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Shoran James maintained his consistency in the final third to register the lone
goal that earned full points for Herstelling Raiders over Grove Hi Tech; Agricola Red Triangle’s Leon Moore netted the competition’s first hat-trick while a double came from teammate Shamar Morrison; the highlights of the opening day of the inaugural Lens Craft Optical/East Bank Football Association (EBFA) Under-13 league.
All the action took place at the hub of football on the East Bank, Grove Playfield also taking full points but without working up a sweat was Mocha Champs whose opponents, Craig, failed to put in an appearance.
In the main game, rivalry between Herstelling Raiders and Grove Hi Tech was renewed and it was the same script but a different play. Shoran James it was who scored the lone and winning goal against Grove in the Under-11 Pee Wee game a few weeks ago and was in repeat mode yesterday.
Playing 11v11 using the full length of the pitch, both sides approached the game positively and the action ensued from end to end but with five minutes left to play in the 30 minutes a half
allocation, James tucked in the opening and winning goal from a goal mouth scrimmage.
Opportunities were very limited in the encounter but Herstelling had the chance to double their lead when they were awarded a penalty in the 54th minute but the ball was punched away by second half goalie Safwan Cordis.
Grove were desperate to pull one back and switched their Under-11 most prolific goal scorer Devon Padmore from duties between the uprights to the forward line. Their efforts however were all nullified by solid defending from Herstelling.
In the day’s opening match, Agricola, another emerging side, trounced Diamond United 7-0 on account of the league’s first hat-trick off the boot of Leon Moore and a brace from Shamar Morrison.
Agricola’s intent to hunt goals was shown to their opponents very early. They could have very well opened the scoring much earlier than the 20th minute were it not for a missed penalty from Kerwayne Lyte, his shot was blocked by goalkeeper Teon Forde who was summoned to
open field duty in the second half.
It was another penalty that opened the scoring for Agricola, this time, Leon Moore made no mistake in hitting his shot past Forde. Five minutes later the score was doubled when Shamar Morrison netted the first of his brace and on the stroke of half time, it was a 3-0 advantage to Agricola compliments of Lyte’s goal as he made amends for his earlier missed chance from the spot.
The first two goals after the break came off the boot of Moore, he scored in the 37th and 39th minutes. Morrison was at it again in the 40th minute as Diamond just could not find a way to break down the Agricola defence.
Sealing the deal five minutes to full time was Jared Corrica who came on as a substitute one minute earlier, his header sailed into the back of the nets to complete an exciting 7-0 win for his side.
Mocha Champs were gifted two goals and three points as a result of Craig’s no show.
The competition will continue on Saturday at the same venue with Diamond taking on Kuru Kururu Warriors from 10:00hrs to be followed by a game between Grove Hi Tech and Agricola Red Triangle, the feature game brings together Herstelling Raiders and Craig.
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