Champions Clarendon College, former winners Glenmuir High and Manchester High are into the second round of the ISSA/Wata DaCosta Cup football competition after contrasting results in Tuesday’s round of games.
Clarendon College and Manchester High remained perfect in the first round with wins over Thompson Town and Mt St Joseph Catholic respectively.
The Clarendon College game was postponed after being rained out last week but the champions picked up where they left off, leading 1-0 to run out easy 5-0 winners with Kaheim Dixon scoring a hat trick and Christopher Hull got a brace. They moved to 18 points and can only be passed by Edwin Allen.
Manchester High won 3-0, their eighth straight which took them to 24 points and confirmed their place in the second round as Belair High stayed in second place with a 6-0 win over May Day High with Ajwani Wauchope and Christian Henry both scoring doubles.
Zone F
| Rank | Teams | Points | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Goal difference | Current form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Manchester |
30 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 3 | 49 | WWWWW |
| 2 |
 Belair |
24 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 8 | 26 | WWWWL |
| 3 |
 DeCarteret College |
15 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 27 | 14 | 13 | LWWLL |
| 4 |
 May Day |
12 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 23 | -6 | WLLLW |
| 5 |
 Mt. St Joseph |
6 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 30 | -25 | LLLLL |
| 6 |
 Cross Keys |
3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 65 | -57 | LLLLW |
DeCarteret College are still in contention in third place with their 5-3 win over Cross Keys High led by a double from Raheem Russell.
Glenmuir High advanced without kicking a ball as the 2-2 draw between Old Harbour High and Denbigh means they will finish in the top two in the zone.
Central High School’s game away to Porus High was not played and while they should be awarded the points, they have to win the final game to get into the next round.
Black River High were beaten 3-2 at home by Petersfield High but will have one more chance to qualify for the second round.
Zone D
| Rank | Teams | Points | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Goal difference | Current form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Mannings |
19 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 14 | WLWWW |
| 2 |
 Black River |
16 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 7 | WWWLW |
| 3 |
 Petersfield |
13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 7 | LDLWW |
| 4 |
 Grange Hill |
5 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 19 | -10 | LDDLL |
| 5 |
 Knockalva |
4 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 26 | -18 | LDLLL |
Three teams, Mannings School, Black River and Petersfield High all on 13 points but while Petersfield High have completed their fixtures, Mannings School has two games to play and Black River one.
Vere Technical opened space between themselves and third place Kemps Hill High after beating Tacius Golding High 3-0 in Zone M.
Xavier James, Davalio Gillard and Deonjay Brown all scored doubles to lead Rusea’s High to a big 8-0 beating of Merlene Ottey High in their return round Zone B game in Lucea as they returned to the top with 19 points.
