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James Adderley
Good evening, I’m James Adderley and welcome to this portion of Sports Monday.
Week thirteen of the PLB Season found FC Belize needing a win to keep their playoff hopes alive as they hosted Juventus of Orange Walk inside the MCC Grounds yesterday. Thus it’s no surprise that FC Belize roars out of the starting blocks in search of the three points and it might have been a perfect start when Michael Hernandez fires this shot at goal. Amir Leiva punches it out; the ball bounces onto the crossbar and comes back to Khambril Blease who smacks it home but the referee rules for corner kick instead. At the other end of the field, Norman Tilliman Pipersburgh fires this bouncer at goal only to see Glenford Chimilio make the stop. It’s Tilliman again; this time looking to score off the set piece but it’s right at the keeper, Glenford Chimilio. At the fortieth minute, Avian Crawford picks out Christobal Gilharry who controls with a chest kill and then fires a right foot volley that gives FC Belize a 1-zip lead. Juventus looks for the equalizer off this corner kick; Jian Tech keeps it alive off the defensive header to Osman Duran who misses the target from close range.
In the second half action, Michael Hernandez outruns Gilardo Cervantes to fire this left foot which inches outside the far upright. At the seventy-fifth minute, Avian Crawford again works his magic to set up Michael Hernandez who smashes it home for the 2-zip FC lead. Khambril Blease then gets two chances on this press to make it a 3-zip lead for his team but is first denied by Amir Leiva and then by Jian Tech. John King also gets the opportunity to extend the lead but is failed by the final touch. FC Belize gets the 2-zip W to keep their playoff hopes alive.
In other results from the weekend of play, Placencia Assassins crushed Verdes 4-zip, Police bombed RG City Boys 4-1, the B.D.F. doubled San Pedro Sea Dogs 2-1, Belmopan burned San Felipe Barcelona 1-nil, Paradise Freedom Fighters got the 1-zip W over San Ignacio. Meanwhile, week fourteen concludes regular season play in the PLB season. Saturday, at seven-thirty p.m., Belmopan will host the B.D.F. and B.D.F. needs at least a draw to move on. Also on Saturday, Verdes travels to the Michael Ashcroft Stadium for a date with Paradise Freedom Fighters and Verdes needs a win to qualify. On Sunday, three-thirty p.m., FC Belize takes on Barcelona at San Felipe in a must win situation and San Pedro concludes its season against Juventus. Sunday at four p.m., the Police will host San Ignacio in a must win situation and Placencia comes to the MCC Grounds to face RG City Boys. Placencia needs a win to advance.
In other footballs news, play in the Smart Mundialito thirteen and under tournament on Saturday, saw Third World blank Ladyville blank Ladyville Jaguars 1-nil, United Rangers beat Jane usher 4-2, City Boys Jr. and Hattieville rallied to a 1-1 draw, Ladyville Japan and Young Stars settled for a scoreless stalemate and Brown Bombers got a default from St. John’s Vianney. Thus, the four teams to move on to the semi-final round, which begins Saturday, December fourteenth, have emerged. Brown Bombers will face Third World and United Rangers go up against Hattieville.
Oh by the way people, nuff Kudos to the Belize U-15 Team which participated in the Quadrangular staged at Santo Domingo. Belize beat the Dominican Republic 4-3, got over Dominica in a 2-1 finish and then in yesterday’s finals, edged Dominica again by a 2-1 score. The victorious national team returns tomorrow, Tuesday at ten a.m. Good show guys.
Turning to the UWI Day of Races; it proved again to be a smashing success so let’s get busy. In the primary school male class, Andrew Bennett rode in unchallenged for top honors, Derrick Chavarria takes second and Joshua Gillett third. Paulita Chavarria prevailed in the female class and Diane Cleland rolled up for second place. Derrick Chavarria easily won the next primary school race as Juan Medina finishes second and Derrick Brown, third. Meanwhile, Derrick Chavarria took top honors in the Open Kids Male event beating out Andrew Bennett while Charleston Cleland finished third. In the open female ride, Paulita Chavarria looked impressive as she forces Diana Dailey into second place. At the Masters level, the big W boiled down to a two man sprint as Raymond Hyde of Santino’s prevailed over Barney Brown and then Preston Martinez rolls in for third. Joel Borland of Telemedia Cycling beat his teammate Giovanni Lovell for the Junior Class while Delawn Abraham pulls up third. In the Open Male Class, the finish saw a three man sprint and the win goes to Erwin Middleton of Capital City cycling who beats out Giovanni Lovell and forces Barney Brown into third place. Meanwhile, here are the winners in the U-23 Class; Erwin Middleton of the Capital City in the middle took the ride, Giovanni Lovell to his right is second and Tarique Cano finished third. To Mrs. Jane Bennett and the entire UWI Staff, we say good show and let’s do it again.
Meanwhile folks, the elite riders might not have participated in this UWI event because the election of officers to the BCA, which should have occurred on Saturday, but was aborted. The National Sports Council refused to sanction this vote because they deemed the format unconstitutional. So we now look to December eighth when the general assembly of the Belize Cycling Association will decide which constitution to uphold so stay tuned.
In table tennis folks, the Bros. Habet Team Table Tennis Tournament staged its finale yesterday at Belize Elementary Auditorium. In the first division, play Garage got past Cuz in a 5-4 result to repeat as champion. We say congratulations. Garage also prevailed in the second division contest to beat Ping Pang 5-4 to grab that title for a third year in a row. Hey, when yoh big, yoh large.
Finally, in basketball news, the Bulldogs simply blew out Truckers with a splendid performance from Brian White who struck for a game high two doubles of 21 points and 14 rebounds. Lincey Lopez also played big contributing a double digit 16 points. Lemor Spence who sinks the tre here, he finished with 16 points. For Truckers, Glenford Chimilio, the FC Belize goal keeper, led the way in basketball with 14 points and 8 rebounds while Stains Thomas struck for 12 points in the 78-58 blowout. In the BDBA Division playoffs, Port of Belize took Game one of its three game series with Airport in a 69-55 final score while BWSL edged B.T.L. 46-42. This Friday, these teams come out again in action as the semi-final series continues stay tuned.
Hey folks, that’s our show for today. We invite you back same time, same place, next week. Jah over all, I’m James Adderley.
