{"id":3329,"date":"2020-01-27T18:50:04","date_gmt":"2020-01-27T18:50:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/westernmirror.com\/?p=3329"},"modified":"2020-01-27T18:50:07","modified_gmt":"2020-01-27T18:50:07","slug":"granville-take-pole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/?p=3329","title":{"rendered":"Granville take pole"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><b>Noelita Lawrence-Ricketts<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Back amongst the\nparish contenders for the first time in over three decades, Granville recorded\ntheir first win of the 2020 St. James FA\/Sandals Resorts International Major\nLeague, while Heights made it two wins from as many starts in the latest round\nof games contested.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Granville blanked promoted Club Ville 2-0 while Heights\nconsolidated their position atop Zone Two with a narrow 1-0 victory over Violet\nKickers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The vital goal of the contest involving Heights and Kickers\ncame in the 61<sup>st <\/sup>minute as Kimali Powell fired home his first for\nhis new team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Powell, in the Heights camp after moving from MoBay City,\nstabbed in from close range after a put-back from substitute Anthony Gooden\nmere minutes after arriving on the field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Heights had been at their usual best, creating and wasting\nseveral chances and looked like sharing the points with Kickers, before the\nall-important goal came in classic fashion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the Granville field, Davion Thelwell and Corey Matthews\nstruck in either half to give the home team a comfortable 2-0 win over Ville in\nfront of a vocal crowd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The three points lifted the Granville team to the top of\nZone 1 with four points, just one clear of the joint second-positioned Reggae\nYouths and Irwin, who each had wins in their first round matches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thelwell sent the Granville team ahead midway the first half\n(36 minute) before Matthews made the points safe with a second 11 minutes into\nthe re-start.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In an entertaining match-up at the UDC field, Heights\ndominated from start to finish and restricted the Kickers team to just two\nshots on goal as they snatched another three points, the best start to a season\nin three years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Heights tormented their opponents\u2019 backline regularly, but\nwere frustrated as the first half ended goalless.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The deadlock was broken seconds after the hour mark when\nyoung Powell found his way unattended in the box to get on the end of a timely\ndrop off pass from Gooden, which he turned into the net.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Defeat left Kickers still searching for a victory and with\njust a solitary point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the meantime, Irwin can re-take the lead in Zone 1, with\na win over wobbly Montego Bay Boys\u2019 and Girls\u2019 Club&nbsp;&nbsp; in a contest set for the UDC field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Irwin have already ticked off a win and go in search of a\nsecond, but the MBBGC was clobbered in their first outing and will be hoping to\nget on the winning trail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Match time is 3 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Noelita Lawrence-Ricketts Back amongst the parish contenders for the first time in over three decades, Granville recorded their first win of the 2020 St. James FA\/Sandals Resorts International Major League, while Heights made it two wins from as many starts in the latest round of games contested. 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