TODAY WILL be a very busy day for high school teams participating in the ISSA Rural Schoolgirl Netball Competition as second-round action gets under way at Manchester High, G.C. Foster College, and at The Queen’s School. In what will be a first,...
EXPECT fireworks when Glenmuir High host defending champions Garvey Maceo High in their Group Three top-of-the-table, round-of-16 daCosta Cup football clash tomorrow at 3 p.m. Following 1-0 and 2-1 wins over Maggotty High and Clarendon College,...
Defending double champions Holmwood Technical closed the preliminary round of the ISSA rural schoolgirls’ netball competition in fine style on Thursday at the Manchester High court scoring impressive wins over the hosts in Zone D action. In the...
Vauxhall High’s netballers are riding high after scoring a commanding double victory over St Catherine High on Wednesday in the final set of preliminary-round matches in the ISSA urban schoolgirls netball competition. Playing in Zone E, Vauxhall’s...
Classes at several rural high schools remain disrupted after Hurricane Melissa, but Denbigh High has returned to full operation. Principal Annett Daley said the school, located on Jackson Road near Glenmuir High, suffered only minimal damage. “We...
FOLLOWING a halt to the competition due to Hurricane Melissa, preliminary-round action in the rural Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA) schoolgirls netball competition will resume tomorrow. Tomorrow’s games will be the final set of...
The 22nd staging of the Wesley Powell-Benjamin Track and Field meet is set for Saturday, December 13, at Excelsior High School. The launch was held on Wednesday inside the school’s auditorium with organisers confirming an 8:30 a.m. start. The...
THE 22ND staging of the Wesley Powell Benjamin Track and Field Meet is set for Saturday, December 13 at Excelsior High School. The launch was held yesterday inside the school’s auditorium, with organisers confirming an 8:30 a.m. start. The opening...
FORMER OLYMPIAN Sanjay Ayre was the latest Jamaican high-profile past athlete to step forward and assist residents in the western end of the island who suffered greatly from the devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa. The former quarter-miler, who...
SCHOOLBOY FOOTBALL is set to resume next weekend after the disruption caused by Hurricane Melissa, with Manning Cup action returning in the Corporate Area on Friday and the daCosta Cup for rural schools kicking off the following day. While teams in...
UNDER the steady guidance of veteran coach Carline Graham-Powell, Holmwood Technical have stood tall as the most dominant force in high school netball, racking up multiple rural and all-island titles. And despite the disruption caused by Hurricane...
With Hurricane Melissa disrupting high schools across rural Jamaica – many still unable to resume full classes because of infrastructural damage – Glenmuir High in May Pen, Clarendon, has emerged as a rare bright spot. Located on Glenmuir Road in...
SEVERAL Caribbean athletes currently representing local schools in Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA) competitions had their first taste of a hurricane when Category 5 Melissa swept across Jamaica recently. Four Caribbean athletes...
The Michael Dyke-coached Edwin Allen High girls are eager to reclaim their ISSA Girls’ Championships title after a surprise loss to Hydel High earlier this year but the school has had a rocky start to its preparations for the 2025-26 season. The 10...
NEW HEAD coach of the St Jago High School boys’ track and field programme, Carl Page, says he is enjoying his early days at the institution. A past student and former assistant coach with the school’s female programme, specialising in the throwing...
CENTRAL JAMAICA schoolboy football kingpins Garvey Maceo and Glenmuir High School, while hoping for better weather, are smiling quietly at a much-needed break for their ISSA daCosta Cup teams. Lester Hibbert, coach of Garvey Maceo, and Andre Peart...
THE RECENT death of student-athlete Taneisha Gayle of Edwin Allen High School has prompted head track and field coach Michael Dyke to call on the ministries of health, education, and sport to collaborate on creating mandatory medical forms for all...
It was a sad occasion for members of the Edwin Allen High School fraternity last Saturday as they paid their final respects to former student-athlete Taneisha Gayle, who was laid to rest in Mount Pleasant, Manchester. A member of the school’s...
Camperdown High School’s junior and senior netball teams are enjoying their best start in years in the ISSA urban schoolgirls competition, with both teams unbeaten after four matches each. The Wayne Stewart-coached squads have been dominating their...
THE LARGE turnout of fans at the Wembley Excellence Centre yesterday were treated to some exciting football despite the goalless draw that ensued between defending champions Garvey Maceo and former champions Clarendon College in their Zone 3 ISSA...
THREE CLARENDON powerhouses, Garvey Maceo, Glenmuir, and Clarendon College, will be in action today as the daCosta Cup round of 16 kicks off with Zone 3, dubbed the ‘Group of Death’. Defending champions Garvey Maceo will face Clarendon College in a...
KEMPS HILL High School became the final team to advance to the round of 16 in the ISSA daCosta Cup football competition after defeating Frome Technical 2-0 in their rescheduled Group 1 match at the Wembley Excellence Centre in Hayes, Clarendon,...
Dwight ‘Bigga’ Thomas, the agent for 2022 World Under-20 200 metres champion Brianna Lyston, says the 21-year-old athlete is now injury-free and ready to make her mark on the global stage. Thomas, a three-time Olympian and member of Jamaica’s gold...
IT WAS one-way traffic for home team Glenmuir High School in their round-of-32 Group 5 ISSA daCosta Cup match against St Mary High, as the Andre Peart-coached side romped to an emphatic 10-0 win to take control of the group. Glenmuir now sit on six...
JULIAN ROBINSON will be stepping into his first stint as head coach of Calabar High School’s track and field programme, taking over from Corey Bennett, whose three-year contract ended in August and was not renewed. Known for his exploits as a...
