SCA girls & U-15 Brown Bombers win in BDFA football finals

The SCA girls and the U-15 Brown Bombers each won Game 1 of the Belize District Football Association summer football championship finals at the M.C.C. garden last Saturday.

The SCA girls bombed the Ladyville Rural Strikers: 2-0. SCA’s Kursha Pollard, Tyra Moreira and Sheida Young led the offensive, supported by midfielders Symone Foreman, Christiane Rodriguez and Courtney Davan. Kursha Pollard soon impressed the scoreboard with SCA’s 1^st goal, running through the Ladyville defense Angela Usher, Dejeanne Noralez, Tanisha Ogaldez and Daniela Palacio to give the SCA girls a 1-zip lead before the half time break.

Mertell Bailey, Janine Hendy and Kayla Sanchez led the Ladyville girls’ counterattack, supported by Rhonda and Faith Maheia, Kirsten Fuentes and Tishana Garcia, but nothing seemed to work. Their efforts were completely frustrated by SCA’s Diedra Gill, Inga Woods and Samari Samos who shut them down until the long whistle, In the meantime, Kursha Pollard gamboled to score a 2^nd goal. SCA’s Shantie Castillo, Alexis Rosado, Kenisha Williams and Ashley Pelayo entered the ball game to retain the initiative and secure the 2-0 win.

In the boys final, the U-15 Brown bombed Hattieville United 4-2. Jarron Myvett razzle-dazzled his way past the Hattieville defense of Benjamin Hyde, Raheem Usher, Valentine Tablada and Lennox Clare to blast in the 1^st goal on Hattieville goalie Cleon Smith and Devaughn Zuniga outran the Hattieville defense to score the Bombers’ 2nd goal before the half time break.

Hattieville’s Kelker Palacio and Richard Waight got a counterattack going in the 2^nd half, backed up by Cleon Smith came out of goal to play midfield along wiht Aaron King, Kobe Dyer, Trevaun Rhaburn and Jeffrey Buller,

Smith scored Hattieville’s first goal by finishing a corner kick executed by Kelker Palacio, and Aaron King embarrassed the Bombers’ goalie Shamar Nunez with a 2^nd goal. But Devaughn Zuniga added 2 more goals to complete his hat-trick for the 4-2 win.

Game 3 of the best of three series comes up at the M.C.C. grounds on Saturday, August 22, and a Game 3, if necessary, will be played on August 29.

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