Round-of-16 brackets to be completed today

Today, the Round-of-32 stageoftheDigicelSchools’

National Football Championship will come to an end with two doubleheaders scheduled for the Edinburg Track and Field venue on the West Coast of Demerara and the Scotts SchoolGroundinBerbice.

On the Westside, Charlestown will battle Leonora at 16:00 hrs and Westminster take on North Ruimveldtat18:00hrs.

In Berbice, Tutorial Academy face Region 5’s Champion, Mahaicony Technical Institute, at 14:00 hrs while Region 6’s Champion, Berbice Educational Institute, go up against Queen’s College at 16:00hrs.

Yesterday, five more matches were contested in the stage; a double header unfolded at the Wisburg Ground in Linden and a triple-header unraveled at the Ministry of Education (MoE)Ground.

At the Wisburg venue, KwakwaniknockedoutEast Bank Champion, Soesdyke, inanail-biterthatended,5–

3. Kelon Phillips’ helmet trickalongwithasuccessful strike from Shamar Gomes ensured their team a spot in thenextround.

In the second match, Region 10 Champion, Mackenzie High outplayed EastRuimveldtandwon6–0. Dexter Milo was the star of the show with four goals while teammates Omarion Warrick and Jevon Dennis supported with one goal each.

In Georgetown, DC Fox bulldozed their way into the Round-of-16withamassive 18 – 0 win over Vreed-en-

Hoop in the opening match. Bevon Jones led with a whopping ten goals for his sidewhileCarringtonIsaacs supported with four goals, Bruce Williams recorded a double and Leon Larson found the back of the net, once.

East Coast’s Champion, Buxton, faced the axe when theymetExcelsiorAcademy andwereblownawaywitha 2–8loss.Eightscorerswere responsible for the winning team’s goals, they were: Jamal Collins, Dwayne H a m e s , R i c k q u a n Alexander, Tyrese Lyle, NivekBoyce,OmalieVieira, Shaquille Sargeant and AdrianoWharton.

The other match of the day featured Santa Rosa going up against Richard Ishmaelat18:00hrs.Details of this encounter will be availableinournextissue.

On the opening day (Saturday) at the MoE G r o u n d , Tu c v i l l e comfortably got past Belladrum, 4 – 0, Waramuri

Top defeated Vryman’s Erven, 5 – 0, Region 7’s Champion, St Ignatius, trounced President’s College, 11 – 0, while Region9’sChampion,Kato, lost to Carmel in a sudden death penalty shootout after theyweredeadlockedat2–2 when the regulation whistle sounded.

At the NIS Ground, Georgetown Champion, Dolphin, secured a resounding 16 – 1 win against Brickdam, West Ruimveldt defeated Friendship, 14 - 0, and Region 2 Champion, Charity, easily won against MarianAcademy4–0.

Meanwhile, Tucville, Waramuri Top, St. Ignatius, Carmel, Dolphin, West Ruimveldt, Charity, D C Fox, Kwakwani, Excelsior Academy, Mackenzie and the winner of the Santa Rosa/Richard Ishmael match, have claimed their spots in the Round-of-16 whilefourspotsremain.

This season’s Regional Champions are Santa Rosa (Region 1), Charity (Region 2), Leonora (Region 3), Region 4 (East Coast) –Buxton, Region 4 (East Bank)–Soesdyke,Region4 (Georgetown) – Dolphin, Mahaicony TI (Region 5), Berbice Educational Institute (Region 6), Bartica (Region7),Kato(Region8), St. Ignatius (Region 9) and Mackenzie High (Region 10).

This edition of the tournament is organised by thePetraOrganisation.