{"id":20788,"date":"2024-06-19T19:13:37","date_gmt":"2024-06-19T19:13:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=20788"},"modified":"2024-06-19T19:14:12","modified_gmt":"2024-06-19T19:14:12","slug":"exxonmobil-u14-football-tournament-south-ruimveldt-and-waramuri-secure-quarterfinal-spots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/exxonmobil-u14-football-tournament-south-ruimveldt-and-waramuri-secure-quarterfinal-spots\/","title":{"rendered":"ExxonMobil U14 Football Tournament: South Ruimveldt and Waramuri Secure Quarterfinal Spots"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>The ExxonMobil U14 football tournament progressed to the quarterfinals following an action-packed round of 16 matches held on Saturday at the Ministry of Education ground on Carifesta Avenue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>South Ruimveldt Secondary advanced to the next round with a convincing 4-1 victory over New Amsterdam Secondary. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Devonte Game scored a brace, while Rickford Toney and Jahim Hart added to the tally, securing South Ruimveldt&#8217;s place in the quarterfinals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, Leonora Secondary triumphed over West Ruimveldt Secondary with a commanding 7-1 scoreline. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Quincy Fraser led the charge with four goals, supported by Keon Grant and Abdul Kendel, ensuring Leonora&#8217;s comfortable victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chase Academic Foundation narrowly edged out Hope Secondary 3-2 in a tightly contested match to secure their spot in the quarterfinals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> Defending boys&#8217; champion Bartica Secondary also progressed with a 3-1 win over St. John College.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>West Minster Secondary faced a tough challenge from Waramuri Primary Top Boys but managed to secure victory in a penalty shootout, winning 5-3 after a drawn match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the girls&#8217; tournament, reigning champions Waramuri Primary Top stormed into the quarterfinals with a dominant 7-0 victory over Bushlot Secondary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> Brentia Marks opened the scoring in the 10th minute, followed by a double from Erika Harris in the 20th and 25th minutes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shenesa Thomas and Harris completed their hat-tricks, with Tina Williams and Lillianna Bacchus also finding the net to seal the emphatic win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President College recorded the highest victory of the day with a resounding 12-0 triumph over Institute of Academic Excellence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other victorious teams included Bartica Secondary, Charity Secondary, Tucville Secondary, New Amsterdam Secondary, Marian Academy, and Santa Rosa Secondary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The quarterfinal matches, initially scheduled for today, were postponed indefinitely due to persistent rainfall. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The winning team in both the male and female categories will receive four hundred thousand dollars towards a school project of their choice, with half that amount for the second-place team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ExxonMobil U14 football tournament progressed to the quarterfinals following an action-packed round of 16 matches held on Saturday at the Ministry of Education ground on Carifesta Avenue. South Ruimveldt&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":20789,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20788","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-sports"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20788","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20788"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20788\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20790,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20788\/revisions\/20790"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20789"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}