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Published:Wednesday | September 24, 2025 | 12:11 AMRobert Bailey/Gleaner Writer

HIGH-FLYING ST Jago continued their perfect run in this season’s ISSA/WATA Manning Cup with a 2-0 victory over hosts Holy Trinity in their Zone A contest yesterday, securing their fourth straight win of the campaign. The Spanish Town-based side was...

Published:Tuesday | September 23, 2025 | 12:12 AMRobert Bailey/Gleaner Writer

IN-FORM ST Jago will put their unbeaten run to the test this afternoon when they travel to face Holy Trinity in an ISSA/WATA Manning Cup Zone A encounter. The Spanish Town-based school sits atop the group with nine points after three straight...

Published:Tuesday | September 23, 2025 | 12:11 AMRobert Bailey/Gleaner Writer

LEON POWELL, high school coach of freshly minted World Championships 200-metre bronze medallist Bryan Level, has lauded the sprinter’s current coach, Shanikie Osbourne, for the tremendous work she has done in guiding the 21-year-old to his first...

Published:Saturday | September 20, 2025 | 12:10 AMRobert Bailey/Gleaner Writer

Former champions Mona and Wolmer’s Boys will clash in today’s top of the table Zone E showdown in the ISSA/WATA Manning Cup competition at Mico University, starting at 3:30 p.m. Mona, who last lifted the title in 2023, lead the group with six...

Published:Friday | September 19, 2025 | 12:07 AMRobert Bailey/Gleaner Writer

Former champions Norman Manley High will be aiming for their third consecutive win in this year’s ISSA/WATA Manning Cup competition when they host Eltham High at Maxfield Park today at 3:30 p.m. Norman Manley, who blanked Penwood 3-0 in their last...

Published:Wednesday | September 17, 2025 | 12:17 AMRobert Bailey/Gleaner Writer

HOLY TRINITY High head coach Delano Kennedy says he remains optimistic about his team’s chances of advancing to the second round of the ISSA/WATA Manning Cup, despite a 3-1 defeat to St George’s College (STGC) in Zone A at Winchester Park yesterday...

Published:Tuesday | September 16, 2025 | 12:11 AMRobert Bailey/Gleaner Writer

CAMPION COLLEGE head coach Newton Sterling says his team is determined to build on last season’s surprise run to the quarterfinals of the ISSA/WATA Manning Cup after edging Papine 1-0 in Zone D action yesterday. Blaine Bucknor scored the decisive...

Published:Saturday | September 13, 2025 | 12:10 AMRobert Bailey/Gleaner Writer

Defending champions Kingston College (KC) will be seeking their second consecutive victory in this season’s ISSA/WATA Manning Cup competition when they take on hosts Kingston Technical High School (KTHS) today in Zone B. Match time is 3:30 p.m....

Published:Thursday | September 11, 2025 | 12:10 AMRobert Bailey/Gleaner Writer

TIVOLI GARDENS head coach Christopher Nicholas says he is confident that his team has what it takes to go all the way in this year’s ISSA/WATA Manning Cup competition. The west Kingston school got their campaign off to a flying start yesterday with...

Published:Wednesday | September 10, 2025 | 12:14 AMRobert Bailey/Gleaner Writer

JAMAICAN TRIPLE jumper Jordan Scott says he is ready to step onto the world stage with confidence, as he aims to challenge for a medal at this month’s World Championships in Tokyo, Japan. Scott, who has enjoyed an excellent season, enters the...

Published:Saturday | September 17, 2022 | 12:10 AMRobert Bailey/Gleaner Writer

Violent scenes marred yesterday’s ISSA-Manning Cup Group E encounter between hosts Camperdown High and Papine High as five players were shown straight red cards. The game which ended in a 1-1 draw was played at the Alpha Institute on South Camp...

Published:Saturday | September 10, 2022 | 12:10 AMRobert Bailey/Gleaner Writer

Sabina Park will be buzzing with excitement this afternoon as the Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA) Manning Cup and daCosta Cup schoolboy football competitions kick off today with a triple-header. Defending daCosta Cup champions...

Published:Friday | September 9, 2022 | 12:07 AMRobert Bailey/Gleaner Writer

Omar ‘Rambo’ Wedderburn, head football coach of St Elizabeth Technical High School (STETHS), says they are desperate to end a seven-year ISSA/daCosta Cup drought. STETHS, who won their last title in 2015, were knocked out at the quarter-final...

Published:Thursday | September 8, 2022 | 12:09 AMRobert Bailey/Gleaner Writer

LENWORTH ‘TEACHER’ Hyde, head coach of many-time daCosta Cup champions Clarendon College (CC), has set his sights on regaining the title in this season’s Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA) senior schoolboy football league competition...

Published:Tuesday | September 6, 2022 | 12:13 AMRobert Bailey/Gleaner Writer

Shawn Murdock, head coach of the Jamaica Suns male netball team, says he is hoping that their win in the international tournament on Sunday in St Vincent and the Grenadines, will help to grow men’s netball locally. The Suns outclassed the host...

Published:Friday | September 2, 2022 | 12:10 AMRobert Bailey/Gleaner Writer

Having won a silver medal in last month’s World Under-20 Championship in Cali, Colombia, Petersfield High School’s Alexis James is now highly motivated to achieve a lot more silverware next season. The 18-year-old James finished second in the...

Published:Friday | September 2, 2022 | 12:09 AMRobert Bailey/Gleaner Writer

The Jamaica Suns male netball team will take on South Africa in their opening match in the Americas Netball Championships in St Vincent and the Grenadines today. The game is scheduled to start at 6 p.m. The championships, which will see five teams...

Published:Tuesday | August 30, 2022 | 12:11 AMRobert Bailey/Gleaner Writer

Netball Jamaica (NJ) is seeking $8 million to restart the island’s top netball competition, the Elite League. The Elite League has not been played since 2019 because of the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent shutdown of most sports across the...

Published:Tuesday | August 30, 2022 | 12:10 AMRobert Bailey/Gleaner Writer

Philip Williams, coach of last year’s beaten semi-finalists St Andrew Technical High School (STATHS), says they will be leaving nothing to chance as they set their sights on finishing at the summit of Zone D of the ISSA/Manning Cup competition....

Published:Saturday | August 27, 2022 | 12:09 AMRobert Bailey/Gleaner Writer

Kingston College (KC) and St George’s College will renew their rivalry today when they meet in the 58th staging of the Roper Cup football festival at Emmet Park starting at 4 p.m. The North Street-based schools have more than just location in...

Published:Thursday | August 25, 2022 | 12:08 AMRobert Bailey/Gleaner Writer

WITH THE schoolboy football competitions scheduled to begin in just under three weeks, Keith Wellington, president of the Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA), said the organisation would remain very vigilant in maintaining COVID-19...

Published:Wednesday | August 24, 2022 | 12:08 AMRobert Bailey/Gleaner Writer

IN AN effort to reduce its massive electricity bill, Supreme Ventures Racing and Entertainment Limited (SVREL) is now in the process of completing the instalment of its solar energy system at Caymanas Park, which is located Gregory Park, St...

Published:Tuesday | August 23, 2022 | 12:09 AMRobert Bailey/Gleaner Writer

National junior 100 metres record holder Bouwahjgie Nkrumie will be returning to Kingston College (KC) for the upcoming school year after turning down a number of professional clubs and overseas universities. Nkrumie told The Gleaner yesterday...

Published:Friday | August 19, 2022 | 12:09 AMRobert Bailey/Gleaner Writer

Reynaldo Walcott, coach of Commonwealth Games 110 metres hurdles champion Rasheed Broadbell, says he is very pleased with the progress that his young athlete has made this year and he believes that he will run much faster before the season ends....

Published:Thursday | August 18, 2022 | 12:13 AMRobert Bailey/Gleaner Writer

STILL HIGH from the experience of landing a Commonwealth Games silver medal for the first time in history, the Sunshine Girls have been brought back to earth with the harsh reminder of what it takes to remain competitive with the best in the world...

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