SCA girls, U-15 & U-19 Brown Bombers win BDFA football champs

SCA girls and the U-15 and U-19 Brown Bombers teams won the championship finals in each of their respective divisions of the Belize District Football Association’s summer football competition at the M.C.C. garden on Saturday, August 21.

The SCA girls won 2-1 against the Ladyville Rural Strikers in Game2 of the finals to secure the championship. Kursha Pollard, Tyra Moreira, and Shahida Young led the SCA girls’ attacks, supported by Christiane Rodriguez, Courtney Duran, Shantie Castillo and Symone Foreman at mid-field. Diedra Gill, Ashley Pelayo, and Inga Woods held down the SCA defense, until they blundered into a handball error and the referee ruled penalty. Vanessa Rose stepped u to convert with aplomb and give the Rural Strikers a 1-0 lead early in the first half.

Not for long, as Kursha Pollard soon found an opening in the Ladyville defense to blast the equalizer past Rural Strikers’ goalkeeper Sheraine Flores for a 1-1 draw at intermission. Ladyville’s Mertell Bailey, Janine Henry and Faith tried to regainthe initiative in the 2^nd half, with the help of Kayla Sanchez, Tishana Garcia and Daniela Palacio at midfield. But the Ladyville defenders Janicka Ferguson, Angela usher, Vanessa Rose and Tanisha Ogaldez could nt contin Kursha Pollard who drilled home the winning goal.

SCA’s Samari Samos,, Alexis Rosado,  Kemisha Williams and Denisha Grant joined the party to hold on to their 2-1 win.

The U-15 Brown Bombers burnt Hattieville United 4-1 in Game 2 of the U-15 finals to win the championship. Devaughn Zuniga and Jarron Myvett led the Bombers’ attacks backed up by Naim Wilson, Clinton Dawson, Stephen Goff and Kenrick Card at midfield. Dijeanne Thompson blasted in the 1^st goal past Hattieville’s goalie Valentine Tablada early in the 1^st half.

Devaughn Zuniga penetrated past the Hattieville defenders Cleon Smith, Benjamin Hyde, and Raheem Usher to add a 2^nd goal before the half. In the 2^nd half, Tablada managed to stop a shot by Bombers’ Naim Wilson, but the deflection fell to the feet of Devaughn Zuniga who booted it back in to lead 3-zip. Jarron Myvett’s free kick gave the bombers a 4-0 lead..

Hattieville’s  Kelker Palacio and Richard Waight were unfazed by the score and continued to press their attack with the help of Lennox Clare Aaron King, Trevaun Rhaburn and Jeffrey Buller. Bombers’ goalie Shemar Nunez fumbled the ball on a corner kick, and Armando Heron headed the ball in for the village boys’ only consolation goal.

The U-19 Brown Bombers blasted Tropical FC from San Pedro 3-1 in Game 2 of the U-15 finals to win the championship, following a 3-3 draw in Game 1 played out on the island the week before. The Bombers clinched the championship with a 3-1 victory in the second final at the MCC grounds. The Bombers’ defenders Michael Perrera, Giovanni Jefferies, Rasheed Pollard and Raheem Jones held off all attacks by the Tropical strikers Travis Eiley, Jesse Guerrero and George Barrera in the 1^st half, but Bombers’ MVP Avian Crawford, Kendice Williams, Alden Coleman and Clinton Jorgenson also failed to get past the Tropical defenders Samuel Figueroa, Nair Cardona, Daniel Gregorio and Alexander Arnold while goalie Samir Itzab handled all other challenges, and the ball game was still a nil-zip draw at the half.

The goals rained down on the Isla Bonita squad in the 2^nd half as Kendice Williams embarrassed the san Pedro keeper with the 1^st goal. Samuel Leslie entered the ball game to replace Bombers’ John King in the 2^nd half, while Akeem Jones and Ceton Martinez took over from Wayne Miller and Alden Coleman. Kendice got a 2^nd goal, when he finished a corner kick executed by Mike Perrera, and the ball deflected off one of the visitors’ into the goal. Bombers’ goalie Jason Thurton he converted a penalty for a 3^rd goal, but Tropical’s Travis Eiley would not be denied as he booted the ball into the net for the 3-1 final score.

At the trophy ceremony, the 1^st place trophy and medals were presented to the champions’ in each division, while 2nd place team trophy and individual medals went to the sub-champions. The Most Valuable Player award went to Bombers’ Avian Crawford.

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