Sports

December 2025

Shrugging off a thrashing

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Ian Allen/photographer Excelsior High School’s Kimarly Scott (centre) tries to get past Charlie Smith’s Devonte Wilson during their ISSA/WATA Manning Cup quarter-final encounter at Winchester Park yesterday. Looking on is Charlie Smith’s Orlando Gra
December 2025

Excelsior join STATHS, JC, Eltham in semis

Excelsior High School secured the final remaining spot in this year’s semi-finals of the ISSA/WATA Manning Cup competition after recording a hard-fought 1-0 victory over Charlie Smith in Zone A at…
Ashley Anguin/photographer Glenmuir High School’s Dunsting Cohen (right) tries to evade the tackle of Cornwall College’s Khalid Fraser during their ISSA daCosta Cup quarter-final football match at Cornwall’s playing field yesterday. The game ended 1
December 2025 by Ashley Anguin

Glenmuir, STETHS, Kemps Hill, Dinthill complete final four picture

Many-time champions Cornwall College were sent packing from ISSA daCosta Cup semi-final contention, despite a 1-1 draw with Glenmuir High in their closing quarter-final match at Cornwall playing field…
Matthew McKoy/Photographer Portmore United’s Tarick Ximines questions a referee’s decision to signal offside during a Jamaica Premier League against Arnett Gardens at Ferdi Neita Park on December 7.
December 2025 by Livingston Scott

Heavy is the head that wears the crown

Portmore United face an impending challenge to their midweek rise to the top of the Jamaica Premier League (JPL), when they entertain Concacaf Caribbean Cup champions and unbeaten Mount Pleasant in…
Matthew McKoy/Photographer St Andrew Technical High School players get into their customary huddle before an ISSA/WATA Manning Cup match.
December 2025 by Gregory Bryce

STATHS coach aware of how to reverse Manning Cup hoodoo

St Andrew Technical High School (STATHS) are no strangers to the semi-finals of the ISSA/WATA Manning Cup but after years of falling short at the last hurdle, head coach Phillip Williams said they are…
Trishara Monroe (left) of Norman Manley looks for a pass while being guarded by Lashanya Barnes of Gaynstead during an ISSA Urban Netball semi-final at the Leila Robinson Courts on Thursday.
December 2025 by Raymond Graham

Gaynstead, José Martí to meet in senior final

It will be a repeat of the 2022 senior ISSA Urban Schoolgirl Netball Championships final next Tuesday, as Gaynstead and José Martí Technical High School secured their spots following Thursday’s…
December 2025

Denbigh, Holmwood dominate junior and senior semi-finals

Holmwood Technical and Denbigh High stamped their authority on Friday’s ISSA Rural Schoolgirl Netball semi-finals at the GC Foster College Indoor Courts, as both schools booked places in the under-16…
Joel Lamm pumps his fists in celebration of a point in the final of the National Table Tennis Championships against Roberto ‘Magic Dino’ Byles at the National Indoor Sports Centre in September.
December 2025 by Karen Madden

Youngest national TT champ in 44 years finding the balance

While a diminishing ideology, sports has often been cited as a distraction for students seeking to achieve scholastic excellence, with the Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA) setting…
ATLANTIC CONVOY (right), ridden by Dane Nelson, wins the overnight allowance stakes Ahwhofah Sprint ahead of the partially hidden ZULU WARRIOR (Raddesh Roman) over six furlongs at Caymanas Park yesterday.
December 2025 by Ainsley Walters

Zulu Warrior fails to honour favourite tag again

Canada-bred ATLANTIC CONVOY, winner of last year’s Bruceontheloose Sprint on Mouttet Mile Day, yesterday won his first race in more than a year, Dane Nelson returning aboard the five-year-old to…
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December 2025

Past The Finishing Post

Dec 13, 2025 Race Results Race 1 Purse $600,000 5YO&UP OPT. CLM($200,0)/NB6YO&UP(NW2)&NB5YO(MDN) Off At: 11:52.34 AM Distance: 4 1/2 Fur Track Condition: Dirt : Fast Winning Time: …