NIGEL SI­MON

Se­nior Mul­ti­me­dia Re­porter

nigel.si­mon@guardian.co.tt

Joint na­tion­al cham­pi­on Sig­nal Hill Sec­ondary, the To­ba­go Zone win­ners, and St Joseph's Con­vent (Port of Spain), the North Zone cham­pi­ons, will clash to­day in the sec­ond Sec­ondary Schools Foot­ball League (SS­FL) Girls’ ‘Big Five’ semi­fi­nal at the St Mary's Col­lege Ground on Ser­pen­tine Road, St Clair, start­ing at 3.30 pm to­day.

​At stake for the win­ner is a place in the na­tion­al fi­nal against joint ti­tle-hold­er Pleas­antville Sec­ondary of the South Zone. Pleas­antville booked their spot in the cham­pi­onship match for yet an­oth­er year with a com­mand­ing 8-1 win over East Zone win­ners Five Rivers Sec­ondary at the Man­nie Ramjohn Sta­di­um in Mara­bel­la last week.

Lead­ing the way for Pleas­antville was reign­ing two-time SS­FL Girls' "Play­er of the Year" Niki­ta Go­sine and Aaqi­la Vir­gil, who both scored hat-tricks in the win.

​Sig­nal Hill Sec­ondary, de­clared joint cham­pi­ons of the com­pe­ti­tion last sea­son with Pleas­antville Sec­ondary af­ter the fi­nal was not played, se­cured the 2026 To­ba­go Zone crown with nine wins from as many match­es on the six-team ta­ble for a max­i­mum of 27 points. They lead Scar­bor­ough Sec­ondary by nine points with one match re­main­ing.

​Last week, St Joseph’s Con­vent (PoS) cap­tured the North Zone ti­tle af­ter de­feat­ing the In­ter­na­tion­al School of Port of Spain (ISPS) 3-1 in a vir­tu­al ti­tle de­cider at the same St Clair venue.

​Both St Joseph’s Con­vent (PoS) and ISPS went in­to the match tied with 25 points from nine match­es, with Con­vent ahead on goal dif­fer­ence need­ing on­ly a draw. With the vic­to­ry, St Joseph’s Con­vent (PoS) suc­cess­ful­ly re­tained their zon­al ti­tle and a step away from a shot at the na­tion­al crown.

Form One/13 and Un­der boys quar­ter­fi­nals to­day

Al­so on to­day are the na­tion­al SS­FL Form One/13 & Un­der Boys quar­ter­fi­nals. De­fend­ing cham­pi­ons St Mary's Col­lege play at home against Na­pari­ma Col­lege.

Fa­ti­ma Col­lege hosts Tabaquite Sec­ondary; St Bene­dict's Col­lege en­ter­tains El Do­ra­do West Sec­ondary; and Trin­i­ty Col­lege East trav­els to face East Mu­cu­rapo Sec­ondary.

To­day's match­es

Na­tion­al Girls SF­FL 'Big Five' semi­fi­nal

St Joseph's Con­vent (PoS) vs Sig­nal Hill Sec­ondary, St Mary's Col­lege Grd, St Clair, 3.30 pm

Boys Form One/13 and Un­der quar­ter­fi­nals

Fa­ti­ma Col­lege vs Tabaquite Sec­ondary, Fa­ti­ma Col­lege Grd, 3.30 pm

St Bene­dict's Col­lege vs El Do­ra­do West , St Bene­dict's Grd (Com­mons), 3.30 pm

Trin­i­ty Col­lege East vs East Mu­cu­rapo West, East Mu­cu­rapo Sec Grd, 3.30 pm

St Mary's Col­lege vs Na­pari­ma Col­lege, St Mary's Col­lege Grd, St Clair, 3.30 pm