FOOTBALL IS everything for Glenmuir High School’s leading goalscorer Orane Watson. Watson, who has scored 31 goals in this year’s ISSA/WATA daCosta Cup for favourites Glenmuir, scored to help his side get by a game Kingston College (KC) and into...
MOUNT PLEASANT Academy FC handed a 3-0 defeat to Montego Bay United FC at Drax Hall Sports Complex in St Ann yesterday, toppling the latter from their precarious position as league leaders of the Jamaica Premier League. In wet, muddy conditions,...
OCHO RIOS High School and Jamaica College (JC) will await their opponents in the semifinals of the ISSA/WATA Champions Cup after identical 2-0 defeats of St Catherine and McGrath respectively in the first set of quarterfinals at the Montego Bay...
FORMER CHAMPIONS Jamaica College will be among the teams in action today when the 10th staging of the ISSA Champions Cup competition kicks off at the Montego Bay Sports Complex in Montego Bay. In a doubleheader, second-time qualifiers Ocho Rios...
FROME TECHNICAL High School were beaten in the Ben Francis Cup final a year ago, and the loss still stings. Today, as big showdowns among household names take centre stage in the competition’s quarterfinal round – four 3:00 p.m. games across the...
WHILE MONTEGO Bay Multi-Sports Development Limited (MBMSDL) is the lone bidder to take charge of the Montego Bay Sports Complex, it will have to wait several months for that to come to fruition. During the announcement of the bidder at the St James...
SUPER-SUB JOHANN ‘Chip Chop’ Weatherly of Montego Bay United FC (MBU) said with coming off the bench this season, he wants to create enough opportunities and score as many goals to help bring the Jamaica Premier League (JPL) title home. The 27-...
THE FINAL round of the ISSA/WATA daCosta Cup football competition’s quarterfinals resume today with four matches that are set to decide just three semifinal spots. With Group A’s Glenmuir High School already through to the semifinals, a further...
CORNWALL COLLEGE goalkeeper Carlyle Tinglin saved the day to help his side squeeze out a 5-4 penalty shoot-out victory over Happy Grove High School in the ISSA/WATA Ben Francis Knockout Cup’s opening-round clash at Drax Hall Sports Complex in St...
FROME TECHNICAL’S bid for a final-four place in the ISSA/WATA daCosta Cup ended at the hands of St Elizabeth Technical High School yesterday, the latter running out 3-1 winners at the Llandilo Sports Complex in Westmoreland. The result leaves...
FROME TECHNICAL High School’s leading goalscorer, Stevaughn Spence, wants his final season of the ISSA/WATA daCosta Cup to also count as the end of a 21-year championship drought for the institution. Having scored 25 goals last season, this year,...
THE QUARTER-FINALS of the ISSA/WATA daCosta Cup resume today with two matches, and Jermaine Thomas, coach of McGrath High School, says his team won’t make too many adjustments going into an encounter away to Glenmuir High School in Clarendon at 3 p...
OCHO RIOS HIGH’s youngest player, Dario James Jr, has his sights set on helping his school win their first ISSA/WATA daCosta Cup and the first title for the parish of St Ann. The 14-year- old James Jr has scored nine goals and provided 14 assists...
Surprise team Ocho Rios High held high-riding hosts Munro College to a 1-1 draw in the opening ISSA/WATA daCosta Cup Group B quarter-final match yesterday. Both goals were scored in the first half. Ocho Rios shocked the hosts in the 22nd minute...
THE ISSA/WATA daCosta Cup quarter-finals kick off today and Veron Peterkin, coach of Ocho Rios High, says his team will be aiming to get all three points when they travel to St Elizabeth to face Munro College. In the only quarter-final match...
MUNRO COLLEGE’S leading goal scorer Antwone Smith is not satisfied with the spectacular season he is having because he is focused on trying to help lead his team to an ISSA/WATA daCosta Cup title. The 18-year-old has scored 16 times this season but...
WITH A tropical storm warning forcing organisers of the Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA) to postpone both Manning and daCosta Cup quarter-final openers, coaches have had mixed feelings about what the delays mean. Cleighton Stephens...
Four schools are set to book quarter-final spots in the ISSA/WATA daCosta Cup today after the playing of eight round-of-16 games across the island. An interesting matchup looms at Drax Hall in St Ann with Ocho Rios High, Group 2 runners-up face...
Munro College have their sights firmly set on ending a 60-year daCosta Cup drought in this year’s ISSA/WATA competition. First-year coach Kemar Ricketts told The Gleaner that this is the main objective in the 2024 season for the 168-year-old...
A BRACE from Antwone Smith, inclusive of a dramatic late goal, ensured that there were no hiccups for Munro College on their way to the quarterfinals of ISSA/WATA daCosta Cup competition when they defeated defending champions Clarendon College 2-1...
Monday evening’s intimate chocolate and rum pairing event at Breathless Montego Bay Resort and Spa in St James had guests trying a special treat: jerk seasoning chocolate, one of four rich and unique flavours showcased by Pure Chocolate Jamaica....
A HAT-TRICK from Justin McPherson helped lead St Elizabeth Technical High School (STETHS) to a 6-1 victory over Alphansus Davis High School in an ISSA/WATA daCosta Cup round-of-16 match at the St Elizabeth Technical High School (STETHS) Sports...
WHEN THE ISSA/WATA daCosta Cup round of 16 continues today, one of the interesting matchups will be between Gavey Maceo and Kemps Hill. The 3 p.m. encounter between Garvey Maceo, the hosts and runners-up in the second round in Group 8, and Kemps...
ST JAMES has heeded the calls for increased focus on grassroots football with the Hosanna Preparatory School 25th Anniversary Under-12 Co-Ed Football Competition. The competition, launched last Thursday at Hosanna’s playfield, has its coordinator,...
Montego Bay United’s (MBU) coach Rodolfo Zapata has hailed his team’s gritty performance following their 0-0 draw against Portmore United in the Jamaica Premier League yesterday. It was the second consecutive draw for MBU, who are atop the table...
