Wolmer's Boys asserted their dominance in Zone E of the Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA) Manning Cup yesterday after defeating Tivoli High 4-2 in a tightly contested top-of-the-table clash at The Mico University College field. Wolmer's continued their imperious march in the first round with their fourth win in a row to go three points clear at the top. Addon Daye and Romie Henry added their names to the Wolmerians scoresheet while Ryan-Oneil Francis and Sanjay Sinclair scored for the west Kingston-based school.
Wolmer's head coach Jerome Waite said he expected the strong challenge from Tivoli as they have proven their quality as recent Walker Cup champions. "Both teams really have it their all and Tivoli did not lay down and die, they showed that they have pedigree," Waite said. "What they did today showed that they are a competitive team.
We dominated the first half but Tivoli came back and it was a different ball game in the second half. They pushed a little more in attack and we cracked in that area but nevertheless we got all of four goals, albeit two own goals from Tivoli." The home team pushed forward early in the game through Daye who opened the scoring in the 22nd minute by chipping the goalkeeper with a deft finish.
Misfortune struck minutes later for Tivoli who conceded another goal minutes later through an own goal from defender Horace Morgan. Wolmer's went 3-0 up in the 37th minute when Henry finished off a play started by Daquan Duhaney. Tivoli g.
