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Trinity College (Moka) consigned St Mary’s College to their third loss in a row, as they beat CIC 1-0 at Serpentine Road today in the Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division.
The result saw the “Moka Lions” stay 10th on the 16-team standings, although just four points above the relegation zone.
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Trinity College East were the biggest movers today, as they climbed from 13th to 11th in the standings—thanks to a last gasp winner from Malachi Johnson against bottom placed Carapichaima East Secondary.
Signal Hill Secondary produced arguably the result of the round, as they held off second placed Fatima College 3-2 at Mucurapo Road.
Naparima College made the most of the opportunity, as they shot down Queen’s Royal College 2-0 at QRC ground. “Naps” are now five points clear at the top of the standings.
At Serpentine Road, sixth placed St Mary’s College were looking to snap a three-match losing streak on their home ground against their newly promoted northern neighbours.
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But they did not have things their way.
After a first half in which Trinity had the better of the exchanges, Jaeden Samuel swept in the go-ahead goal on a counter attack, just after the half-time break, to hand the visitors an important lead.
Saints head coach Cornell Glen restructured his troops after that and piled on the pressure in search of an equalizer, with Finn De Freitas pulling the strings in the center of midfield.
However, Marlon Minguel’s team then defended stoutly for the final half-hour to defy the Saints—and almost pinched a second goal in the dying minutes—before running out winners.
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The Moka Lions broke into song at the full-time whistle, crooning their ancient standard Somewhere in Moka, as the St Mary’s supporters watched stone-faced.
Trinity will hunt a third straight win when they face St Augustine Secondary next, while St Mary’s will have to break their funk in Tobago against a resurgent Signal Hill.
(Editor’s Note: See Wired868 tomorrow for full match report, with additional photos and quotes.)
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SSFL Premier Division results
(Sat 18 October)
Trinity East 1 (Malachi Johnson 90+1), Carapichaima East 0 at Trincity;
St Mary’s College 0, Trinity College 1 (Jaeden Samuel 48) at Serpentine Road;
Fatima College 2 (Jahaem Bailey 31, Jonathan Mason 82), Signal Hill Sec 3 (Khaleem Trim 13, Ackim Duncan 16, Raevion Marshall 40) at Mucurapo Road;
Malick Secondary 0, Arima North Secondary 4 (Darren De Four 33 pen, 41, Kafense McKell 38, Keston Richards 81) at Hasely Crawford Stadium training field;
QRC 0, Naparima College 2 (Adasa Richardson 41, Xavier Caruth OG 82) at QRC ground;
Presentation (San F’do) 0, St Anthony’s College 1 (Kanye Glasgow) at Mannie Ramjohn Stadium;
San Juan North 1 (Jaheem Danclar 45), St Benedict’s College 2 (Malerky Fraser 54, Elijah David 80) at Bourg Mulatresse;
St Augustine Secondary 2 (Giovanni Hospedales pen, Michael Charles 65), Scarborough Secondary 2 (Jalani Johnson 7, Varel Wilson 57) at Warren Street.
2025 Premier Division
| Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Naparima | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 2 | 32 | 27 |
| 2 |  Fatima | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 16 | 10 | 22 |
| 3 |  St Benedict's | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 9 | 13 | 21 |
| 4 |  Presentation | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 21 |
| 5 |  St Anthony's | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 10 | 16 |
| 6 |  QRC | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 16 |
| 7 |  St Mary's | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 18 | 11 | 15 |
| 8 |  Arima North | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 13 |
| 9 |  Signal Hill | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 12 |
| 10 |  Trinity Moka | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 22 | -8 | 12 |
| 11 |  Trinity East | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 30 | -18 | 9 |
| 12 |  St Augustine | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 29 | -18 | 9 |
| 13 |  San Juan | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 18 | -1 | 8 |
| 14 |  Malick | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 23 | -5 | 8 |
| 15 |  Scarborough Sec | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 29 | -18 | 6 |
| 16 |  Carapichaima | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 36 | -30 | 0 |
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