Sport

Caribbean Pride wins Boom to Manatee Lodge canoe race
Vista del Mar, January 23, 2010

Team Caribbean Pride – Chris Guydis, Jermaine Sanchez and Justin Sanchez won the Burrell Boom to Manatee Lodge canoe race held by the Belize Canoe Association last Saturday. The Caribbean Pride team clocked 1:25:27.15 to win the $100 1st prize in the men’s division and the first place trophy.
Six-time Ruta Maya champs Armin Lopez, Daniel Cruz and Amado Cruz in the Belize Bank canoe out-sprinted the Cruise Solutions canoe paddled by Jerry Rhaburn, Efrain Cruz and Felix Cruz to win the $50 2nd prize, clocking 1:27:59.09 seconds. The Cruise Solutions team finished 6 seconds later to win the $50 3rd prize.
Team Reagan International – Nolberto Seguro, Jeremy Sanchez and Sheldon Seguro clocked 1:31:44.28 to place 4th; the N.I.C.H. team – Oscar Cardona, Jimmy Valdez and Manuel Rodriguez clocked 1:52:37 to take 5th place, while the Belize Poultry team – Anthony Rodriguez, Orlando Habet and Francisco Coleman in the “Just Do It’ canoe clocked 1:35:01.58 to place 6th.
Team Print Belize – Rudolph Gentle, Javier Guardado and Erwin Cruz clocked 1:38:42:58 to place 7th overall and win 1st prize in the Pleasure division. Team Bell Scat – Henri Cruz, Trevor Lennon and Jesus Linarez won 2nd place in the Pleasure Division, clocking 1:40:36.27 to place 8th overall.
Team “Grumpy Old Men”- Jerry Wilken, Francis Codd and Stanley Bailey clocked 1:43:13.58 to place 9th overall and win the Master’s Division.
Team Diplomat – Ronald Mendez, Audrey Moody and Eldon August clocked 1:46:38.16 as they finished 10th overall to win 1st prize in the mixed division.
“Rob’s Angels” – Ana, Francisca and Marcela Cruz clocked 1:47:38.28 to win the Female division, finishing 11th overall. Team “Vista Chicks”- Susan Wilken, Shelly Bowen and Laura Thompson clocked 2:00:58 to win 2nd price in the Female division, finishing 15th overall. The Coast Guard Mermaids – Joycelin Galvez, Keyren Tzib and Sheridan Sambula were the 3rd female team, clocking 2:03:01.27 to finish 16th overall.
Team “Really F—ing Grumpy Old Men”- Mike Roberts, Bruce Bowen and Joe Fuzy won the Dorey division, clocking 2:05:27.128 to finish 17th overall.
Canoe rookies Mike Roe, Samantha Singh and Chris Bradley paddled their “Pinky & the Brain” canoe to win the Youth division, clocking 2:20:00 to place 19th overall.
The Burrell Boom to Manatee Lodge race was the first of the preliminary races held by the Belize Canoe Association in preparation for the 12th annual Ruta Maya River Challenge to be held over the Baron Bliss Day weekend. Chris Guydis and the Caribbean Pride team will be organizing a Haulover Bridge to Burrell Boom race, paddling against the current on February 6th, and the final dress rehearsal for the Ruta Maya will be the annual Burrell Boom to Belize City race to be held on February 20.

Corozal FC & Guinea Grass FC win thru to F.F.B. U-16 football semifinals
Orange Walk, January 23, 2010

The Corozal F.C. U-16, Guinea Grass U-16, Griga Esieni and Las Flores FC have won through to the Football Federation of Belize’s national under-16 football semifinals, in quarterfinals games played on Saturday, January 23.
Corozal capped their 6-0 win over Palmar this week with a 3-0 win at the Louisiana field in Orange Walk to lead the competition with a 9-0 goal aggregate, while Guinea Grass also advanced on goal aggregate 4-3 following a 1-1 draw with Trial Farm Zion at the Louisiana field.
Corozal’s Leonardo Jones, Jesusito Williams and Urbano Rivero led their attack, with the help of Nelson Rivero, Denis Charlie and Rai West at midfield, but were frustrated by Palmar’s defensive line of Desmond Hill, Nisany Bermudez and Zair Aldana who held the visitors to a nil-zip draw until the half time break.
Meanwhile Palmar’s Lawrence Romero, Nigel Cabanas and Adel Caseres were trying to get an attack going, supported by midfielders Albertico Casares, Dani Romero, Gaspar Logan and Albert Smith, winning several corner kicks, but failing to impress Corozal’s goalie Luis Chi or the scoreboard.
The visitors won a free kick outside the 18 yard box and Rai West executed with deadly precision to score Corozal’s first winning goal. Palmar’s goalie Shawn Hill had no chance when Corozal team captain Nelson Rivero blasted in a 2nd goal and Leonardo Jones put the game on ice with a 3rd goal for the 3-0 win.
Trial Farm Zion scored first on Guinea Grass U-16 when #22 Rafael “Gordo” Sabido drove the ball past goalie Rafael Castillo and Jesus Sutherland, Antonio Melendez and Andy Uh kept on the pressure as they strove for a 2nd goal to take them through to the next round. The Guinea Grass defenders Arnulfo Perez, Roman Hernandez, Hugo Canul and Brian Castillo had their work cut out to keep Trial Farm from scoring again before the half time break.
Guinea Grass’ Edwin Lara and Kevin Ramirez led the counterattack in the 2nd half, with Brian Westby and Noe Hernandez bringing the ball up the sideline, while Amelio Magana and Carlos Landaverde broke up the Trial Farm attacks to create their own plays at midfield. Kevin Ramirez headed in the equalizer on a free kick into the goal area from Noe Hernandez, which Trial Farm’s goalie Rowley Padilla failed to clear.
Griga Esieni hosted the San Martin Meds for a 2-1 drubbing at the Carl Ramos Stadium on Sunday. Jose Martinez and Carlos “Fubu” Thomas scored for Esieni, while Jimmy Reyes scored a consolation goal for San Martin.
As in their first encounter with FC Toledo, the Las Flores U-16 squad scored first in the rematch at the Toledo Union field on Sunday. Eric Gonzalez and Lincoln Lopez scored 2 goals each for Las Flores’ 4-1 win; only Darrol Lambey scored a consolation goal for Toledo.

Corozal F.C, Club Atletico, Griga Eseini & FC Toledo win thru to F.F.B. U-19 football semifinals
Corozal Town, January 24, 2010

The Corozal F.C. U-19, Club Atletico of Belmopan, Griga Esieni and FC Toledo have won through to the Football Federation of Belize’s national under-19 football semifinals, in quarterfinals games played on Sunday, January 24.
Corozal F.C. posted a 2-0 win over Santa Cruz U-19 at the Ricalde Stadium on Sunday. Rafael “Chenco” Rivero and Erminio Aban led the Corozal offensive with the help of Rigel Correa and Ardon Budna on the wings and Kennard Teck and Darnell Mossiah at midfield.
The Santa Cruz goalie had no chance when Rivero blasted in the winning goal from the edge of the goal areal and Erminio Aban also tasted success with a 2nd goal for Corozal’s 2-0 win.
Santa Cruz’s Elvis Usher pressed the Corozal defense as he strove for the equalizer, but the Corozalenos: Moises Perez, Asrael Sutherland and Christian Budna were letting nothing through, and closed up shop to hold the Cayo squad goal-less until the long whistle.
Club Atletico held football clinic for the Julian Cho Warriors at the F.F.B. field of Belmopan on Saturday with a 3-zip schooling on strikes by David Madrid – 2 goals and Brian Samayoa – 1 goal.
One goal for a 1-0 win over Exodus U-19 F.C. at the Carl Ramos stadium on Sunday was enough to see Griga Esiene through to the next round. They were already leading the series with a 2-1 win in Belmopan
Benque U-19 posted a 2-1 win over FC Toledo at the Marshalleck Stadium on Saturday; the referee had to call the game off when the Benque fans invaded the field when Alex Andres Maquin Jr. scored goal for F.C Toledo. Toledo still won through to the next round on goal aggregate, by a 3-0 win when they hosted Benque F.C. at the Toledo Union field last week.

SCA & Gwen Liz girls win in CSSSA football
Belize City, January 22, 2010

The St Catherine’s Academy and Gwen Lizarraga High School girl both enjoyed wins in the 2010 Central Secondary Schools Sports Association (CSSSA) football competition at the M.C.C. garden last week.
The St Catherine’s Academy girls ran over the Pallotti High School girls 5-0, their first win in 2 outings. Alexis Rosado, Leera Alvarado and Kursha Pollard led the S.C.A. offensive. With the help of Angelica and Aimee Vasquez and Katherine Maradiaga creating plays at midfield, Kursha Pollard ran through the Pallotti defense to drill the 1st and 2nd goals past goalie Christian Chun in the 1st half. The S.C.A. defenders Ashley Pelayo, Inga Woods, Diedra Gill and Aaliyah Williams held Pallotti’s Athnee Alford, Shinelle Lord and Vicky Zelaya scoreless up to the half time break.
Kursha completed her hat trick with a 3rd goal in the 2nd half and added 2 more for the 5-0 win. Pallotti’s Sade Lopez, Gorlee Marin and Darcy Rodriguez were trying to get an attack going, but SCA brought in fresh players: Christian Rodriguez, Kiana Wagner, Kiana Singh, Gabriella Habet and Samari Samos to remain on the offensive, and SCA goalie Carlisia Petillo handled all balls that came her way to shut out the Pallotti girls till the final whistle.
It was the Pallotti girls’ first loss as they had drawn twice in their 2 previous outings against the Edward P. Yorke High School girls and against Wesley College.
The Gwen Lizarraga High School girls posted their 3rd back-to-back-to-back win outlasting the SCA girls 2-1 last Wednesday, with Jaslyn Cadle scoring Gwen Liz’s 1st goal before the half time break. Kursha Pollard picked up a pass from Leera Maldonado and outran the Gwen Liz captain Candice Neal to drive in the equalizer early in the 2nd half.
The Gwen Liz girls tightened their defense, but their enthusiasm cost Jersha Estrada a yellow card caution. A 2nd strike by Faith Mejia in the closing minutes of the ball game delivered the 2-1 win for the Gwen Liz girls.

Kulture Yabra & City Stars both win 3-0 in Over-35 football
Belize City, January 24, 2010

The Kulture Yabra now leads the Belize City over-35 football competition after posting their 6th win 3-0 over Plaza at the M.C.C. garden on Sunday, City Stars won by that same score 3-0 over North-side United.
Benigno Espinoza scored City Stars’ 1st goal when he finished a cross to center from Anthony Michael. Orlando Vega led the Stars’ attack at midfield with the help of Jose “Shaggy” Caceres, Francis Budna and Hector Martinez.

North-side’s Albert Eiley and Steve Mayen led the counterattack, but made no impression on the City Stars’ defense anchored by Kent Gabourel Sr., Alberto Acosta, George Hanson and Celso Carcamo. Goalie Thomas Rivas took care of all other challenges, but North-side’s stiff defense left Alberto Acosta limping before the end of the 1st half and Richard Gordon came off the bench to replace him.
Brian Meighan produced North-side’s best chance of a goal, but the goal post intervened. Benigno Espinoza tried for a 2nd goal, but his shot drained wide of the goal post. Francis Budna made no such mistake when he put the finish on pass to center from Anthony Michael, as he upped the ante to 2-0. Kent Gabourel repeated the play with a pass that this time Richard Gordon finished for the win.
In the nightcap, Kulture Yabra posted a 3-0 win with Charlie Slusher embarrassing the Plaza goalie twice, and Norman “Tilliman” Nunez made it 3-zip with a 3rd goal.

Brown Bombers & Kraal Rd win 1st Division football openers

Belize City, January 24, 2010

Brown Bombers won the opening game of the 2010 First Division football competition 2-1 over BWEL at the M.C.C. garden last Friday night, while Kraal Road FC won 3-1 over Atlantic Insurance on Saturday and Vinfa FC and Rangers struggled to a 3-3 draw on Sunday.

The Brown Bombers converted 2 penalties to win 2-1 over Atlantic Insurance on Friday evening. Roberto Savio scored first for Atlantic Insurance in the 41st minute, but the referee awarded the bombers a penalty in the 42nd minute, which Henry “Pulu” Gillett converted to tie the score before the half time break. Gillett converted a 2nd penalty in the 75th minute for the 2-1 win.
Kraal Road FC also enjoyed a 3-1 win over B.W.E.L on Saturday. Kraal Rd seized a 2-0 lead when Dalton Zuniga scored in the 29th minute and Jack Dawson added a 2nd goal in the 36th minute for Kraal Road to take a 2-zip lead into the half time break. B.W.E.L.’s Daniel Hernandez drilled home a consolation goal before Zuniga sealed the 3-1 win with a 3rd goal in the 81st minute.

On Sunday Vinfa seized a 1-0 lead over Rangers on a strike by Giovanni Jefferies in the 1st minute of play, but 2 strikes by Douglas Rodriguez equalized the score and gave the Rangers a 2-1 lead. Vinfa’s Antonio Mucco came right back in your face to score a 2nd goal to tie the ball game at 2-2 before the half time break.
Henry Veliz entered the ball game for the Rangers in the 2nd half, replacing Eric Miranda, but the Rangers’ defenders goofed in bringing down Mucco inside the 18 and the referee ruled penalty. Vinfa’s goalie Aldo Savala made no mistake as he converted to give Vinfa the 3-2 lead, but another Rangers’ 2nd half substitution brought in Jaime Rodriguez, who blasted in a free kick past Savala to tie the score 3-3 scant minutes before the final whistle.

Tubal Institute boys lead CSSSA football 5-0
Belize City, January 25, 2010

The undefeated TUBAL Institute boys lead the 2010 Central Secondary Schools Sports Association (CSSSA) football competition with 15 pts, posting their 5th back-to-back-to-back win at the MCC garden on Monday evening.
The TUBAL Institute boys posted their 5th back to back win 4-1 over the Edward P. Yorke High School boys on Monday evening. Ivory Copius led the attack with the first goal, and Alden Bradley soon added a second, but Ceto Martinez would get one in for the E.P. Yorke boys to trail 1-2 at the half time break. It was a Tubal show after that, as Dion Gutierrez delivered a 3rd goal, and Clinton Jorgenson drilled home a 4th goal before the long whistle sounded to a 4-1 win.
The TUBAL Institute boys had scored their 4th win 6-0 over the Anglican Cathedral College boys on Saturday. Clinton Jorgenson led the attack by scoring a hat trick; John King added two more goals and Alden Bradley made it 6-0.
The Sadie Vernon Technical High School boys posted their 3rd win in a 2-0 upset of the Gwen Lizarraga High School boys with two strikes by Devon Bevans on Monday night. The Sadie Vernon boys had enjoyed their 2nd win 3-1 over the Nazarene High School boys on Saturday morning.
The Gwen Lizarraga High School had done better last Friday when they posted their 2nd win 5-2 over the St John’s College boys. Akeem Jones led the Gwen Liz attack with 2 goals and Raheem Flowers, John Valerio and Ralph Martinez each added 1 goal. Kendice Williams and Melhelm Hernandez scored St. John’s 2 goals.
The Ladyville Technical High School boys rank No. 2 with 14 pts from 4 wins and 2 draws after a 2-0 win over Edward P. Yorke High School boys last Thursday on strikes by Jael Ottley and Raheem Mariano.
The Wesley College boys posted their 3rd win 2-0 over the Anglican Cathedral College boys last Thursday, on strikes by Emiliano Oliva and Keenan Lopez. The A.C.C. cause was not helped when Troy Augustus and Franky Jean were sent off with red cards, leaving ACC playing with only 9 men.

Queen Square girls & St. Martin’s boys win thru to Primary Schools basketball playoffs
Belize City, January 25, 2009

The undefeated St. Martin de Porres girls lead the Belize City primary schools basketball competition with 7 wins while the undefeated Stella Maris School boys are 8-0.
Janell Grinage had led the St. Martin de Porres School girls with 4pts as they enjoyed their 7th win: 8-0 over Queen Square Anglican School last Wednesday. The St. Martin de Porres boys made the cut to enter the playoffs as the No.2 seed from zone A, by a 36-21 win over St. John Vianney RC School boys in the final game of the regular season on Monday.
The Queen Square Anglican girls also made the cut as the No.4 seed entering the playoffs and will take on the Martin’s girls in the first game of the playoffs Wednesday afternoon.
The Caye Caulker RC School boys also made the cut as the No. 1 seed from zone B with a 7-1 record; their only loss came from a 38-5 upset by the No.2 seed, the Grace Primary boys who are 6-2. The Wesley Upper boys also had a 6-2 record, but one of those losses was to Grace Primary.
The St. Luke’s girls enter the playoffs as the No.2 seed with a 6-1 record; their only loss was to the Martins’ girls, while the Belize Elementary girls enter as the 3rd ranked seed.
Clency Lopez led St. Martin’s boys to their 36-21 win with 8 pts while Karl Smith scored 8 points for St. John Vianney.
The St. Martin’s girls got the easy bye to their 7th win when the Queen Street Baptist School girls forfeited their game.

The Caye Caulker RC School boys posted their 7th win 22-18 over the Buttonwood Bay Nazarene School. Marcello Ventura led Caye Caulker with 9 pts while Ricardo Pavon top scored for Buttonwood Bay with 9pts.
Elwin Pollard top-scored 17 points for Trinity Methodist School in a 21-12 win over All Saints’ Anglican School; Dedrick Ramclam and Keyvon Evans had 4 pts each for All Saints’.
Kirkland Lambey led St. Martin de Porres boys with 11pts in a 24-19 win over St. John’s Anglican Primary; Akeem Forbes scored 8 pts for St. John’s Primary.
The Holy Redeemer RC School boys got the easy bye to a win when the St. Mary’s School boys forfeited their game.

Fredrick Williams had a blast scoring 23 points for the Wesley Upper School boys in their 6th win: 38-20 over St. Ignatius RC School; Keimar Nicholas scored 8 pts for Nashus.
The St. John’s Primary girls also got the easy bye to a win when the St. Mary’s Primary School girls forfeited their game on Thursday; so did the Belize Elementary School girls over Queen Street Baptist. The Central Christian School boys also won over Queen Street Baptist School by forfeit.
Fredrick Williams had led Wesley Upper School boys with 16 pts as they romped to their 5th win 30-11 over the All Saints’ Anglican School boys
Kirk Brown and Zachary Usher scored 7 points each for the Belize Elementary School boys to enjoy a 23-17 win over the St. Luke Methodist School boys; Joseph Lopez and Charles Garbutt scored 5 pts each for St Luke’s.

Randy Franklin had scored 8 points to lead the St. John Vianney School boys to a 30-12 win over St. Mary’s; Lismo Williams scored 4pts for St. Mary’s.
Alex O’Brian had scored 13 pts for St. Luke’s Methodist in their win over Queen Square Anglican, for whom Kurt Hemmans scored 10 pts.
The Caye Caulker School boys posted their 6th win when the Queen Street Baptist boys forfeited their game.
Trevor Jones top scored 15 pts for the Grace Primary School boys as they romped to their 6th win: 39-25 over St. Ignatius School: Sydney Bradley scored 16pts for Nashus.
The Stella Maris School boys remain undefeated with a 29-14 win over Belize Elementary last Wednesday. Michael Graham led Stella Maris with 9 pts while Zachary Usher scored 6pts for Belize Elementary.

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