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The Belize Times
Sunday, May 30, 2010
Belize #1 Sports Page
Millennium girls spank Placencia Pearls 3-0 in female football
The Millennium girls spanked the Placencia Pearls 3-0 in Week 2 of the Belize Female Football league competition at the M.C.C. garden last Saturday, May 22. Miriam Villamil and Shinelle Gentle led the Millennium girls’ offensive with the help of Kara Kisling and Salambu Munnings on the wings and midfielders Kaya Cattouse and Lynette “Panchy” Gabourel. The visitors’ defensive line Beverly Ver non, Jeena Casey, Zulma Ortega and Kira Eiley were completely outfoxed by Kara Kisling, who soon embarrassed the Placencia goalie Jasmine Garcia with the 1st goal early in the 1st
half. The Placencia strikers Shari Lopez, Denise Glenn and Maylin Martinez tried to get a counterattack going with the help of Khadijah Asales, K arissa Rhamdas and Corby Rhaburn at midfield but were no match for national team striker Kaya Cattouse who blasted in a 2nd goal past Garcia for the Millennium girls to lead 2-0 at the half time break. Meanwhile the Millennium girls’ defense lineup which included veterans Adelma Broaster and M e l o n y Ta s h e r, a n d n a t i o n a l team sweeper Shadalee Ho and Kendra Clarke, shut down the Placencia girls’ attacks and goalie
Ermine Ferguson handled all other challenges, often coming out of goal to scoop up a loose ball before the visitors could get to it. In the second half, Emrice Linarez replaced Corby Rhaburn on the wing; Corby took over from Garcia in goal and Janice Westby moved in to a defenders position, relieving Kira Eiley. Millennium introduced Geanne C a y e t a n o t o r e l i e ve A d e l m a Broaster, K ara Kisling moved back to defend and Sharlene Lopez replaced Shinelle Gentle. Even so the visitors could not stop Miriam Villamil from driving in a 3rd goal. Placencia’s Enrese Linarez,
Sh a r ida C a b r a l a n d Na ta sh a Gibson entered the ball game for Shari Lopez, Karissa Rhamdas and Denise Glenn but even they could not change the final score: 3-0. In the other games around the league of the competition, Gentle Touch of Esperanza upset Pumas Auto Rentals 2-1 at the Carl Ramos Stadium on Saturday with 2 strikes by Nataki Alvarez, while Nykemah Kuylen scored a consolation goal for the Pumas. Gentle Touch will host the Placencia Pearls at the Norman Broaster Stadium on Saturday, May 29, and the Pumas will host the Millennium girls.
Placencia Assassins still No. 1 in Belize Bank in Super League football
The Placencia Assassins continue to lead the Belize Bank Superleague Football competition, following a 1-1 draw with Santa Elena Synergy in week 7 at the Placencia football field on Sunday afternoon. The Placencia fans roared their approval when Ashley Tor res scored the first g oal for the Assassins in the 13th minute, but Dean Flowers delivered the equalizer for Santa Elena in the 42nd before the long whistle. A t t h e M . C. C. g a r d e n o n Sunday, Belize United bounced back from back to back defeats to inter r upt Nizhee Corozal’s winning streak 1-0 with a strike by Kevin Rowland in the 56th minute
of play. Rowland and Ashton Lewis led the City offensive with the help of Emersson Garnett and Marshall Nunez on the wings, backed up by David “Manu” Macaulay Sr. and Thomas Castro at midfield,. The Nizhee visitors had come to town to win and were not about to roll over so easily. Their defensive line led by team captain Antonio Castillo, Julio Tun, Kenny Canul and Andrew Allen shut out the City boys’ attack the entire 1st half, with goalie Benito Moreira coming out of goal to halt Lewis’ and Rowland’s attacks. Michael “Chenko” Whittaker an d Dar n ell M o ssia h led th e visitors’ offensive, with the help of Christian Pena and Javier Pott
on the wings, and Uriel Yam and Arieni Swazo at midfield. Veteran defender Glen Martinez held the line for Belize United, backed up by Mark “Kelo” Leslie, Dennis Peralta and Andy Aranda and goalie Stanley “Jordan” Reneau shut out the visitors until the long whistle. Up north, defending subchamps San Felipe Barcelona toppled the City Boyz 1-0 at the People’s Stadium on Saturday night when Lorenzo Diaz blasted in the winning goal in the 6th minute of play. Hattieville FC salvaged a 1-1 draw out of the jaws of defeat when they took on Cayo South United at the Hattieville field on
Sunday. Joshua Richards scored first for the visitors in the 3rd minute of play, but the Hattieville fans groaned with relief when Leon “Lem” Jones delivered the equalizer for Hattieville in the 17th minute, and so it remained until the long whistle. The competition continues with Belize United hosting San Felipe Barcelona at the MCC garden on Saturday night, while on Sunday the City Boyz will pay Santa Elena synergy a visit at the Santa Elena field, Nizhee Corozal will look to ambush Hattieville FC at the Santiago Ricalde Stadium and the Placencia assassins will awa i t C ayo S o u th U n i ted i n Placencia.