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Presentation College (San Fernando) captain Isaiah ‘Baby Hulk’ Jacob notched his eighth and ninth goals of the season today—from just four games—as the southern powerhouse continued their perfect start to the 2025 SSFL Premier Division campaign, with a 4-1 dismissal of Malick Secondary at the Mannie Ramjohn Stadium in Marabella.
The result saw the ‘Pres Lions’ pull level on points with Naparima College, although the latter outfit lead the standings on goal difference.
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Naparima did not play today, as their match away to San Juan North Secondary was postponed. Signal Hill Secondary, yet again, also had to endure a postponement as St Augustine Secondary were unable to travel to Tobago this weekend.
In the games that did play, defending champions Fatima College failed to hold on to a two-goal lead away to rivals St Mary’s College—a result that meant both schools retained their unbeaten records.
St Benedict’s College also shook off a two-game losing streak, as they downed Scarborough Secondary 3-1 at the Mahaica Sporting Complex in Point Fortin.
And in a bout of sibling rivalry, Trinity College East fought back from a goal down to edge Trinity College (Moka) 2-1 at Moka, which saw the former school pick up their first points of the season.
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They would be no upset at the Mannie Ramjohn Stadium today, although the Pres Lions were sloppy against a spirited Malick team.
Presentation captain, Jacob, got his troops off to a dream start, as he slammed a shot past Malick goalkeeper Mandel Huskerson, off a Kyron Baptiste through ball.
Presentation controlled possession and created numerous chances, but failed to punish the visitors any further in the half.
And, in the 45th minute, Malick right winger Jerome Patterson passed the ball down the line for striker Jahda Riley, who had Presentation left back Makkaya Mahon and centre back Jimally Renne for company.
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Riley outran the former, held off the latter, cut inside to get a better angle and fired a speculative shot past opposing goalkeeper Marcelo Phillip to pull the visitors level against the run of play.
The 1-1 halftime score flattered Malick, though. And Jacob only needed three second half minutes to restore his team’s lead, with a clinical finish.
The second half took on a similar pattern to the first, with Malick content to sit deep and look for counter attacking opportunities. However, Presentation substitute Raul Perreira settled his team’s nerves an item in the 76th minute, before midfielder Nikosi Foncette completed the scoring off a counter in the 87th minute.
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Editor’s Note: Check Wired868 tomorrow for the full match report.
SSFL Premier Division results
(Sat 27 September)
Presentation (San F’do) 4 (Isaiah Jacob 6, 48, Raul Perreira 76, Nikosi Foncette 87), Malick Secondary 1 (Jahda Riley 45) at Mannie Ramjohn Stadium;
Trinity College 1 (Anton Joseph 39), Trinity East 2 (Dexter Croal 60, Kymanni Nicholls 78) at Moka;
Carapichaima East 1 (Keon Kissoon 68), St Anthony’s College 4 (Kanye Glasgow 7, Mordecai Ford 21, Aadil Jr Abdul-Hakeem 65, Adriel Faure 90+1at Ato Boldon Stadium;
QRC 2 (Jasai Theophilus 13, Jordan Grant 62), Arima North 1 (Jaquan Aguilleria 85) at QRC;
St Mary’s College 2 (Joshua Miguel 44, Jaylon Manswell 83), Fatima College 2 (Josiah Fernandes 2, Seth Hadeed 37) at Serpentine Road;
St Benedict’s College 3 (Cam’ron Burke 38, 54, Josiah Ochoa 65), Scarborough Secondary 1 (Tyrese Neptune 67) at Mahaica Sporting Complex;
Signal Hill Sec v St Augustine Sec, 3.30pm, Signal Hill;
*–match postponed;
San Juan North v Naparima College, 3.30pm, Bourg Mulatresse;
*–match postponed.
2025 Premier Division
| Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Naparima | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 14 | 12 |
| 2 |  Presentation | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 12 |
| 3 |  St Mary's | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 13 | 11 |
| 4 |  Fatima | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| 5 |  QRC | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 10 |
| 6 |  St Augustine | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| 7 |  St Benedict's | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 6 |
| 8 |  Arima North | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | -1 | 5 |
| 9 |  San Juan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -1 | 4 |
| 10 |  Signal Hill | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| 11 |  St Anthony's | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| 12 |  Trinity Moka | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 15 | -7 | 3 |
| 13 |  Trinity East | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 20 | -16 | 3 |
| 14 |  Scarborough Sec | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 16 | -10 | 2 |
| 15 |  Malick | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | -7 | 1 |
| 16 |  Carapichaima | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 16 | -11 | 0 |
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