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Hillview College took a giant leap towards sealing promotion to the Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premiership Division today, after a commanding 3-0 away win over Mucurapo West Secondary.
The game exploded into life almost from the kickoff, as Mucurapo came a whisker away from stunning the Tunapuna outfit with a searing shot from inside the centre circle.
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The home team then pounded Hillview with their relentless, direct style of play in a bruising opening half-hour.
Gradually, the visitors found their rhythm, as Mucurapo’s intensity waned.
Hillview pushed back with purpose and nearly took the lead on the stroke of half-time, when defender Samuel Lee Lung’s goal-bound header was cleared off the line.
The second half belonged to substitute forward Darnell Walcott.
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Introduced at the restart, Walcott was quickly into stride, pouncing on a loose ball in the 52nd minute to send the travelling fans into rapture.
Sixteen minutes later, he slipped a through ball into the path of Kalif Sylvester, who finished coolly to double Hillview’s advantage.
With the game deep in stoppage time, Walcott hammered in his second of the day—from a delightful Aaden Jones pass—to put an emphatic seal on Hillview’s second straight victory in the Big Five.
The result puts Hillview at the top of the standings with six points from two matches, leaving coach Jeremy McMeo and his team on the verge of history.
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Mucurapo West, meanwhile, suffered their first loss of the season, but coach Theo Boyce vowed this team would rebound and join Fatima College in the nation’s top school football division.
Mucurapo defeated southern winners, Palo Seco Secondary, in their opening Big Five match in midweek while Speyside Secondary complete the roster of teams in the promotion competition.
Presentation College (Chaguanas), who were thumped 7-0 by Hillview on Wednesday, were due to travel to Speyside today. However, that match was postponed to a day to be announced.
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(Editor’s Note: See Wired868 tomorrow for the full match report, with additional photographs and comments from both teams.)
SSFL Big Five result
(Saturday 1 November)
Mucurapo West Secondary 0, Hillview College 3 (Darnell Walcott 52, 90+2, Kalif Sylvester 68).
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Round Three fixtures
(Wed 5 November)
Presentation College (Chag) v Mucurapo West Sec, 3.30pm, Central;
Palo Seco Secondary v Speyside Secondary, 3.30pm, Palo Seco;
Hillview College are on a bye.
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Standings (Played-Won-Drew-Lost-Goals For-Goals Against-Points)
- Hillview College 2-2-0-0-10–0–6
- Mucurapo West Sec 2-1-0-1-3-4-3
- Speyside Secondary 0-0-0-0-0–0–0
- Palo Seco Secondary 1-0-0-1-1-3-0
- Presentation (Chag) 1-0-0-1-0–7–0
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