Tacky High have advanced to the inter-zone round of the DaCosta Cup for the first time in some 15 years.
Coach of the team David Pryce says it is a huge achievement for the school with mainly inexperienced players.
Tacky, from Gayle St Mary, needed only a point to ensure their advance with two matches to go last week, against Horace Clarke of Islington. They had a bit of a stumble as they lost the first of those two matches 3-2 on Thursday, with the controversial sending off of one player. On Saturday, October 15, the teams drew 1-1 ensuring Tacky topped Zone J with 17 points.
The team is expecting to rely on main goal scorers from the preliminary round — Romario Gibbs 7, Giovanni McLean, and Ronaldo Brown, five each, in their quest to do well.
Their group in the inter-zone round is not yet known as other teams in the rural area schoolboy football competition have not completed their schedule.
~Coach David Pryce preparing a Tacky High team member
“I give God thanks and am happy for the team. The majority of them are inexperienced. So this is a major achievement,” Coach Pryce told the North Coast Times.
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