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Signal Hill Secondary marked their return to the Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) top flight today with an impressive result on the road today, as they edged Trinity College East 3-2 in a rescheduled game at Trincity.
Kyle James bagged the second treble of the season—after Presentation College (San Fernando) forward Caleb Boyce’s beavertrick against Miracle Ministries Pentecostal High School in midweek—as the Tobagonians outgunned the “Blue Hawks”.
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Midfielders Deisean Plaza and Dexter Croal scored one goal apiece for Trinity East.
Fatima College and St Augustine Secondary will have to wait a bit longer for their rescheduled match, which will be played on Monday 23 September.
Fatima, the defending champions, are due to host Naparima College on Saturday 21 September while they welcome San Juan North Secondary to Mucurapo Road on Wednesday 25 September.
It could be a pivotal five-day spell for coach Hutson Charles’ troops in this season.
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Fatima, the 2024 NGC SSFL Super Cup winners, play their first regular season match on Saturday when they host a Miracle Ministries Pentecostal High School team that lost 6-0 away to Presentation College (San Fernando) on Wednesday afternoon.
For newly promoted St Augustine Secondary, led by coach and teacher Tacoma Jones, they start their campaign against Arima North Secondary at the Arima Velodrome on Saturday.
The “Dial Dynamos” played to a goalless draw with St Benedict’s College in midweek.
St Augustine’s gruelling five-day period will see them host St Anthony’s College and Fatima on 21 and 23 September respectively before they head to Tobago for a clash with Speyside High on 25 September.
2024 SSFL Premier Division
| Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Fatima | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 50 | 11 | 39 | 38 |
| 2 |  Presentation | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 10 | 23 | 35 |
| 3 |  St Anthony's | 15 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 38 | 19 | 19 | 33 |
| 4 |  St Benedict's | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 16 | 12 | 29 |
| 5 |  Arima North | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 26 | 14 | 12 | 24 |
| 6 |  QRC | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 19 | 5 | 24 |
| 7 |  Naparima | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 19 | 7 | 22 |
| 8 |  San Juan | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 28 | 27 | 1 | 22 |
| 9 |  Signal Hill | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 26 | 28 | -2 | 21 |
| 10 |  Malick | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 30 | 32 | -2 | 20 |
| 11 |  St Mary's | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 17 | 29 | -12 | 16 |
| 12 |  St Augustine | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 34 | -23 | 15 |
| 13 |  Trinity East | 15 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 20 | 30 | -10 | 13 |
| 14 |  Speyside | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 21 | 34 | -13 | 12 |
| 15 |  Mucurapo | 15 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 14 | 27 | -13 | 12 |
| 16 |  Miracle Ministries | 15 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 51 | -43 | 7 |
SSFL Premier Division results
(Wed 11 Sep)
Arima North Secondary 0, St Benedict’s College 0 at Arima Velodrome;
San Juan North 2 (Jadiel Joseph 12, Michael Baptiste 39), Queen’s Royal College 1 (Stephen James) at Bourg Mulatrasse;
Naparima College 2 (Akiel Vesprey, Donovan Drayton), East Mucurapo Secondary 0 at Lewis Street;
Presentation (San F’do) 6 (Isaiah Jacob 3, Caleb Boyce 21, 52, 60, 62, Duhrell Young 77), Miracle Ministries PHS 0 at Mannie Ramjohn Stadium;
Speyside High 2 (Daviel Thomas, Riquelme Phillips), Malick Secondary 2 (Antonio Sealy [2]) at Speyside;
St Mary’s College 0, St Anthony’s College 6 (Jean-Marc Thomas 16, 22, Jaeden Bobb 39, 44, Rondell Harewood 49, Terique Theobald 54) at Serpentine Road;
(Thursday 12 Sep)
Trinity College East 2 (Deisean Plaza, Dexter Croal), Signal Hill Secondary 3 (Kyle James [3]) at Trincity;
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Upcoming fixtures
(Sat 14 Sep)
Queen’s Royal College v Presentation (San F’do), 3.30pm, QRC;
St Anthony’s College v East Mucurapo Secondary, 3.30pm, Mucurapo Road;
Trinity College East v Naparima College, 3.30pm, Trincity;
Fatima College v Miracle Ministries PHS, 3.30pm, Mucurapo Road;
Signal Hill Secondary v San Juan North, 3.30pm, Signal Hill;
Speyside High v St Benedict’s College, 3.30pm, Speyside;
St Mary’s College v Malick Secondary, 3.30pm, Serpentine Road;
Arima North Secondary v St Augustine Secondary, 3.30pm, Arima Velodrome.
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