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