{"id":2915,"date":"2019-09-11T20:05:32","date_gmt":"2019-09-11T20:05:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/westernmirror.com\/?p=2915"},"modified":"2019-09-11T20:05:35","modified_gmt":"2019-09-11T20:05:35","slug":"cornwall-green-pond-collide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/?p=2915","title":{"rendered":"Cornwall, Green Pond collide"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Noelita Lawrence-Ricketts<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Former Inter\nZone round qualifiers, Green Pond High, have set up a big clash against city\nrivals Cornwall College in one of 12 match-ups on later today (Wednesday) as\naction intensifies in the ISSA\/WATA da\u2019Costa Cup Schoolboy Football\nCompetition, with Zones \u2018A\u2019 and \u2018D\u2019 active.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The much-anticipated Zone \u2018A\u2019 encounter is expected to be a close\nencounter and is set to play out at the home of 11-times champion Cornwall,\nwhich will see the winner maintaining their stance at the summit and with a\nperfect win record.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both opened their campaigns with wins and while Green Pond looked\nimpressive, Cornwall College had to rally against a determined Irwin before\npicking up the three points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Green Pond, who won their opener by a wide margin, currently occupy top\nspot in the zone on goal difference over Cornwall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The big match-up has much interest as Cornwall will be out to maintain\ntheir dominance of Zone \u2018A\u2019, which has seen them winning 39-games in 4-years,\n2015 being the last time they dropped points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Green Pond last had victory against CC some five years, back in 2014,\nwhen they snagged a 3-1 win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During that period, Cornwall have claimed 12 wins and a draw, losing\nonce, while hitting the back of the net 35 times, to Green Pond\u2019s nine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elsewhere in the zone, 2008 champions, St. James High, and Irwin, both\nbeaten in their opening games, will be looking to rebound when the two come\nface-to-face at Jarrett Park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last season\u2019s one-game giant killers Maldon, who were also on the\nreceiving end, play their first home game, entertaining the dangerous and\nunpredictable Anchovy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zone \u2018B\u2019 will also see some interesting matches with 11-times champions\nRusea\u2019s in action against talented Cambridge, and last year\u2019s beaten\nsemi-finalists and former champion, Frome Technical rivals Green Island.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Merlene Ottey engage Hopewell High in another affair, both seeking a\nfirst win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just two games are on in Zone \u2018C\u2019 with ex-champions Herbert Morrison\nTechnical High hunting a first win, playing at home to Cedric Titus, as Holland\nHigh face a livelylooking Spot Valley at their home in Trelawny.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

William Knibb will be left idle due to the withdrawal of Muschett High.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meantime, Godfrey Stewart, the 2005 champions, and with a youthful\naggregation, play their first match of the season when they line up against\nBelmont, and Manning\u2019s, go for back-to-back wins when they challenge Maud\nMcLeod who are also after a second straight three points. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Petersfield, whose first game was postponed, face a wounded Grange Hill\nin another game in the zone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Noelita Lawrence-Ricketts Former Inter Zone round qualifiers, Green Pond High, have set up a big clash against city rivals Cornwall College in one of 12 match-ups on later today (Wednesday) as action intensifies in the ISSA\/WATA da\u2019Costa Cup Schoolboy Football Competition, with Zones \u2018A\u2019 and \u2018D\u2019 active. The much-anticipated Zone \u2018A\u2019 encounter is expected to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2916,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[54,1309,1520,277],"class_list":["post-2915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-cornwall-college","tag-green-pond","tag-issa-dacosta-cup","tag-schoolboy-football"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2915","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2915"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2915\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2917,"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2915\/revisions\/2917"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2916"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}