Kremandala and Placencia fight to a draw
Good evening, I?m James Adderley with today?s dish of Sports Monday. Week seven of the RFG Cup Tournament found Kremandala inside the M.C.C. Grounds in action against the Placencia Pirates, with the city team still looking for its first home win of the season.
As a result, they opt for the fast start with Ernest Wilshire mounting this individual effort that screams dangerously across this Pirates? goal-mouth.
Nevertheless, this corner kick could have stolen the lead for the visitors some twenty minutes in when it finds the head of Ashley Torres, but the save by Kevin Dawson is simply magnificent.
At the other Dennis Serrano finds himself a little bit off at the finish of this nice centre, which he certainly should have done better with. Kremandala continues the attack off this spot kick, but they still come up empty with two opportunities to convert.
At the thirty-sixth minute, the Krem perseverance pays off when Deon McCauley controls the attack from the right side to fire this bomb, which gives them a 1-zip lead.
The Placencia Pirates tries to answer immediately with his long range spot kick from Elias Donairo, but the ball just inches outside the sticks.
In the meantime, Dennis Serrano should have done better with this look at goal. However, the Pirates can also not be pleased with this run from Jeffrey Appolonio who in the end blows this one on one situation with the goalkeeper. At the half the Krem team is halfway towards its first home win.
As we go to the opening minutes after intermission, Mark ?Kello? Leslie fires from inside the eighteen, but the Pirates keeper has that angle covered.
Folks, we must admit, Kevin Dawson does give up his body for his team as he closes down this rush from Paul Linares. He gets both the ball and of course the hard foul.
We?re some sixty-four minutes in when Ashley Torres centres this ground ball into the danger zone. Jeffrey Appolonio catches up with it and we have a tied ballgame just like that.
Placencia now feels it can steal this road win, but Kevin Dawson comes out of goal to shut down this threat from Albert Linares.
Folks at the other end, Krem goes to the father and son combination, David McCauley finds Deon McCauley, but Deon?s first touch fails him and the city team settles for a 1-1 tie with the Placencia Pirates.
In other results from around the league, the Group A: Hankook Verdes blanked Benque Viejo United 2-zip, Wagiya edged F.C. Belize 1-zip, and BOCA F.C. bombed the Cayo Avenger 6-nil. Over in Group B: San Pedro Seahawks sunked Belmopan United 1-zip, while Mango Creek F.C. and New Site Erei settled for a scoreless stalemate.
Wagiya leads Group A with seventeen points, both F.C. Belize and Hankook Verdes show fourteen apiece, Kremandala shows ten, Placencia eight, Benque Viejo three, and the Cayo Avengers are yet to earn a point this season. Meanwhile, New Site Erei leads Group B with sixteen points, the Seahawks, Calcutta Bulls, who got the freebie from Juventus over the weekend, and BOCA F.C. all show thirteen points apiece, Mango Creek has nine, and Belmopan United five.
Looking to the weekend, Group A action finds Wagiya at Benque Viejo, Hankook Verdes battles the Cayo Avengers in a Western shootout at the Norman Broaster Stadium, and it?s the Belize City derby inside the Barracks come Sunday with F.C. Belize hosting Kremandala.
In Group B, Mango Creek gets a visit from the Calcutta Bulls, Belmopan plays host to BOCA, and New Site Erei will be at home against the Placencia Pirates in an out of zone match-up.
Turning to the volleyball scene, the Belize District Primary School finals tournament was concluded at the City Centre today. The female finals between Holy Redeemer and St. John?s Primary was pushed into a decisive game three after St. John?s had tied the series at one-apiece. St. John?s primary, thanks to the stellar performance of Crystal Hernandez, who almost single-handedly brought back her team from 13-8 deficit to 15-13 big W and this year?s title.
However, the Holy Redeemer team protested the rotation of the St. John?s players during this match and they won that decision. Still, as you see here, St. John?s Primary walks off the court in a huff. This is coach Curlin King?s reaction.
Curlin King, Head Coach, St. John?s Primary
?The game is finished my brother, why should be play a game over, because we finished. If we make a decision, it shift by it, and it done happen… that?s it, and we end up the win the game, the game over, it done. They beat we two time in the regular season, we come and beat them two times in the finals, what dah the difference? When our team start to play it was like two days before the competition start, we didn?t even have a team put together and we participated and with the good coaching and thing the kids them prevail. So what? Weh the big deal now??
Nevertheless, Holy Redeemer still gets to take the Belize District title 2005. On the male side, it was St. Ignatius and St. John?s Vianney in a 3-game series for the Belize City championship 2005 edition. St. Ignatius takes the title in two straight sets 25-21, 27-25. This one ended without controversy. We must say congratulations to one and all.
Hey folks, that?s our show for this week. We invite you back same time, same place next week. Jah over all, I?m James Adderley.
