Calabar through to Walker Cup Semi Finals

Second-half goals from Keneil Hyde and Cleyon Brown carried Calabar High School to a hard-fought 2-1 win over St Andrew Technical High School (STATHS) in the Walker Cup quarter-finals, a win they dedicated to their recently passed coach, David ‘Wagga’ Hunt, at the Prison Oval yesterday. Hyde put the green-and-black clad side ahead in the 54th minute, and Brown added the second three minutes later. hevon Charlton netted for STATHS from the penalty spot in the 77th.

Earlier, in the another quarter-final, Excelsior pumped seven unanswered goals past Camperdown. Calabar’s team manager, Homer Morgan, said after a busy and emotional week in which the team played four matches and lost their coach, they did well to win.

“We tried our best to come here and play for coach today… Never say die, that was a motto he left with the boys,” Morgan told reporters.

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“The boys were cramping up because they had a busy week last week, where we played about four matches. But we told them that Mr Hunt was a person who would tell them that no matter what is happening they have to be focused.
“So we showed them that, and as you see today they came out and all of them wanted to win this one for the coach,” he stated.

He continued that the team will not need any more motivation for the rest of the season. “They are highly motivated. The Calabar fraternity would also like to take the opportunity to tell his family the we are there with you. And right now Mr Hunt is an honorary Old Boy of Calabar and today we dedicate this match to him,” he added.

Calabar were the better team for the first half and had a number of chances to take the lead.

Their best opportunity fell to Brown midway the half, after he was released by Hyde from midfield, but he kicked straight to goalkeeper Diego Haughton.

STATHS started the second-half brightly after failing to really threaten a hard-running Calabar side in the first period.
But that momentum did not last long, and nine minutes into the half Hyde rose above the STATHS defence to head home a cross from the pint-sized Aljay Cole to put Calabar in front.

Three minutes later, Brown picked up a ball on top of the area and waltz through three defenders before hammering a low shot pass Haughton, to put his team 2-0 up.

The Red Hills Road side lifted their game after the goal, and Brown came close with an acrobatic effort, while Hyde crashed free-kick against the post, which hit Haughton, who reacted quickly to prevent to ball going over the line.

In the 76th minute Brown had an appeal for penalty turned down by referee Hughill Thompson, and immediately against the run of play, St Andrew’s Akeem Simpson sped away down field where he was cut down inside the box by Michael Montgomery.

Thompson awarded a penalty and Charlton slammed home the spot-kick for STATHS to cut the deficit.
In the first match, Leon Powell Bagged a hat-trick as Excelsior romped to victory over Camperdown.

Powell netted in the first and fifth minute, while Alanzo Adlam scored in the 16th as Excelsior led 3-0 at the break.

Powell completed his hat-trick in the 59th, while another goal from Adlam in the 69th, plus one each from Severo Murphy (61st) and Ricardo Scott (74th) sealed the victory.

“We scored early and that knocked Camperdown off their rhythm and they never recovered,” said winning coach Leebert Halliman.

The semi-finals are set for tomorrow at Stadium East.
In the first match at 1:00 pm, Jamaica College entertain Excelsior and at 3:00 pm, Calabar go up against Bridgeport high.

Source – Jamaica Observer

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October 30, 2007 | Filed Under Events and Happenings, Football, News and Bulletins 

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