The Tribune

The Government Secondary Schools Sports Association completed its senior boys and girls sudden death playoff games on Monday and now they are all set for the one-game championship final today at the Roscow Davies Soccer Field in the Baillou Hills Sporting Complex.

In game one, The Anatol Rodgers Timberwolves got one goal from Jamal Niholes in the first half and rode a stellar defence to give the squad, led by coach Oliver Lynch, a ticket to the championship game while the CI Gibson Rattlers were left on the outside looking in.

The Rattlers were the favourites to win this game but crumbled under the pressure to produce.

In game two, the defending champs were not getting into the back and forth talking with their opposition. They decided to let their play speak for themselves as they took to the pitch against the Doris Johnson Mystic Marlins.

When the dust settled, the Knights of CR Walker jumped into the championship game with a 3-1 thumping of the Mystic Marlins. The Knights got goals from Romario Santil, who got the scoring started, Peter Julmis and Marc Ville to seal it.

The championship game for the senior girls’ title in the GSSSA soccer division was also set as four teams squared off to get into the big dance.

In the end, after two long, heated games, the finals will be played between the CV Bethel Lady Stingrays and the CC Sweeting Lady Cobras.

In the first game the CV Bethel girls dethroned the defending champions Lady Knights from CR Walker who put up a good fight but the Lady Stingrays wanted it more as they won 2-1 in extra time.

The Stingrays got two goals from #42 while the Lady Knights got one goal from Bernadette Nelson.

In game two, Tierra Higgs scored in the 14th minute to give the Lady Cobras the lead over the undefeated Lady Mystic Marlins from Doris Johnson - the number one seeds in the tournament. They got an insurance goal from Tarnisha Joseph to send the delirious Lady Cobras into the big dance today.