Livingston Scott/ Gleaner Writer HUMBLE LION attacker Vishinul Harris has hailed his team after they grabbed an unlikely point in their Clarendon derby clash against Vere United in the Jamaica Premier League (JPL) yesterday. The AndrewPrice-coached team played the last 36 minutes, plus injury time, at the UWI-JFF Captain Horace Burrell Centre of Excellence with just 10 men after XavianVirgo was sent off in the 54th minute for two bookable offences. The game ended in a 0-0 draw. Harris said coming away with a point and a clean sheet was very positive. Humble Lion have drawn their last four games and six of their eight games. “It is always positive if, playing a man short, you get a point and come away with a clean sheet. We have been putting in some strong performances of late. We are unbeaten in four games now, and that is pleasing. We just need to get it right in the final third,” said Harris, who was named man-of-the-match. “We are not losing, and we will get it right. We just need to continue working, and I believe it is just a matter of time before we get it right,” he said. The team also lost captain Andrew Vanzie to injury early in the match, and Harris had to drop out of the attack to fill that role in the middle of the park. However, the former Arnett Gardens player, after returning from a long-term injury, is nearing his best formonce again, and he is relishing the responsibility being placed on him by coach Price. “I have been getting a lot of game time, so I’m improvingmore and more. I am being played in different positions, but it comes with seniority, and I have to adjust the mindset to do it. But we are just taking it game by game, and once we get into the top six, we will take it from there,” he stated. The game was a very physical one, and there were very few opportunities for scoring. BEST CHANCE Humble Lion’s Rohan Richards hit the post in the first half and had a free-kick that just went over the bar. Vere’s best chance came through Kevin Graham, but his header was parried by goalkeeper Dennis Taylor. Ninth-place Vere now have seven points, one more than Humble Lion, in 10th place. Vere’s assistant coach, Rudolph Stennett, said it was an encouraging performance and welcomed the point for his side. “We are happy with the performance because we are building with the youngsters. They are playing organised and they are l istening to instructions, which is good. We are disappointed in not getting the three points, but we see where we can improve, especially in the final third,” he said. In yesterday’s second match Arnett Gardens joined Mount Pleasant and Waterhouse at the top of the JPL table with 17 points each following a 2-1 win over Molynes United. Mount Pleasant lead the standings on goal difference ahead of Waterhouse with Arnett Gardens in third. Renaldo Cephas (penalty) and Kimani Arbourine were the scorers for Arnett Gardens after an own goal by Gerald Neil had given Molynes United a first half lead. livingston.scott@gleanerjm.com MONDAY, MARCH 7, 2022 SECTION B www.jamaica-gleaner.com • #GLNRSPORTS SPORTS The Gleaner St Elizabeth Technical’s Sachin Dennis (centre) wins the Class One boys 100 metres final at last year’s ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Championships ahead of Petersfield High’s Antonio Watson (third from left ). Bouwahjgie Nkrumie (right) of Kingston College was third. Also in photograph are Bryan Levell (third right) of Edwin Allen High, Javari Thomas (second left) of Jamaica College, Rusea’s High’s Raheim Scott (second right) and Alexavier Monfries (left) from Excelsior High. IAN ALLEN/PHOTOGRAPHER Humble Lion’s Harris hails positive result Vishinul Harris (left) of Humble Lion battling with Ramone Howell (centre) of Waterhouse during their Jamaica Premier League match at the UWI-JFF Captain Horace Burrell Centre of Excellence on Sunday, February 20. RUDOLPH BROWN RUDOLPH/PHOTOGRAPHER B3: Hundred a confidence booster for tournament: Matthews B2: Reggae Boyz quartet leads goal parade Class One Boys’ 100m gets hot Hubert Lawrence/Gleaner Writer THE RACE for top honours in the Class One 100 metres intensified last Saturday courtesy of Kingston College’s Bouwahjgie Nkrumie and Deandre Daley of Herbert Morrison Technical. Bouwahjgie clocked the fastest Jamaican time of the season - 10.40 seconds - at the Corporate Area Championships, and Daley confirmed his good form in 10.59 seconds at St Elizabeth Technical during last Saturday’s Western Championships. They join sprint prospects Brian Levell of Edwin Allen High, St Catherine High’s Sandrey Davison, and Gregory Prince of St Jago High as contenders for glory at Boys and Girls’ Championships next month. Record holder Zharnel Hughes will be watching closely. In front of attentive fans at the National Stadium last Saturday, Bouwahjgie used his usual fast start to slash the meet record of 10.45 seconds by his Kingston College teammate Rashaun Rowe in 2020. In Santa Cruz, Daley mirrored his seasonal best of 10.56 seconds with his victory on grass at Western Championships. CHAMPIONSHIPS FINAL Nkrumie and Levell, who attends Edwin Allen High School, were third and fifth, respectively in the 2021 Boys and Girls’Championships Class One 100m final. Later in the season, Levell clocked 10.21 and reached the National Senior Championships final. With the 2021 championships gold and silver medallists, Sachin Dennis and AntonioWatson, gone, the gold medal beckons. Davison, a lanky athlete, and Prince won their individual 100 metres heats at last month’s Sprint Fest in 10.59 and 10.70 seconds, respectively. On February 26, Prince ran a devastating 4x100m anchor leg for St Jago High School at the Gibson McCook Relays. All of the contenders will meet at the March 11-13 Carifta Trials, except Prince, who turns 20 this year, and the St Jago closer will face Davison and Levell at Central Championships, March 15 and 16. National under-20 100m champion last year, Davison wasn’t picked to run the event at theWorld Under-20 Championships, where Levell and Alicke Cranston were eliminated at the semi-final stage, where Levell false-started. Amajor clash on February 12 at the Camperdown Classic fizzled. Levell won in 10.46 seconds, but Prince stopped at the halfway point due to a cramp. The battle might even pull the Boys and Girls’ Championships record of 10.12 seconds into reach. “I look forward to seeing who can contest the record. When I ran the record, to be honest, I wasn’t even thinking of the record. I just wanted to win against (Jevaughn) Minzie, (Michael) O’Hara, and those guys,”said Hughes, who clocked 10.12 seconds in 2014 running for Kingston College. In 2019, the British sprint star saw Obl ique Sevi l le go close at 10.13. “I was like, what?! He almost got it, you know. I was excited for him at the same time,” recalled the 2018 European Champion. “I’d like to see it come down sometime, but I know it’s going to be a challenging one, and I’m looking forward to seeing who will take it down,” Hughes added sportingly.
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