Defending champs keep hopes alive with win

Defending champs St. Pius kept their hopes alive of defending their title, edging F.E. Pollard 2-1 when the fourth annual Petra Organization/Courts Pee football tourney continued yesterday at the Thirst Park ground.

Selwyn Jones opened the scoring for the champs in the fifth minute with a powerful right footed strike from the right side of the field, took a deflection off a defender and settled on the middle of the goal.

The lead would then be doubled one minute later as Raymond Austin netted, rifling his right-footed effort into the lower right hand corner, after cutting into the centre of the box from the left side of the field.

Quincy Williams would eventually pull one back for the Kitty side in the 14th minute, stabbing his