Sports Roneil Walcott 4 Hrs Ago QPCC FC’s under-19 football group. – Photo courtesy Kevon Nancoo/NLCL QPCC and Point Fortin Youth Academy topped their particular groups when groups A and B of the 2023/24 Next Level Consulting Ltd (NLCL) under-19 neighborhood cup concluded on February 11 (Carnival Sunday). QPCC generated 29 points from their 12 matches to leading group A, with Point Fortin acquiring 23 points from 10 matches to end up atop the six-team group B. The leading 3 groups from groups A and B both scheduled automated areas for next month’s quarter-finals. At the Larry Gomes Stadium, Malabar, QPCC took their season’s tally to 53 objectives when they got a thumping 6-0 win over the cellar-placed Cantaro United, who ended up group play without an indicate their name. Both Luke Correia and Steven Griffth scored a double for QPCC, with previous TT under-17 gamer Aydon Caruth likewise discovering the back of the internet for the Parkites. In the 2nd video game of a doubleheader in Malabar, Athletic International Academy (AIA) combined 3rd area in group A when they hammered the fifth-placed Malabar Young Stars by a 5-1 margin. The St Anthony’s College assaulting set of Theo Crovador and Jean-Marc Thomas scored 2 objectives each as AIA ended up the group stage of the competitors on a high. AIA ended the group on 24 points, 2 behind two-time ruling champs Soccer Made Simple (26 points) and 5 points back of group winners QPCC. Caledonia (20 points) kept 4th area in group A when they got a substantial 7-2 win over Blast FC in a nine-goal affair at the Morvant leisure ground. Keiron Hinds scored a hat-trick to lead the Caledonia charge, with Leikwon David likewise signing up a double to leave the going to Blast group empty-handed. With their fourth-place surface in the group, Caledonia will now satisfy group B’s fourth-place group, Made in La Brea, in a playoff match at the Mahaica Sporting Complex, Point Fortin on Thursday for an area in the quarter-final. Point Fortin did not require to kick a ball to protect leading area in group B on Sunday, as they won their video game versus table-proppers Moruga FC by default. Gasparillo Youths (22 points) completed a close 2nd in group B as they originated from behind to get a 3-1 win over Kamillionare FC at St Mary’s entertainment ground in Moruga. Kamillionare got a 15th-minute lead through Kemarley George, however Gasparillo reacted in emphatic style as Jerrell Griffith scored 3 unanswered objectives to finish the resurgence win for his group. In a fight in between the third-place Central Soccer World (CSW) and Made in La Brea, the previous group showed their supremacy as they stormed to a 5-1 resurgence triumph in Balmain, Couva. Jalon Jones opened the scoring for Made in La Brea in the seventh minute, however CSW took complete control of the video game afterwards as they led by a 2-1 margin at the half before including 3 more objectives in the 2nd half. Jelani Stoute scored in either half for CSW as they completed group play on 19 points. Made in La Brea ended the group on 13 points. In group C action in Tobago, Ball Blasters Youth FA (12 points) continued their best run with a 2-1 resurgence win over Eagles FC at the Dwight Yorke Stadium in Bacolet. Jarion Dennis scored in the 38th minute for Eagles, however second-half objectives by Imanhi Forbes and Mario Pereira cut their flight short. Ball Blasters will be Tobago’s sole agent in the quarter-final.
QPCC, Point Fortin leading NLCL U-19 groups ahead of quarters
