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Signal Hill Secondary produced their biggest win of the season today, as they mauled Trinity College East 9-2 in a rescheduled fixture in Tobago—to remain in the hunt for the Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Premier Division title.
The game was one-sided from early on, as Signal Hill raced three goals clear within the opening 16 minutes and led 6-0 at the interval.
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Attacker Immanual Wright scored a hattrick for Signal Hill while Kyle James and Jediael Marcelle both notched doubles.
Signal Hill have 28 points at present with two games in hand—and are six points behind leaders Naparima College.
At the other end of the 16-team table, another rescheduled fixture between Signal Hill and St Augustine Secondary could have a big impact on the relegation battle.
The two teams were due to play on Monday 17 November but St Augustine did not travel, due to financial issues. Their no-show is now subject to a probe by the SSFL Disciplinary Committee.
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St Augustine have 12 points from 14 games and are in 13th place, followed closely by San Juan North Secondary and Scarborough Secondary (both 11 points). The bottom three schools will be demoted to the Championship Division, with Carapichaima East Secondary already certain to go down.
With San Juan North and Scarborough due to face each other on the last match day on Thursday 27 November, St Augustine will be relegated if they lose against Signal Hill—whether on the field or by forfeit.
Another consequence of a St Augustine defeat is that Trinity East and Malick Secondary would both be safe from the threat of demotion.
Malick, incidentally, play away to Signal Hill on Monday 24 November before they close off their 2025 Premier Division campaign next Thursday against Fatima College.
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One point from a possible six would be enough to ensure that Malick line up in the 2026 Premier Division season, although they could still retain their place with two defeats—providing that St Augustine lose.
Next Thursday’s showdown between Scarborough and San Juan North at Shaw Park is virtually a Premier Division playoff. Only a win, coupled with losses for either St Augustine, Malick or Trinity East, would save Scarborough.
San Juan North could similarly do with three points. But, due to their superior goal difference, the “San Juan Kings” can keep their Premier Division spot with a draw—once St Augustine lose.
The Premier Division is heading for an exciting finale then.
2025 Premier Division
| Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Naparima | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 40 | 7 | 33 | 34 |
| 2 |  St Benedict's | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 40 | 13 | 27 | 33 |
| 3 |  Presentation | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 37 | 9 | 28 | 31 |
| 4 |  Fatima | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 45 | 23 | 22 | 29 |
| 5 |  Signal Hill | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 39 | 13 | 26 | 28 |
| 6 |  St Anthony's | 15 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 30 | 25 | 5 | 25 |
| 7 |  Trinity Moka | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 29 | 32 | -3 | 23 |
| 8 |  Arima North | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 34 | 27 | 7 | 22 |
| 9 |  QRC | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 25 | -2 | 19 |
| 10 |  St Mary's | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 31 | 23 | 8 | 18 |
| 11 |  Trinity East | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 21 | 50 | -29 | 13 |
| 12 |  Malick | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 27 | 35 | -8 | 12 |
| 13 |  St Augustine | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 43 | -27 | 12 |
| 14 |  San Juan | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 26 | -4 | 11 |
| 15 |  Scarborough Sec | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 36 | -18 | 11 |
| 16 |  Carapichaima | 15 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 72 | -65 | 0 |
SSFL Premier Division results
(Tue 18 Nov)
Trinity College 2 (Andre Constantine 47, Anton Joseph 69 pen), Scarborough Secondary 2 (Varel Wilson 38, Jaheim Toney 77) at Moka;
(Thu 20 Nov)
Signal Hill Secondary 9 (Jermaine Morgan 9, Nickel Williams 12, Kyle James 16, 37, Immanual Wright 32, 42, 58 pen, Jediael Marcelle 76, 88), Trinity East 2 (Jakwon Howell 71, Jehrell Ignatius 90+2) at Signal Hill;
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Upcoming fixtures
(Mon 24 Nov)
Signal Hill Secondary v Malick Secondary, 3.30pm, Signal Hill;
(Thu 27 Nov)
Naparima College v Signal Hill Secondary, 3.30pm, Lewis Street;
Malick Secondary v Fatima College, 3.30pm, TBA;
Trinity East v St Benedict’s College, 3.30pm, Trincity;
Trinity College v Presentation (San F’do), 3.30pm, Moka;
Scarborough Secondary v San Juan North, 3.30pm, Shaw Park.
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Why is it that there is a belief that when an organisation is unable to meet its committment through a shortfall in funds, that the solution is to transfer the responsibility. In this case the SSFL through the loss of sponsorship are no longer able to support schools with inter island travel for games, resulting in schools being asked to make and fund their own arrangements. Who or what suggests that schools are in any better position to do so?
Any conscious person looking at the situation will readily recognise that it is unlikely that St Augustine would purposely not travel to Tobago to play against Signal Hill without a good reason. Their very survival in the Premier division is heavily dependent on the result of that game. A win would guarantee them safety, while a draw would give them hope depending on other results.
If as stated the reason for their no show was indeed financial in nature then it would be a travesty for them to be forced to forfeit the game, when one considers the number of postponements/resheduled games involving inter island travel that can be attributed to difficulties in obtaining flights and/or financial issues.