St George’s High retains Georgetown title

St. George’s High successfully retained their Georgetown zone championship, squeaking past heavyweights Chase Academy when the Georgetown zone of the Digicel Secondary Schools u-18 football tourney concluded yesterday.

Hosted at the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) ground, the Church Street unit clinched their second successive title as they prevailed by a 4-2 score line on penalty kicks after normal time finished with the scores locked at 0-0.

Orin Moore netted the opener in the penalty shoot-out to give St. Georges the lead. Kareem Knights would level for Chase Academy as he netted their first attempt. St. Georges would then fail in their second attempt as Adolph George missed from the mark.

However Chase Academy would fail to capitalise on St. George’s misfortune as