Ella Fernandes and Sariah Samaroo scored twice each as Marian Academy beat Dolphin Secondary 5–1 to reach the girls’ quarter-finals of the ExxonMobil U18 Schools Football Championships.
Skylar DeNobrega also scored for Marian, while Ariel Farley netted for Dolphin. Marian were among four girls’ teams and four boys’ teams to advance from Groups One and Two as the round of 16 opened at Queenstown Ground on the Essequibo Coast and Queen’s College Ground in Georgetown.
Friendship Secondary took the other girls’ quarter-final spot from Group One with a 2–1 win over Mackenzie High. Amina Scott scored both goals for Friendship, while Aquila Heyliger replied for Mackenzie High.
In Group Two, Chase’s Academic Foundation defeated Abram Zuil Secondary 5–0, while Waramuri Secondary beat Vreed-en-Hoop Secondary 4–0 to secure the group’s two girls’ quarter-final spots.
Friendship and Chase’s also advanced in the boys’ competition. Friendship beat Queen’s College 4–0 in Group One, with Brandon Bruce scoring twice and Jerome Johnson and Jermane Rajkumar adding one each.
Dolphin joined Friendship in the quarter-finals after a 5–3 win over Mackenzie High. Seon Grant scored twice for Dolphin, while Omari Nascimento, Jamal Harlequin and Ranny Yaw added a goal each. Kemanny McKenzie, Keimal Gishard and Linden Hayne scored for Mackenzie High.
In Group Two, Jashan Haynes struck twice as Chase’s beat De Willem Secondary 7–0. Daniel Chesney, Fabio Kowlessar, Aaron Vasconcellos, Dance Vancooten and Brendan Parks scored the other goals.
Lando Williams hit a hat-trick as Santa Rosa Secondary secured the group’s other boys’ quarter-final spot with a 6–0 win over Abram Zuil. Jason John, Cy Edwards and Jay DeSouza scored once each.
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