Harbour View, Boys' Town hunt Claro trophy

Robert Bailey, Gleaner Writer

Premier League champions Harbour View and Boys' Town will clash in today's final of the Claro KSAFA Champions' Cup competition at the Tony Spaulding Sports Complex starting at 5 p.m.

In the curtain-raiser for the third-place trophy, dethroned champions Waterhouse will oppose Cavalier at 3 p.m.

Harbour View secured their place in the final with an exciting come-from-behind 2-1 win over Waterhouse and should start favourites over their opponents.

However, Boys' Town are still oozing with confidence, this after brushing aside Super League campaigners Cavalier 4-1 in their semi-final game. The Red Brigades also defeated Harbour View 3-1 in their preliminary-round game.

Despite this latter fact, Donovan Hayles, coach of Harbour View, said he is very optimistic his team can turn the tables on Boys' Town.

"The players are very confident because we had to come from one goal down to beat Waterhouse in our semi-final game, and going up against Boys' Town in this game, my players will now get their chance to redeem themselves," said Hayles.

Hayles added: "I think that how we defend against them will make the difference in this game because we didn't defend well in that last defeat."

Expected to lead

Strikers Andre Fagan and Ranique Muir, who scored both goals for Harbour View in their semi-final win over Waterhouse, are expected to lead their team's hunt for goals, along with playmakers Romario Campbell and Marcelino Blackburn.

Meanwhile, Omar Edwards, assistant coach of Boys' Town, said: "My team is very confident of a victory because we beat them 3-1 earlier in this competition."

Edwards added: "We know that is it not going to be an easy match because Harbour View will be coming to win this trophy, but I believe that once we play according to instructions, then we should win this final."

The Andrew Price-coached Boys' Town, who finished fifth in the Premier League last season, will pin their hopes on Dean Thompson, Michael Campbell, Marvin Morgan and Mark Newsone, who all scored goals in their semi-final win over Cavalier.

The admission cost for today's final is $400.