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Cavaliers lose as Claro Super League thrown wide
open
Super League
The Claro KSAFA Super League was thrown into a
four-team race after leaders Cavaliers crashed 1-2 to Duhaney
Park while both Meadhaven and Maverley/Hughenden were relegated.
Only six points separates first Cavaliers (43)
from fourth-placed Mountain View (37) and both teams will meet
in a rescheduled game. So in essence, that six-point deficit
could be cut to just three if Mountain View win.
As the league currently stands, Cavaliers are on
top with 43 points just one above Rae Town on 42, Santos with 41
and Mountain View on 37 with two rounds remaining.
At the Spring Complex, goals by Damion Waite and
Earl Roberts in the 54th and 69th minutes
provided Duhaney Park with the upset win over Cavaliers.
Loxley Thompson pulled one back in the 74th
minute but there would be no late heroics from the black and
white-clad Cavaliers. Duhaney Park which inflicted only the
second defeat on Cavaliers, climbed a spot to eighth on 22
points.
At the Bull Pen, Rae Town took an early lead
courtesy of a James Durrant strike in the 19th minute
but had to settle for a 1-1 draw with lowly Bull Bay and dropped
two crucial points.
Rae Town failed to capitalised on Cavaliers’ slip
up and must be ruing the opportunity to regain the lead after
Andrew Cockburn tied the game in the 48th minute.
Rae Town stayed second on 42 points while Bull
Bay inched away from the relegation zone, staying 10th
on 19 points. They are seven ahead of Meadhaven and are safe
with two games remaining.
Meanwhile Santos clipped Meadhaven United 1-0 and
closed within two points of the leader while condemning
Meadhaven to the Major League next season.
Fabian Nethersole got the winner in the 68th
minute for his 14th goal of the season to be joint
second behind Damion Jackson of Rae Town with 17.
Meadhaven which played premier league football
last season has been relegated for the second time in two
seasons. They remained on 12 points, seven adrift of Bull Bay
and with two rounds remaining are relegated.
Maverley/Hughenden which was relegated from last
week suffered a 0-2 loss to Real Mona. It was their 17th
defeat in 20 games including one win.
Alfred Nelson in the 50th and 85th
minutes provided Real Mona with their sixth win as they
consolidated seventh spot on 24 points.
At Barbican field, Troyland Williamson netted in
the 46th minute for his 14th goal of the
campaign as Mountain View edged Barbican 1-0.
It was a crucial win for Mountain View as it kept
their slim title hopes alive and brought them to within six of
the leader Cavaliers who they are set to play in a rescheduled
game.
Mountain View with their 10th win
moved to 37 points while Barbican slipped a spot to be ninth on
20 points.
The Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) defeated Constant
Spring 2-1 at the Up Park Camp to consolidate fifth on 34
points.
Goals by Kevin Mitchell and Marlon Ellis in the
46th and 52nd proved too much for Constant
Spring for who veteran player Denzil Mitchell netted on the
stroke of half time
Major League
Leaders Central Kingston failed to capitalised on
the drawn game between the second and third-placed teams and had
to settled for a 0-0 draw.
Central Kingston moved to 37 points while climbed
a spot to seventh on 20 points.
In the feature encounter Rockfort and Police
Nationals battled to a 1-1 draw at the Edward Seaga Stadium.
Both teams missed a great chance to close the gap on the leader.
Rockfort stayed second on 35 points while Police
are a further four points behind on 31 but slipped a spot to
fourth. Howard McKenzie netted for Police in the 13th
minute before Leon Maduro earned a share of the points for
Rockfort in the 37th minute.
With the top three teams all failing to win, the
University of the West Indies (UWI) grabbed the opportunity and
moved into third spot on 32 points after blanking Molynes United
5-0.
Mikhail Hewitt scored twice in the 20th
and 57th minute and was ably supported by Oneil
Fairweather in the 32nd, Andre Bernal 65th
and Nigel Brown 79th.
David Stultz stole the show with a hattrick in
Greenwich Town’s 3-0 win over Swallowfield.
Stultz netted in the 32nd, 47th and 72nd
minutes taking his tally to 12 and on top of the goalscoring
chart ahead of teammate Ricardo Monroe with 10.
Greenwich Town consolidated fifth spot on 27
points while Swallowfield remained rooted to the bottom on five
points and odds on favourites to be relegated to the Syd
Bartlett League.
Kemar Haynes scored in the 88th minute
as Whitfield Town edged Olympic Gardens 1-0 and moved into eight
spot on 20 points.
Olympic which was suffering their 12th
defeat from 17 games and stayed second from bottom with nine
points and looked set to join Swallowfield in the lower division
next season.
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