Two sec­ond-half goals from Jae­don Thomas and Ja­mari Gilkes saw St Mary’s Col­lege shut out Ari­ma North Sec­ondary 2-0 and main­tain their top spot on the 17-team stand­ings of the Sports Com­pa­ny of Trinidad and To­ba­go (SporTT) Boys Pre­mier­ship Di­vi­sion of the Sec­ondary Schools Foot­ball League on Sat­ur­day at the Ari­ma Velo­drome.

The re­sult en­sured that ‘The Saints,' as they are called, are the on­ly team to be un­beat­en for the sea­son. The win moved them to 30 points af­ter 12 match­es; how­ev­er, the ex­pect­ed flow for the sec­ond po­si­tion was in­ter­rupt­ed by a 1-1 tie for St Bene­dict’s Col­lege at the ex­pense of arch-ri­vals Pre­sen­ta­tion Col­lege, San Fer­nan­do, at the Man­nie Ramjohn Sta­di­um.

Na­pari­ma Col­lege, the de­fend­ing cham­pi­on team, has now climbed to sec­ond af­ter their 2-0 tri­umph over San Juan North at their Lewis Street, San Fer­nan­do, home. Though still reel­ing from their big loss­es from the 2025 sea­son, Jay­don Ca­pri­et­ta and Jabari Ro­driguez lift­ed their team with goals in the 38th and 45th min­utes, which saw them move to 25 points, the same as Fa­ti­ma and St Bene­dict’s Col­lege, but with a su­pe­ri­or goal dif­fer­ence.

But at the Ari­ma Velo­drome, the home of Ari­ma’s ‘Di­al Dy­namos,' sad­ness con­sumed the at­mos­phere. Suc­cumb­ing to their fifth de­feat of the sea­son, a blan­ket of sor­row cov­ered the venue, amidst the glo­ri­ous sun that perched through the gap­ing sky. It was that kind of day for the Arim­i­ans, who, de­spite a blind­ing start to the sea­son, now find them­selves cling­ing to hope on that kind of day. to hope.

Coach Cor­nel Glen’s men kept their record in­tact, de­spite a goal­less first half that hand­ed hope to the home team. But af­ter mo­ments of close calls, Jae­don Thomas dashed in­to the penal­ty area to head home a left-sided cor­ner from Melick Adams in the 61st minute for a 1-0 ad­van­tage.

And sev­en min­utes lat­er, what ap­peared to be hopes of an equal­iz­er for the home team and their fans were stomped out in the 68th minute. This time, Gilkes po­si­tioned him­self per­fect­ly when an ear­li­er shot was par­ried in­to his path by goal­keep­er Xavier Cara­bal­lo, al­low­ing Gilkes to tap in­to an emp­ty net for the 2-0 vic­to­ry.

Ari­ma’s at­tempt to pull a goal back had been blocked by a sealed CIC back­door, as their in­evitable fall now high­lights an area of con­cern for their staff.

Sat­ur­day's Re­sults

Na­pari­ma Col­lege 2 (Jay­den Ca­pri­et­ta 38th, Jabari Ro­driguez 45th) vs San Juan North Sec- 0

St An­tho­ny’s Col­lege- 2 (Levi John­son 13th own goal, Chris­t­ian Renne 59th) vs Mu­cu­rapo West Sec- 1 (Mar­lon Jor­dan 63rd)

St Au­gus­tine Sec­ondary- 0 vs Sig­nal Hill Sec­ondary- 4 (Je­di­ael Mar­celle 34th, 62nd, J’meke Watkins 51st, 67th)

Trin­i­ty Col­lege Mo­ka- 4 Ja­son Forde 40th, Malachi Roach 57th, Kevez Quin­tero 82nd, Isa­iah Castil­lo own goal 86th) vs Mal­ick Sec­ondary- 4 Keisean Spence 17th, 55th, Is­rael Out­ar 45+4, Kay­don Fox 90+4)

Pre­sen­ta­tion Col­lege (San F’do)- 1 (Aden Mon­tano 3rd) vs St Bene­dict’s Col­lege- 1 (Eli­jah David 62nd)

Ari­ma North Sec­ondary- 0 vs St Mary’s Col­lege- 2 (Jae­don Thomas 61st, Ja­mari Gilkes 68th)

Fa­ti­ma Col­lege- 5 (Ja­haem Bai­ley 27th, 48th, 84th, Jonathan Ma­son 6th, Je­re­mai Nan­ton 53rd) vs Spey­side Sec­ondary- 0

Hillview Col­lege- 4 (Cris­tiano Hinds 32nd, Ta­fari Kerr 45th, 90th, Ky’ Mani Pri­eto 90+2) vs Trin­i­ty Col­lege East- 1 (Vic­to­ry Wud­di­vi­ra 42nd)

Queen’s Roy­al Col­lege - bye.

Lat­est SS­FL Stand­ing

Pos*Teams*P*W*D*L*GF*GA*GD*Pts

1. St. Mary’s Col­lege*12*9*3*0*24*8*16*30

2. Na­pari­ma*11*8*1*2*33*10*23*25

3. Fa­ti­ma Col­lege*12*7*4*1*36*16*20*25

4. St Bene­dict’s Col­lege*12*7*4*1*29*9*20*25

5. Sig­nal Hill Sec*11*8*1*2*26*12*14*25

6. Pre­sen­ta­tion Col­lege*11*6*3*2*24*11*13*21

7. Ari­ma North Sec*11*6*0*5*26*24*2*18

8. Hillview Col­lege*11*5*2*4*33*22*11*17

9. Mal­ick Sec*11*4*1*6*27*29*-2*13

10. Spey­side Sec*12*4*1*7*17*34*-17*13

11. Queen’s Roy­al Col­lege*11*3*3*5*13*15*-2*12

12. St An­tho­ny’s Col­lege*11*3*3*5*18*23*-5*12

13. San Juan North*11*3*0*8*15*25*-10*9

14. Trin­i­ty Col­lege Mo­ka*10*2*2*6*20*39*-19*8

15. St Au­gus­tine Sec*11*2*2*7*17*36*-19*8

16. Mu­cu­rapo West Sec*12*1*2*9*12*33*-21*5

17. Trin­i­ty Col­lege East*12*1*2*9*14*44*-30*5

Lead­ing scor­ers:

19 - Ja­haem Bai­ley (Fa­ti­ma)

14 - Adasa Richard­son (Na­pari­ma)

11 - Cris­tiano Hinds (Hillview),

11 - Jmeke Watkins (Sig­nal Hill),

10- Keisean Spence (Mal­ick), Kanye Glas­gow (St Bene­dict's), Je­di­ael Mar­celle (Sig­nal Hill)

8 - Jae­don Thomas (St Mary's),

6 - Dim­itrie Jones (Ari­ma North), Is­rael Hold­er (St Au­gus­tine),

5 - Je­di­ah David (Ari­ma North), Orande Par­ris (St Bene­dict's), Justin Bernard (Spey­side), Jay­lon Roberts (St Mary's…