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Belize City, September 26, 2016 Team Belize pulled off an impressive 3-1 win over powerhouse Panama for their 2nd win in their 3rd outing at the AFECAVOL World Championship qualification tournament; which the Belize Volleyball association (BVA) is hosting at the St. Catherine Academy auditorium in Belize City from Saturday, September 24 thru Friday, September 31. The top 2 teams will qualify to the NORCECA Americas tournament which qualifies the top 5 to the World Championships in Italy and Bulgaria. Bryton Codd led Belize’s attack on Panama with 23pts to win the 1st set: 25-21, Belize started off leading 5-0 in the 2nd set and with team captain Karym Coleman scoring 13pts, they took the 2nd set: 25-12. Some
SCA Volleyball Girls Win 3 at XIX CODICADER Games Continued from page 10 and Mya Musa led the attack with the help of Annika Brown, Aya Safa and Amber Marin, spiking home points on balls set by Alyanah Musa and libero Kiara Smith. Zazie Mckenzie, Kaylene Flowers, Alexis Burn and Aliyah Alvarez came off the bench to help win the 3 sets: 25-17, 25-18, 25-15. On Sunday evening they had also overpowered the hosts, Honduras: 2516, 25-18, and 25-19. On Saturday, the SCA girls picked up their 1st win: 25-16, 25-18 and 25-19. On Friday, the SCA girls had lost 0-3 to Guatemala, who took all 3 sets: 25-15, 25-19 and 25-11. The National Secondary Schools Association volleyball champions – the Toledo Community College boys, have not done so well in the male competition, losing 0-3 to Panama on Monday. On Sunday, they lost to Honduras, who dominated 25-8, 25-11 and 25-14. On Saturday, Nicaragua won over TCC: 25-17, 25-15 and 25-17; and on Friday night, TCC also lost to Guatemala, who won 25-13, 25-10 and 25-12. The Belize teams rest on Tuesday and take on Costa Rica on Wednesday and El Salvador on Thursday.
Belize men celebrate 3-1 win vs Panama
Yserri Palacio and Karym Coleman block Panama attack
loss of concentration cost them the 3rd set, which Panama won 25-20. But the Belize defense refused to allow Panama to get back into the game and closed it off in the 4th set: 25-17. Belize also benefited from 38 unforced errors by Panama.
After the game team captain Karym Coleman commented that “We left yesterday’s loss to Guatemala behind us, moving forward focused on winning today. Panama was hungry for a win, but we were hungrier, and so we fought strongly. Our team still has
its weaknesses, like when we lost our concentration which cost us the third set Team Belize’s Cuban coach Delio Arruebuena said: “We got the win we needed, even though Panama controlled the action in the first set with strength and stability. We played very unstable, but during the technical break I had a word with the guys and told them they had to make the effort to attack harder, and it worked. Belize needs more consistency and discipline, because the players are easily distracted and lose concentration when they see familiar faces among the fans, which causes them to make costly errors.” Team Belize had opened with a 5-set duel to win over El Salvador on Saturday night. Karym Coleman led with 28 kills at the net, and Keith Castillo added 17pts as they won 2513, 18-25, 27-25, 18-25 and 16-14. On Sunday Team Belize lost to Guatemala which won 25-15, 25-18, 25-20. Belize plays Nicaragua on Tuesday, the Dominican Republic on Wednesday, and after resting Thursday, they play Honduras on Friday, Sept.31. The awards ceremony is scheduled for 9:30pm, Sept. 31 after the final game.
Belmopan Compre Football Girls & Nicaragua draw 4-4 at CODICADER Games Tegucigalpa, September 26, 2016 Belize’s National Secondary Schools Association (NSSSA) football champions- the Belmopan Comprehensive girls tied 4-4 with Nicaragua in their 1st game at the 19th CODICADER Students Games at the Jose S. Ancona H. Sports Complex in Tegucigalpa last Thursday. Jayda Brown scored a hat trick to give Compre a 3-1 lead over Nicaragua at the half. The “nicas” came back strong in the 2nd half, scoring 3 goals to take a 4-3 lead, until Vaylene Lambert scored Compre’s 4th goal for the 4-4 draw.
SCA volleyball girls win 3 games
Belmopan Compre girls draw 4-4 with Nicaragua On Friday, El Salvador won 8-1 over Compre, with Jayda Brown scoring Compre’s only consolation goal. For El Salvador, Erika Zuniga scored 5 goals, Hielana Morales added 2 goals, and Maggi Segovia scored 1 goal. On Saturday, Compre lost to Guatemala: 0-7, as Nahomi Villeda scored a hat trick; while Yuritza Mayen, Suria Portabella, Hilary Hernandez Arias and Evelin Godoy scored a goal apiece. On Sunday, Compre lost 1-6 to Panama, with Jayda Brown scoring Compre’s only consolation goal. For Panama, Erika Hernandez scored 2 goals, Yeisy Fuentes, Frankeca Osorio, and Lineth Cedeno scored a goal apiece,
while Maria Guevara converted a penalty. This year’s NSSSA football champions, the Julian Cho High School boys are representing in the male tournament, but suffered 2 losses in their first 2 outings: 0-2 to Honduras on Friday, and 0-3 to El Salvador on Saturday. The team rested on Sunday. The squad includes many players whom the Football Federation of Belize has selected to train for the national U-17 team which will contest the FIFA World Cup U-17 qualifiers in Costa Rica in November. These include strikers Jeffton Apolonio and Richard Hines, midfielders Gabriel Ramos Jr. and Zerrick Cabral, and defender Kendale Nunez.