Carapichaima East Secondary and Chaguanas North Secondary will be seeking to confirm their spots in the final of the Coca-Cola InterCol Central Zone competition, today, when they face teams they easily dominated in both legs of league competition, earlier this season.
Three double-headers will be played today starting from 3 pm, with the Central and Tobago Zones in semifinal action, while the last two quarterfinal matches will be played in the South Zone.
Carapichaima East, the champion of the Central Zone league competition, advanced to the semifinal on a bye and will face Vishnu Boys Hindu College, in the opening match at the Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva.
Vishnu has had no luck against the Central powerhouse this season, with Carapichaima taking the two legs by a combined two-legged tally of 23 unanswered goals. Caps played Vishnu in Caroni away from home and won 5-0, before taking the return leg by the heaviest margin this season, 18-0, in Carapichaima.
Meanwhile, Chaguanas North, which won the zonal league title on the final day of the season before seeing a nine-point deduction for the alleged fielding of ineligible players, meets Tabaquite. Tabaquite was hardly better than Vishnu against Chaguanas North. Chaguanas North won both legs 16-0 on aggregate.
The winners of today’s double-header will meet in the final Tuesday.
In the South Zone double-header, Presentation College of San Fernando, recent winner of the BGTT First Citizens SSFL Big-Five competition, will face Senior Division winner Fyzabad Secondary for a place in the semifinal, where it will meet the winner of the second double-header clash between Shiva Boys Hindu College and Mayaro Secondary, the team which placed last in league competition.
There will also be a Tobago double-header at Shaw Park. League winner Speyside Secondary will meet Signal Hill in the second match, from 5 pm. Scarborough Secondary and Mason Hall will open the day’s action, from 3 pm.
Today’s Matches
South Zone Quarterfinals
Presentation College San Fernando v Fyzabad Secondary, 3 pm
Shiva Boys v Mayaro, Skinner Park, 5 pm
Tobago Zone Semifinals
Mason Hall v Scarborough, Shaw Park, 3 pm
Signal Hill v Speyside, Shaw Park, 5 pm
Central Zone Semifinals
Vishnu Boys v Carapichaima East, Ato Boldon Stadium, 3 pm
Chaguanas North v Tabaquite Secondary, Ato Boldon Stadium, 5 pm
Tomorrow’s Fixtures
North Zone Semifinals
St Anthony’s v East Mucurapo, Hasely Crawford Stadium, 3 pm
St Mary’s v Fatima College, Hasely Crawford Stadium, 5 pm
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