Manning Cup: Four-in-a-row for Wolmer’s

Wolmer's Boys asserted their dominance in Zone E of the Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA) Manning Cup yesterday after defeating Tivoli High 4-2 in a tightly contested top-of-the-table clash at The Mico University College field.

Wolmer's continued their imperious march in the first round with their fourth win in a row to go three points clear at the top.

Addon Daye and Romie Henry added their names to the Wolmerians scoresheet while Ryan-Oneil Francis and Sanjay Sinclair scored for the west Kingston-based school.

Wolmer's head coach Jerome Waite said he expected the strong challenge from Tivoli as they have proven their quality as recent Walker Cup champions.

"Both teams really have it their all and Tivoli did not lay down and die, they showed that they have pedigree," Waite said.

"What they did today showed that they are a competitive team. We dominated the first half but Tivoli came back and it was a different ball game in the second half. They pushed a little more in attack and we cracked in that area but nevertheless we got all of four goals, albeit two own goals from Tivoli."

The home team pushed forward early in the game through Daye who opened the scoring in the 22nd minute by chipping the goalkeeper with a deft finish.

Misfortune struck minutes later for Tivoli who conceded another goal minutes later through an own goal from defender Horace Morgan.

Wolmer's went 3-0 up in the 37th minute when Henry finished off a play started by Daquan Duhaney.

Tivoli got a goal back just before half time when a penalty for the visitors was converted by Francis.

There was drama in the second half leading up to Tivoli's second goal as the assistant referee close to the action flagged for a foul which caused the Wolmerians to stop playing.

However, the referee saw no infraction and allowed the play to continue, which resulted in Sinclair slotting home uncontested.

The game ended in comical fashion as Tashawn McBean fired into his own goal after he mistakenly believed the referee had blown his whistle for a penalty.

Wolmer's moved to 12 points atop the zone while Tivoli sit second place with nine points.

Yesterday's results

Wolmer's 4 Tivoli 2

Waterford 0 Charlie Smith 4

Edith Dalton James 0 St Jago 9

Today's games

Eltham vs Hydel

Haile Selassie vs STATHS

Vauxhall vs Camperdown

Bridgeport vs Jamaica College

Pembroke Hall vs Excelsior

Campion College vs Penwood

Home teams named first. All games kick off at 3:30 p.m.