Connection juniors settle atop reserve league

W CONNECTION ended their triumphant run, in both Under-15 and Under-17 categories in the TT Pro League, with a defeat and a victory in respective matches at the Marvin Lee Stadium, Macoya on Monday.

The Savonetta lads were handed a 2-1 licking by Joe Public, their only setback in the Under-15 division, while their Under-17 squad recorded their 13th win, 3-2 over the hosts in the other match of the doubleheader. Connection have sealed both titles, while the “Eastern Lions” are fourth in the Under-15s with 23 points, 14 behind Connection with a match in hand, and second in the Under-17s on 28 points, 11 adrift of the Southerners. Two doubleheaders were contested on Saturday, and North East Stars suffered their 13th defeat in as many matches, in both divisions, when they hosted Arima Fire at the Sangre Grande Recreation Ground.

Akim Armstrong and Keon Quow found the back of the net for the Fire lads, who blanked the Stars 2-0 in the Under-15s. And the Fire Under-17s had a comfortable 5-1 triumph over the Sangre Grande-based team, after a double from Darnell Edwards and one apiece from Keron Ross, Anthony Charles and Richard Charles. At the Palo Seco Recreation Ground, South Starworld Strikers remained in fifth spot after a 1-0 win over South West Institute of Football (SWIF) in the Under-15 division, while both Under-17 units featured in a 1-1 draw in the other confrontation. The doubleheader between CL Financial San Juan Jabloteh and Defence Force, scheduled for the Hasely Crawford Stadium, Mucu-rapo, was postponed as the Army-Coast Guard combination failed to turn up on Saturday morning.