W Connection will go into its final match of the Under-18 Division of the Oasis Youth Pro League against lowly DirecTV North East Stars on Sunday at Gilbert Park, Couva needing a win to keep hold of its title. This after the "Savonetta Boys" were held to a 1-1 draw by Tobago United in their penultimate match of the league campaign. Donelly Gopicharan opened the scoring for W Connection from the penalty in the 61st minute but within two minutes, Javan Francis hit back for Tobago to earn a share of the points. Despite the drawn result, W Connection still leads with 47 points from 19 matches, seven ahead of bmobile Joe Public while Ma Pau, the only other team with a chance of denying it the crown has 38 points.
Joe Public, which must hope for a Stars win while winning it's three remaining matches, stayed in contention with an 11-2 hammering of Stars' led by a beaver-trick from Neil Mitchell and a treble by Kyle Bartholomew. In the Under-16 age-group, Kareem Garcia's 34th minute strike was enough for W Connection to edge Tobago United 1-0 to secure three valuable points. The win carried W Connection to 39 points from 17 matches, four more than Joe Public which has a match in hand. Joe Public blatsed Stars 10-0 with a hat-trick from Shaquille Bertrand and third placed San Juan Jabloteh (33 points), shut out Caledonia 2-0 to keep its slim hopes alive also. Jabloteh has already won the Under-14 crown with two matches left to play.
Sunday's Results
Under-14:
n Caledonia 9 (Maurice Ford 9th, Andrew Rullow 7th, 12th, 16th, Andy Huggins 23rd, 30th, Javon Quamina 34th, 45th, 48th) vs NE Stars 1 (Kadeem Guevara 38th).
n Joe Public 3 (Kevin Goddard 6th, Akil Thomas 13th, Jelani John 60th) vs South End 2 (Yafeu Rougier 30th, Akiba David 60th).
n Jabloteh 2 (Akeem Garcia 23rd, Isiah Mc Intyre 34th) vs Tobago Utd 0.
n W Connection 2 (Mark Phillip 21st, Nicholas Dillon 42nd) vs St Ann's Rangers 0
n Police 2 (Andres Mendez 54th, 59th) vs Ma Pau 1 (Darius Olliverra 12th).
Under-16:
n W Connection 1 (Kareem Garcia 34th) vs Tobago Utd 0
n Police 3 vs South End 0 - By Default.
n Rangers 2 (Jamil Young 44th, Shomari Antoine 64th) vs D/Force 1 (Akeem Mc Lean 76th).
n Jabloteh 2 (Osei Telesford own goal 15th, Kevin Lewis 29th) vs Caledonia 0.
n Joe Public 10 (Leon Durity 7th, 10th, Marcus Gomez 12th, Tevin Figaro 15th, Dumell Blackman 20th, 25th, Shaquille Bertrand 35th, 40th, 45th, Enrique Narine 55th) vs NE Stars 0.
Under-18:
n W Connection 1 (Donnelly Gopicharana 61st pen) vs Tobago Utd 1 (Javan Francis 63rd).
n Police 1 (Shaquille Callender 49th) vs South End 1 (Adi Constant 9th).
n D/Force 6 (Damion Bright 26th, 40th, Kerdeem Sobion 44th, 56th, Akil Morris 64th, Cleveland Cambridge 85th own-goal) vs Rangers 2 (Josiah Alleyne 28th, Stefon Ragoo 55th).
n Jabloteh 3 (Randall Scott 16th, Odue Hazel 38th, Kevin Lewis 56th) vs Caledonia 0.
n Joe Public 11 (Neil Mitchell 8th, 11th, 15th, 20th, Kyle Bartholomew 26th, 32nd, 38th, Anslem Jackson 44th, 49th, Julio Noel 55th, Brendon Simpson 64th) vs NE Stars 2 (Akeil Alfred 85th, Moriba Vance 87th).
standings
U-14 Division
Teams P W D L GF GA Pts
Jabloteh 16 14 2 0 60 10 44
Caledonia 16 9 6 1 47 13 33
W Connection 16 10 2 4 34 11 32
Joe Public 16 8 4 4 37 27 28
Tobago 16 6 6 4 33 14 24
Rangers 16 6 4 6 27 30 22
Police 16 5 2 9 19 34 17
SouthEnd 16 3 3 10 20 35 12
Stars 16 2 2 12 15 54 8
Ma Pau 16 0 1 15 5 69 1
U-16 Division:
W Connection 17 12 3 2 41 14 39
Joe Public 16 11 2 3 77 17 35
Jabloteh 16 10 3 3 29 16 33
Rangers 16 8 5 3 27 19 29
Caledonia 17 6 6 5 28 25 24
Ma Pau 16 6 3 7 25 47 21
D/Force 16 5 5 6 20 21 20
Police 16 4 3 9 11 33 15
Stars 16 4 2 10 14 31 14
Tobago 16 3 3 10 16 34 12
South End 17 1 3 13 14 45 6
U-18 Division:
W Connection 19 15 2 2 59 16 47
Joe Public 17 13 1 3 60 18 40
Ma Pau 17 12 2 3 36 10 38
D/Force 17 9 2 6 43 31 29
Police 17 7 8 2 26 19 29
Tobago 17 6 4 7 31 31 22
Caledonia 17 5 4 8 15 22 19
Jabloteh 17 4 3 10 25 44 15
Stars 17 4 2 11 18 62 14
South End 18 3 4 11 17 36 13
Rangers 17 0 2 15 15 56 2
