sunday, January 24, 2010
The Belize Times
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Czl leads F.F.B. U-16 football quarterfinals – Toledo leads F.F.B. U-19 football
Belmopan City, January 17, 2010 Dangriga Eseini, Corozal F.C., and Guinea Grass U-16 each posted wins to lead the Football Federation of Belize under-16 football competition which is into quarterfinals, while F.C. Toledo leads the under-19 quarter finals, in which Griga Eseini and Corozal FC also posted wins over the weekend. The Corozal F.C. U-16 squad posted a big 6-0 win when they hosted Palmar at the Ricalde Stadium in Corozal on Sunday. Roy West led the attack with
2 goals while Jesusito Williams, Urbano Rivero, Nelson Rivero and Dennis Charley added four more goals. The Guinea Grass U-16 squad posted a 3-2 win when they visited Trial Farm F.C. at the Louisiana field in Orange Walk. Brian Westby, Jason Coh and Carlos Landaverde scored for Guinea Grass; while Steve Fuentes and Wilbert Larios scored a goal each for Trial Farm. The Griga Eseini bombed San Martin Meds 4-2 at the FFB field in Belmopan
on Sunday. Shante Castillo led the Griga attack with 2 goals while Raymond Ramos and Keshane Swaso added one goal each for the win. Only Jose Martinez scored for San Martin. The Toledo U-16 F.C. drew 2-2 with Las Flores U-16 FC at the FFB field in Belmopan on Saturday. Erick Gonzalez scored Las Flores’ 1st goal in the 8th minute and Kaylon Hewlett added a 2nd goal in the 19th minute to give Las Flores a 2-zip lead at the half-time break. Toledo’s Ernie Johnson scored the visitors’ 1st goal when he blasted in the rebound on a free kick by Toledo captain Ardell Avila, which had hit the cross bar. Ardell Avila made good on his next try to equalize the score at 2-2. Gilbert Lopez scored 2 goals late in the ball game as he brought Griga Eseini back from a 1-0 deficit to Exodus U-19 F.C. to post the 2-1 win at the FFB field of Belmopan on Sunday. Michael Whittaker scored a hat trick plus one as he led the Corozal U-19 F.C. to a 4-3 win over Santa Cruz FC at the Norman Broaster Stadium in San Ignacio on Sunday.
The home field advantage did not help the Julian Cho Warriors, who simply could not get a goal as they struggled to a scoreless draw with Atletico F.C. of Belmopan at the Toledo Union field on Sunday. Franz Vernon Jr, Aduan Usher and Teryl Flores scored one goal each as they led Toledo U-19 F.C. to a 3-0 win over Benque F.C. at the Toledo Union field last Saturday
Ebony Lake FC leads Over-35 football 5-0 Maurice “Magic” Francis came off the bench, intercepted Plaza’s errant pass and set table for Lance “Shyne” Usher to embarrass Ferguson with the winning goal in the 87th minute of play. In the other over-35 match up, Kulture Yabra burned City Stars 4-1 in the nightcap. Emerson Jones drew first blood
for Yabra, and Charlie Slusher made it 2-0 with a penalty conversion as Yabra took a 2-0 lead into the half time break. Slusher converted a 2nd penalty in the 2nd half to lead 3-0, and Jaime made it 4-0. The City Stars finally got on the scoreboard when Anthony Michael scored a late, consolation goal.
St Martin’s girls lead primary schools basketball 5-0
Belize City, January 17, 2010 The Ebony Lake FC posted their 5th win 1-0 over Plaza United at the MCC garden on Sunday, to lead the Belize City over-35 football competition with 15 pts. The Ebony Lake took the game to Plaza United from the getgo with Paulie “Fabulous” Bradley and Bernard “Dubu” Thomas leading the charge, backed up by Kenton Graham and Erlin Usher on the flank. Herman “Chicken” Gentle and Floyd Burgess were doing their best to break up the plays by Plaza midfielders Brian Kelly, Stanley “Jordan” Reneau and Dave Flowers to renew their attack, winning a corner kick which almost allowed “Dubu” Thomas to score with
a header, but Plaza goalie Valentine Ferguson handled the challenge. Guillermo Fuentes, Benjamin Mejia and Rudolph “Super” Humes led Plaza’s counterattack with rocket shots on goal that skidded over the crossbar, much to goalie Glenn Arzu’s relief. Francis Dunn, Ronald Usher, Kenrick Parchue and Lance “Shyne” Usher anchored the Ebony Lake defense to keep Mejia and Fuentes in check, while Arzu grabbed a save to deny Humes’ attempt to head in a goal. Ferguson easily handled Paulie Bradley’s first “soft pop” shot on goal and the Plaza defensive line: Marcus Swazo, Cardell Bernardez and Richard Lopez took care of all other challenges to hold the game to a nil-zip draw up to the half time break. Meantime Plaza beefed up its offensive line with Michael “Water Plait” Flowers taking over from a banged-up Fuentes and Evan Neal entered the ball game for Brian Kelly; later Maino Bevans came off the bench to relieve Flowers. Eian Henry also entered the game as Plaza sought to put away the game with a1-0 win, but it was not to be. Plaza blundered in passing the ball backward, instead of exploiting the space on the sideline to move the ball forward, an error that cost them dearly when
Belize City, January 19, 2009 The undefeated St. Martin’s RC School girls ran over the Holy Redeemer RC school girls 12-1 to post their 5th win and lead the Belize City primary schools basketball competition at the Belize City Center on Tuesday. Gilda Moguel led St. Martin’s with 6pts while Tyra Moreira scored a single free throw for Holy Redeemer School. The other leading girls’ team: St. Luke’s Methodist girls got the easy bye to their 5th win when the Queen Street Baptist School girls were a no show for their scheduled game on Tuesday. On Monday, the Queen Square Anglican girls also got the bye to their first win when the St. Mary’s Primary School girls were a no show for their scheduled game. Balika Meighan led the Belize Elementary School girls with 13 pts as they blew away the St. John’s Anglican Primary School girls: 19-5. Ashley Bailey top scored for St. John’s Primary School with 5 points. The Holy Redeemer RC school girls had posted their 3rd win last Thursday, when Shanice Neal scored one basket for a 2-0 win over the St Mary’s Government School girls. The St. Luke’s Methodist School girls ran over the Holy Redeemer School girls 7-1 last Friday. Shadine Young, Jenelly Lamb and Brianna Meighan scored 2pts
each for St. Luke’s while Indie Dixon scored a single free throw for Holy Redeemer School. The St. John’s Anglican Primary School did better last Thursday in a 4-2 win over the Queen Square Anglican School girls. Ashley Bailey scored 4 pts for St. John’s Primary, while Kayla Bowen and Aaliyah Perez scored a free throw each for Queen Square.