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C.C.C. girls win thru to NSSSA football championships
Orange Walk, January 30, 2010

The Corozal Community College girls won pride of place to represent the Northern Division at the national football championships to be hosted by the National Secondary Schools Sports Association (N.S.S.S.A.) and C.C.C. at the San Andres campus next Friday and Saturday February 12-13. The CCC girls became the Northern Division champions at the regionals hosted by Bishop Martin High School at the People’s Stadium on Saturday, January 30.

The Orange Walk Technical High School girls won the opening game of the tournament 1-0 over the defending champs, the San Pedro High School girls. The Orange Walk girls held the island girls to a nil-zip draw through regulation time and 5 minutes of overtime. But when the San Pedro goalie Cristina Flores brought down Orange Walk captain Claudia Escalante inside the goal area, the referee awarded the OW girls a penalty which Escalante converted for the 1-0 win.

The C.C.C. girls had won the 2^nd game of the day 2-0 over the New Hope High School girls of Orange Walk Town. Flor Carcamo and Yolanie Oh led the C.C.C. offensive backed up by Mindy Riverol and Shamilee Zuniga on the wings and Anahi Riverol and Yamilexi Nunez at midfield, and Flor Carcamo soon scored the first goal to give the C.C.C. girls a 1-0 lead at the half time break. The New Hope girls could not contain the C.C.C. offensive as Anahi Riverol drilled home a 2^nd goal in the 2^nd half to clinch the 2-0 win.

In the championship final, the C.C.C. defenders Dianellie Cabral, Nellie Mena, Yadiri Cawich and Teedi Gomez shut down the Orange Walk Tech girls’ attack led by Cindy Hendricks and Claudia Escalante. Shamillee Zuniga found an opening to blast in the first winning goal past goalie Cristina Flores.

Minutes later Yolanie Oh brought it on the right flank and set table for Flor Carcamo to finish, but the Orange Walk defenders Sarah Rios, Yanira Chan and Lillian Magana triple-teamed Carcamo, giving Shamilee Zuniga the space to get off another shot that sailed over their heads into the right corner of the goal. Unable to equalize in the 2^nd half, the Orange Walk girls conceded the 2-0 win at the final whistle.

N.S.S.S.A. president Benedicto Ramos was on hand to present the championship trophy to the C.C.C. girls, the Orange Walk captain Claudia Escalante claimed the 2^nd place trophy and the 3^rd place trophy went to the San Pedro girls. Ramos also presented the Most Valuable Player award to C.C.C.’s Mindy Riverol.

C.C.C. boys win thru to NSSSA football championships
Orange Walk, January 30, 2010

The Corozal Community College boys blasted the defending champs, the San Pedro High School boys, 3-0 in a penalty shootout at the regionals hosted by Bishop Martin High School at the People’s Stadium on Saturday, and in so doing won pride of place of representing the Northern Division at the national football championships to be hosted by National Secondary Schools Sports Association (N.S.S.S.A.) and C.C.C. at the San Andres campus next Friday and Saturday February 12-13.

The San Pedro boys had won the opening game 4-0 against the Belize High School of Agriculture boys from Orange Walk west. Jesse Smith had outrun the BHSA defenders to drill home the 1^st goal in the very 1^st minute of play. The BHSA defense tried to contain the islanders’ attacks, but a few minutes later Smith ran through the defense again, and served the ball across to Jonathan Esquivel for the finish to lead 2-0. Jesse Smith added a 3rd goal as the islanders took a 3-0 lead into the half time break. In the 2^nd half, the San Pedro sweeper Abimael Trejo made it 4-zip before the long whistle.

In the 2^nd game, the C.C.C. boys overran the Orange Walk Technical High School boys 2-1. The C.C.C. boys took the game to the Sugar City half of the field from the getgo, with Walter Gonzalez taking the pass at kickoff to serve to Josue Esquivel who pushed the ball up for Eloy Romero to beat the Orange Walk goalie Darrel Novelo, lobbing the ball over his head into the empty net for a 1-0 lead up to the half.

In the 2^nd half, Jian Teck equalized for Orange Walk, but not for long as CCC’s midfielder Wilfredo Lopez scored the winning goal for the 2-1 win.

In the finals, Wilfredo Lopez again gave the C.C.C. boys a 1-0 lead when he converted a penalty after the islanders brought down C.C.C.’s Anthony Acosta inside the goal area. C.C.C. refreshed its offensive line-up in the 2^nd half with Josue Esquivel, Joel Cruz and Shamir Quan replacing Lopez, Otoniel Ruiz and Sergio Pott. San Pedro’s sweeper Abimael Trejo and defenders Franklin Aranda, Manuel Munoz and Christopher Mejia dug in and closed up shop to hold off the C.C.C. attacks for the rest of regulation time, while Samuel Figueroa lobbed a long kick over the head of C.C.C.’s errant goalie Evelio Ake to make it a 1-1 ball game.

No quarter was asked and none given in the 2 overtime periods, and the game went into a penalty shootout. C.C.C.’s Josue Esquivel, Alvan Correa and Jordan August all converted their kicks, but alas for San Pedro, their first kicker missed the goal altogether, and Evelio Ake redeemed his earlier misdemeanors by coming up with two magnificent saves to shut out the islanders 3-0 in the shootout.

N.S.S.S.A. president Benedicto Ramos was on hand to present the championship trophy to the C.C.C. boys; the San Pedro boys claimed the 2^nd place trophy and the Orange Walk Tech boys got the 3^rd place trophy. C.C.C.’s Evelio Ake won the Most Valuable Player award.

Gwen Liz girls No. 1 seed into CSSSA football playoffs
Belize City, February 2, 2010

The Gwen Liz girls lead the 2010 Central Secondary Schools Sports Association (CSSSA) female football competition, concluding their regular season with 10 pts from 4 wins and 1 draw, after they drew with Pallotti High School girls at the M.C.C. grounds last Wednesday.

The game was interrupted at the half time due to a lack of lighting at the M.C.C., and since finishing it would not affect final playoff standings, it was called a draw. Pallotti’s Athanee Alford had struck the 1^st goal for the convent girls in the 1^st minute of play, but the Gwen Liz girls regrouped and Anatashia Waight evaded the Pallotti defense to drive in the equalizer before half time.

The Wesley College girls also posted their 2^nd win, 2-0 over the St. Catherine Academy girls last Friday. Wesley’s speedy forward Zelyse Tucker ran thru the SCA defense of Ashley Pelayo, Inga Woods, Diedra Gill and Aaliyah Williams to blast in the 1^st goal past a hapless S.C.A. goalie. SCA’s Leanne Murray, Alexis Rosado and Kianna Gordon tried to get an attack going with the help of midfielders Aimee Vasquez, Christiane Rodriguez and Katherine Maradiaga, but Wesley still led 1-zip at the half time break.

SCA’s Kursha Pollard came off the bench and into the ball game in the 2^nd half with every intention to equalize the score and secure a win, but the Wesley defense led by Kathleen Sabal hung tough, while midfielder Ruby Jimenez lobbed a long free kick almost from midfield that beat SCA goalie Carlisia Petillo to ice the 2-0 win.

The S.C.A. girls did better in a 3-0 win to eliminate the Edward P. Yorke High School girls last Wednesday. Kursha Pollard struck the winning goal and Christiane Rodriguez surprised the goalie with a free kick that sailed over her head and into the back of the net to make it 2-0 before the half.

In the 2^nd half, Christiane Rodriguez struck again from another free kick with a long lob that beat the goalie for the 3-0 win.

TUBAL Institute boys No.1 in CSSSA football
Belize City, February 1, 2010

The undefeated TUBAL Institute boys lead the 2010 Central Secondary Schools Sports Association (CSSSA) football competition, concluding their regular season with 20 pts from 6 wins and 2 draws, their 6^th win coming from a 2-1 win over the St. John’s College boys at the M.C.C. grounds on Monday.

Ivory Copious scored first for Tubal in the 1^st half, but SJC’s Melhem Hernandez tied the score at 1-1 early in the 2nd half. Tubal’s John King outran the SJC defense to drill a 2^nd goal past the SJC goalie for the 2-1 win.

The Ladyville Technical High School boys are ranked No.2 seed entering the playoffs with 18pts after completing their regular season with 18pts from 5 wins and 3 draws when they drew 1-1 with the TUBAL Institute boys last Saturday. Keynan Bennett scored for TUBAL and Tyrone Parchue equalized for Ladyville. It was TUBAL’s 2^nd draw; they had battled to a scoreless draw with the Gwen Liz High School boys last Thursday night,

The Ladyville boys had scored their 5^th win 1-0 against the Wesley College boys last Tuesday with a single strike by Jael Ottley, but David Ramos got benched for the Tubal game when he was sent off with a red card.

The Wesley College boys clinched their No. 3 berth in the playoffs with 15 pts when they drilled the Sadie Vernon Tech boys 3-0 for their 5th win on Monday night. Khambrel Blease scored a hat trick, tapping in the 1^st goal from a corner kick; then he headed in the 2^nd to finish another corner kick, and drilled the ball past the goalie for his 3^rd goal. The Wesley boys got the easy bye to their 4^th win when the Nazarene High School boys forfeited their game last Saturday.

The Sadie Vernon boys qualified to the playoffs as the No. 4 seed with 14 pts from 4 wins, after they drilled the Anglican Cathedral College boys 2-0 last Friday, on 2 strikes by Leroy Nunez.

BES girls win Belize City basketball champs
Belize City, January 28, 2009

The Belize Elementary School girls upset the up-to-then undefeated St. Martin de Porres girls 9-6 to win the Belize City primary schools basketball championship last Thursday.

Zoe Mao led the BES girls with 3pts; Karina Habet scored the final bucket, while Adreanna Panton and Simran Hotchandani also scored a bucket each for Belize Elementary. Gilda Moguel and Janelle Grinage scored three points each for the St. Martin girls.

Gilda Moguel had led St. Martin de Porres with 8pts when they stomped the Queen Square Anglican School girls 18-0 in the playoffs on Wednesday. Janelle Grinage and Colleen Thompson added 2 buckets each and Alexandra Tillett tossed in the last bucket.

Balika Meighan had led Belize Elementary School with 4 pts when they eliminated the St. Luke Methodist School girls 4-2 in last Wednesday’s playoffs. Jenelly Lamb scored St. Luke’s 2pts.

The Belize Elementary girls will challenge the rural sub-champs, the La Democracia Government School girls in the Belize district finals on Tuesday, February 2, while the St Martin’s girls will take on the rural champs, the Burrell Boom Methodist School girls.

Grace Primary boys win Belize City basketball champs
Belize City, January 28, 2009

The Grace Primary boys upset the up-to-then undefeated Stella Maris School boys to advance and win the Belize City primary schools basketball championship against the Caye Caulker RC School boys last Thursday.

Allan Coc top scored with 7pts as he led the Caye Caulker boys to a 16-13 win over the St. Martin de Porres School boys in last Wednesday’s playoffs; Clency Lopez led St. Martin’s with 6pts.

Malcolm Nunez led the Grace Primary boys with 18 pts when they eliminated the Stella Maris School boys 36-31 in Wednesday’s playoffs. Jamaal Cherrington led Stella Maris with 17pts.

The Grace Primary School boys drowned the Caye Caulker RC School boys: 29-27 in the championship final. Trevor Jones led Grace Primary with 15 pts, Elwin Staine drained in a trey to add 10pts. Marcello Ventura led Caye Caulker School with 10 pts, Charles Hinks drained in 2 long treys to score 6pts, Christian Magana added 2 buckets and Osmin Arana had 3 pts.

The Grace Primary boys will challenge the rural sub-champs, the boys of Burrell Boom Methodist School in the district finals on Tuesday, February 2, while the Caye Caulker boys will take on the rural champions, the boys of Our Lady Of The Way RC School from Ladyville.

BAAA tryouts prep athletes for Central American Games

Orange Walk, January 30, 2010

Belize’s best athletes strutted their stuff to win gold and silver medals when the Belize Amateur Athletic Association held tryouts at the People’s Stadium last Saturday to select a national team to represent the jewel at the upcoming Central American Games to be held in Panama from April 8-18.

SCA’s Emma Hoare of St. Catherine Academy won all 3 throwing events: shot put, discus and javelin, taking the gold in the shot put at 8.55 m. Natisha Oni won silver at 6.68 m and Ocean Vellos won bronze with 6.54 m.

Emma threw the discus 22.77m for gold, while Natisha Oni won silver at 18.40 m and SCA’s Sojourner Truth Smith won bronze at 15.45 m.

Emma won more gold hurling the javelin 20.77 meters. Sojourner Truth Smith threw 19.56 m for silver and Natisha Oni won bronze at 15.82 m.

E.P. Yorke’s Arden Pou won gold in the male shot put and javelin, hurling 11.40 metres for gold. Justin Awe threw 11.23 m for the silver and SJC Jr College’s Keyraan Gabourel threw 8.89 m for the bronze.

Pou won more gold in the javelin, throwing 43.70 meters. Justin Awe won silver with a 35.96m throw and Martin Flowers threw 34.03m for the bronze.

Justin Awe threw the discus 28.96 metres for the gold, while Keyraan Gabourel threw 25.50 m for the silver and Christian Martinez threw 20.88 m for the bronze.

Jeovanni Sutherland clocked 4:44.73 to win gold in the 1,500 meters, Denroy Nembhard ran 4:44.85 for the silver and Victor Martin ran 4:56.27 for the bronze.

UB’s speed-freak Kaina Martinez burned up the track to win gold in the 100m in 13.90 seconds. SCA’s Leanne Murray ran 13.96 seconds for the silver, and Marquisha Velasquez ran 14.01 seconds for the bronze.

Mark Anderson clocked 11.23 seconds to win the 100 metres, ACC’s Glanford Chimilio won the silver in 11.83 secs and Gwen Liz’s Steven Bradley clocked 12.09 secs for the bronze. Anderson also won gold in the 200m in 23.56 seconds, Steven Bradley took silver with 24.46 secs and Shawn Gill clocked 25.00 for the bronze.

SJC Junior College’s Tisha Solis won gold in the 200m in 28.53 seconds, Irecie Reyes son silver in 30.22 seconds and SCA’s Leanne Murray clocked 30.26 for the bronze.

E. P. Yorke’s Tichele Solis dominated the 400 metres in 1:16.37 for gold; SCA’s Kursha Pollard took the silver in 1:20.37. Pollard also won gold in the 800 metres in 2:55.03, SCA’s Shanice Joseph ran 3:07.11 for the silver and SCA’s Shanice Skeen ran 3:54.19 for the bronze.

Tricia Flores won gold in the long jump at 5.67 metres, Kaina Martinez took the silver at 5.61m and Tichele Solis leaped 4.97 for the bronze.

Tricia Flores won gold in the triple jump at to 10.80m while Tichele Solis, the silver at 10.68m.

Joel Wade won the men’s triple jump at 13.10 metres, while Evan Thompson hopped 12.88 for the silver and Alvin Tillett took the bronze at 12.72m.

Ashton Bowman won gold in the 400m in 59.01 seconds, with Eric Vellos clocked 1:06.96 for the silver and Joshua Torres, 1:07.61 seconds for the bronze.

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