Second Division soccer
It looks more and more like Wolves and Hamilton Parish will clinch the two promotion spots long before the end of the season.
Yesterday at White Hill Field, Parish widened the gap between themselves and Prospect and St. David's to six points. Shane Burgess opened the scoring after two minutes and Leon Raynor made it 2-0 in the fourth minute.
Burgess scored a second in the 14th minute before Eagles pulled one back in the 19th through a Mark Bean free kick. Sean Dill found the net twice for Parish in the 30th and 41st minutes before Eddie Callendar pulled another goal back for Eagles in the 56th.
St. David's 0 Social Club 0 Promotion hopefuls St. David's suffered a setback when they were forced to share the points at home with the bottom team in the division. It could have been even worse for St. David's as Tokia Russell missed a penalty for Social Club.
Prospect 4 St. George's 2 Prospect avenged their recent loss to St. George's in the Shield competition with this victory.
Prospect got off to a 3-0 lead by the half, after Lawrence Smith scored in the third minute, John Richmond in the eighth and Jerry Laws in the 38th.
St. George's netted a penalty early in the second half through Andrew Richardson after Maurice Caines was fouled and Caines then scored himself on the hour. Carl Gibbons netted Prospect's fourth in the 78th minute.