St Catherine too good for St Jago

ST CATHERINE High dominated St Jago High in Zone B of the ISSA urban schoolgirls’ netball competition at St Catherine High yesterday.

The St Catherine juniors won 29-20 while the seniors were 41-32 winners.

In the senior game St Jago were seeking to upset the urban defending champions who came out a bit lethargic. St Jago led 8-7 before St Catherine scored three unanswered goals in the final two minutes to lead 10-8 after the first quarter.

In the second quarter, both teams had several turnovers but the home team took charge to lead 21-15 at the half-time break.

With lanky goal shooter Kellian Hunter and goal attack Asharie Thomas finding their best form, the home team came out with more purpose in the third quarter as they easily dominated their rivals outscoring them 14-7 to take a 35-22 lead after the third stanza.

With a big lead going into the final quarter, coach Phyllis Thompson rested several of her starters and St Jago took advantage of this to produce their best quarter, scoring 10 goals to St Catherine’s six.

Thompson was not pleased on how her team started the game.

“At the start the girls came out a bit lazy and did not execute as I expected but I am still pleased with the win. There are some little areas that need to be fixed and this will come as the team goes forward,” said Thompson.

Yesterday’s results:

Juniors Jose Marti 38 Papine 15

Meadowbrook 2 Merl Grove 33

Excelsior 7 Clan Carthy 14

Mona 16 Tivoli 8

Vauxhall 9 Innswood 10

Jonathan Grant 26 Camperdown 7

Cedar Grove 37 STATHS 13

St Jago 20 St Catherine 29

Seniors

St Catherine 41 St Jago 32

Cedar Grove 2 STATHS 54

Holy Trinity 1 Campion 38

Jose Marti 60 Papine 10

Rural results

Juniors

Belair 5 Manchester 49

Mt Alvernia 20 Frome Tech 5

Cambridge 29 Mannings 7

May Day 36 DeCarteret 10

Seniors

Cambridge 37 Mannings 24

Mt Alvernia 21 Frome Tech 19