 3 Presentation College S’Fdo 2

Queen’s Royal College 2 San Juan North 1

Fatima College 5 Trinity College East 1

Malick Sec 5 St Augustine Sec 1

Mucurapo West Sec 3 Speyside Sec 1

Trinity Moka 1 St Anthony’s College 1

Today’s matches:

(All games kick off at 3.40 p.m.)

St Mary’s College vs Hillview College, Serpentine Road

Arima North Sec vs Fatima College, Arima Velodrome

Mucurapo West Sec vs Presentation (Sando), Mucurapo West

Naparima College vs Speyside Sec, Manny Ramjohn stadium

Queen’s Royal College vs St Benedict’s College, QRC

Signal Hill Sec vs San Juan North Secondary, Signal Hill

St Augustine Sec vs Trinity College, St Augustine

Trinity College East vs St Anthony’s College, Trinity East

CIC drop points, Signal Hill lucky again

LEADERS St Mary’s College (CIC) dropped points for the first time in this season in the SporTT Secondary Schools Football League Boys Premiership Division when they were held to a 1-1 end-to-end draw by the exciting Hillview College on a heavy Serpentine Road ground yesterday. However, St Mary’s remain at the top with 16 points from five wins and a draw, one clear of Signal Hill Secondary (15 points) and St Benedict’s College who dropped points when held 1-1 by Queen’s Royal College.

Arima North Secondary (12 points) are fourth, despite suffering a second consecutive home defeat. Meanwhile, the officiating again came under scrutiny yesterday at the Bertille St Clair Recreation Ground, where San Juan North protested an injury-time Jmeke Watkins winner which earned Signal Hill a 2-1 home victory. Signal Hill had benefited from similar good fortune recently when grabbing controversial wins over defending champions Naparima College (2-1) and Presentation College (3-2).

RESULTS:

St Mary’s College 1 vs Hillview College,1

Arima North Sec 0 vs Fatima College,5

Mucurapo West Sec 0 vs Presentation (Sando), 3

Naparima College 4 vs Speyside Sec, 0

Queen’s Royal College 1 vs St Benedict’s College, 1

Signal Hill Sec 2 vs San Juan North Secondary, 1

St Augustine Sec 5 vs Trinity College, 2

Trinity College East 2 vs St Anthony’s College, 2

Fatima, CIC renew storied rivalry

It is not often in recent times that the derby rivalry involving traditional North Zone schools has featured two teams in the top half of the SSFL Boys Premiership table, but much is at stake in today’s clash between Fatima College and unbeaten St Mary’s College.St Mary’s top the standings with 16 points from six matches, while Fatima, the reigning champions, are fifth on 11 points and looking to continue their climb.

Fatima’s confidence will be high following their emphatic 5-0 shutout over early league leaders Arima North Secondary, with league-leading scorer Jaheim Bailey hitting a hat-trick to take his season goal-tally to 12. The Saints, meanwhile, were held to a 1-1 draw by another of the season’s early pacesetters Hillview College, but remain unbeaten after six matches with five wins and a draw.

While the spotlight will be centered on the clash featuring meeting Fatima at Fatima’s Mucurapo base, second-placed Signal Hill Secondary will host Queen’s Royal College at the Bertille St Clair Recreation Ground in the sister isle where they have won three matches. Also, St Benedict’s College, third on the table, face fourth-placed Hillview College in another key top-half of the table clash. And Arima North Secondary will be hoping to secure full points against Mucurapo West Secondary,

Meanwhile, other matches will see Malick squaring off against San Juan North, Presentation College (Sando) tackling Trinity College Moka, Speyside facing Trinity College East while St Augustine Secondary play Naparima College.

Today's matches

Arima North Sec vs Mucurapo West Sec, Phase II Rec. Grd, La Horquetta;

Fatima College vs St Mary’s College, Fatima College Grd, Mucurapo Road

Malick Secondary vs San Juan North Sec, St Mary's College Grd, St Clair

Presentation (San F’do) vs Trinity College, Mannie Ramjohn Stadium, Marabella

Signal Hill Sec vs Queen’s Royal College, Bertille St Clair Ground, Signal Hill

Speyside Secondary vs Trinity College East, Speyside Rec. Grd, Speyside

St Augustine Secondary vs Naparima College, St Augustine Sec School Grd, Warren Street

St Benedict’s College vs Hillview College, Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva

St Anthony’s College - bye.

‘Naps’ host Arima North Secondary

Defending champions Naparima College will look to continue their climb up the SporTT Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Boys Premier Division standings when they host third-placed Arima North Secondary, today. Naps, who swept the league and InterCol knockout titles last season, have made a slower start this time around with two defeats, but their 3-1 victory over St Augustine Secondary on Wednesday lifted them to seventh on 10 points. Adasa Richardson scored twice and Jacob O’Reilly once for Naparima, who will face an Arima North side coming off a 2-0 victory over Mucurapo West and sitting on 15 points after five wins from seven matches.

Leaders Signal Hill Secondary will seek to maintain their position at the top when they face Trinity College at Moka, Maraval, a place where visiting teams traditionally find difficulty in winning.

Signal Hill moved to 18 points from seven matches with a 2-1 victory over Queen’s Royal College on Wednesday, J’Meke Watkins and Jediael Marcelle finding the net, while Trinity will be looking to improve on a fourth defeat after being beaten 5-0 by Presentation San Fernando.

Second-placed St Mary’s College, dropped points for the first time this season in a 1-1 draw with St Benedict’s College in midweek.

They have 17 points, and will visit Presentation College San Fernando, who climbed to eighth on ten points after their emphatic 5-0 midweek victory over Trinity.

St Benedict’s, meanwhile, will try to close the gap on the leading teams when they meet St Augustine Secondary after Wednesday’s 1-1 draw with Hillview College left them fourth on 14 points.

Today Fixtures:

Mucurapo West Sec vs Malick Secondary, Mucurapo West

St Benedict’s College vs St Augustine Secondary, Ato Boldon Stadium

Queen’s Royal College vs Trinity College East, QRC

Trinity College vs Signal Hill Sec, Moka

Hillview College vs Speyside Secondary, Hillview

Naparima College vs Arima North Sec, Lewis Street

Presentation (San F’do) vs St Mary’s College, Manny Ramjohn Stadium

St Anthony’s College vs Fatima College, St Anthony’s