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Jabari Hodge scored in added time to hand Pleasantville a narrow 1-0 win over Mayaro in the opening South Zone fixture of the BGTT Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Championship Division, yesterday.

Pleasantville, which failed to make the cut into this year’s inaugural Premier Division made an early step to the top of the Championship standings, joint with last year’s Senior Division champion and newly-promoted Fyzabad Secondary, which in contrast, scored early on and hung on to defeat Princes Town West, another newly-promoted team, 1-0. Simeon Pierre scored the only goal in the fifth minute.

Meanwhile, the North and Central Zones also got underway in the Championship division.

In Central, Miracle Ministry made it debut with a comfortable 3-1 win over ASJA Boys. Gianni Dickerson bagged a brace, while Nathan Young scored the other goal for the winning team, which was up 2-0 at the half. ASJA’s lone goal was an own goal.

Meanwhile, goals were in abundance in the North Zone, with Queen’s Royal College seeking a strong start after last year’s disappointing campaign with a 7-1 thrashing of Diego Martin Central, while Diego Martin North and Tranquility Secondary shared a point after playing to a 4-4 draw.

Today, the East Zone will kick off with a double-header at the Larry Gomes Stadium, Arima.

Action will continue tomorrow in the Central, East and North Zones with one match carded for each. Three matches are also carded for the Tobago Zone tomorrow, while the Premier Division continues with a full round of fixtures.

After each zone completes their league fixtures, the top two teams from the North, South, East and Central Zone, will play in a “Big Eight” competition, with the two finalists and third place finisher securing promotion to the Premier Division. The bottom three teams from the Premier Division will face relegation to their respective zones.

Results - Championship

South Zone

Pleasantville 1 (Jabari Hodge 90th+1) v Mayaro 0

Fyzabad 1 (Simeon Pierre 5th) v Princes Town West 0

Central Zone

Vishnu Boys 1 (Narendra Joseph 38th) v Presentation Chaguanas 1 (Raheem Collins 23rd)

Miracle Ministry 3 v ASJA Boys 1

North Zone

Queen’s Royal Central 7 v Diego Martin Central 1

Diego Martin North 4 v Tranquility Secondary 4

Trinity College - Bye

Fixtures

Today - Championship

East Zone

Valencia Secondary v Barataria South, Larry Gomes, 3 pm

El Dorado East v Five Rivers, Larry Gomes, 5 pm