St John’s College win 3rd place in CSSSA Boys Football Championship in penalty shootout over Sadie Vernon High School

Published by [email protected] at February 10, 2024

Posted: Saturday, February 10, 2024. 5:31 pm CST.

St John’s College – Photo Credit: William George Ysaguirre

By Rubén Morales Iglesias: St John’s College (SJC) staged a remarkable comeback against Sadie Vernon High School in the third-place match of the Central Secondary Schools Sports Association (CSSSA) Boys Football Championship at the Marion Jones Sports Complex in Belize City on Saturday. The match ended in a thrilling penalty shootout after SJC won the game 4-2 in extra time tying the aggregate score at 5-5.

SJC took an early lead through Marco Nunez in the 12^th minute, but Sadie Vernon equalized before the break with a goal from Raheem Martinez in the 37^th minute. SJC needed to score two more goals to cancel out Sadie Vernon’s 3-1 advantage from the first leg, and they did so with Avery Vassel and Jareth Tablada finding the net in the 57^th and 69^th minutes respectively.

SJC’s Jareth Tablada (front) and Marco Nunez – Photo Credit: William George Ysaguirre

That gave SJC a 3-1 regulation win, but the aggregate score tied at 4-4, the match was stretched into extra time,

Sadie Vernon were not ready to give up and scored a crucial away goal in the 99^th minute of extra time through Rogel Lemmoth, putting them ahead 5-4 on aggregate. However, SJC responded with a late goal of their own in the 120^th minute by Nunez just before the final whistle to level the aggregate score at 5-5 and force a penalty shootout.

SJC showed more composure and accuracy from the spot, winning the shootout 3-2 and securing third place in the competition.

SJC’s Avery Vassel (front) in first leg game against Sadie Vernon – Photo Credit: William George Ysaguirre

CSSSA Playoffs

Tuesday, February 6, 2024

Third Place Games

4:00 pm SCA 3 – 1 Pallotti (Girls)

6:00 pm SJC 1 – 3 Sadie Vernon (Boys)

Wednesday, February 7, 2024

Finals

4:00 pm Gwen Liz 2- 0 Wesley (Girls)

6:00 pm Gwen Liz 2 – 0 Wesley (Boys)

Saturday, February 10, 2024

Third Place Games

9:00 am Pallotti 4 – 1 SCA (Girls) 5-4 aggregate

11:00 am Sadie Vernon 4-2 SJC in extra-time (Boys) 5-5 aggregate, 3-2 penalty shootout

Finals

1:00 pm Wesley – Gwen Liz (Girls)

3:00 pm Wesley – Gwen Liz (Boys)

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