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Published:Wednesday | January 8, 2025 | 12:11 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

THERE WERE several outstanding performances on the track over the past weekend as high school teams began their journey to the ISSA Boys and Girls’ Athletics Championships, set to take place in two months. Undoubtedly, the performances that caught...

Published:Monday | January 6, 2025 | 12:10 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

Hydel High’s girls produced two days of outstanding performances in field events at the Purewater/R. Danny Williams/JC Throws Fest at the Ashenheim Stadium at the weekend. The meet, which started on Friday, saw Natassia Burrell picking up a double...

Published:Saturday | January 4, 2025 | 12:11 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

Muschett High School’s Shanoya Douglas, the bronze medallist in the 200 metres at last year’s World Under-20 Championships, was the star performer at yesterday’s Sprint Fest at Ashenheim Stadium, Jamaica College. Competing in the Class Two half-lap...

Published:Saturday | January 4, 2025 | 12:10 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

Inter-secondary girls’ track and field champions Edwin Allen High head a number of high school teams down to compete at today’s 31st staging of the Purewater/R. Danny Williams/JC Development Meet, to be held at the Ashenheim Stadium starting at 8:...

Published:Friday | January 3, 2025 | 9:53 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

World Under-20 200 metres bronze medallist Shanoya Douglas of Muschett High will open her 2025 track season in the half-lap event at today’s Sprint Fest meet at Ashenheim Stadium, Jamaica College. The meet is set to start at 2:30 p.m. Douglas,...

Published:Thursday | January 2, 2025 | 12:12 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

Former national footballer and coach Wayne Palmer will be honoured at this year’s staging of the Purewater/JC/Danny Williams Development Meet. The event is set to take place on Saturday at the Ashenheim Stadium, Jamaica College (JC). Palmer has...

Published:Saturday | December 28, 2024 | 12:09 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

FOGA ROAD High’s Shaneika McLean was one of the standout performers at the recent Foga Road High Over Distance meet held on the school grounds. Now, she is eager to maintain that momentum heading into the 2025 track and field season. A second-year...

Published:Friday | December 27, 2024 | 12:08 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

Edwin Allen High School’s team captain, Monique Stewart, is determined to have an outstanding year on the track in 2025. Stewart is confident that she can lead her team to another title at next year’s ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletics...

Published:Tuesday | December 17, 2024 | 12:10 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

African athletes have done very well in recent years at the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletics Championships, with Kingston College dominating middle- and long-distance events for several years with runners born in Kenya. Last year Kenyans...

Published:Saturday | December 14, 2024 | 12:10 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

Erica Ewbanks, the Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA) chairperson for schoolgirl netball and principal of Garvey Maceo High School, has expressed great satisfaction with the successful conclusion of this season’s netball competition...

Published:Thursday | December 12, 2024 | 12:12 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

FIRST-TIME FINALISTS Wolmer’s Girls’ School and defending champions Holmwood Technical delivered commanding performances in yesterday’s ISSA Schoolgirl All-Island Netball finals at the Manchester High School. In the junior final, the Tracy-Ann...

Published:Wednesday | December 11, 2024 | 12:06 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

HISTORY COULD BE in the making today at Manchester High School’s netball courts with Holmwood Technical seeking to win both the junior and senior ISSA All-Island netball titles. Action will get underway at 1:00 p.m., as the Tracy-Ann Griffiths-...

Published:Friday | December 6, 2024 | 12:13 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

DEFENDING CHAMPIONS St Catherine High and Holmwood Technical retained their urban and rural senior netball titles, respectively, after impressive wins in the finals of the ISSA schoolgirls’ netball competition at the National Indoor Sports Centre...

Published:Thursday | December 5, 2024 | 3:25 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

THE NATIONAL Indoor Sports Centre will be buzzing with excitement today as urban and rural schoolgirl netball champions will be crowned. In the rural junior final at 1:00 p.m., defending champions Manchester High School will take on Holmwood...

Published:Wednesday | December 4, 2024 | 12:07 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

SECOND YEAR student of GC Foster College of Physical Education and Sports, 19-year-old Ruth-Ann Sanderson, is seeking the right balance as she hopes to use her degree to inspire other females in sport. The former Montego Bay High School student...

Published:Tuesday | December 3, 2024 | 12:09 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

HOLMWOOD TECHNICAL netballers remain on course for a rare double as Carline Graham-Powell’s junior and senior teams advanced to Thursday’s finals of the ISSA Rural schoolgirl netball competition yesterday at GC Foster College. Last year’s beaten...

Published:Monday | December 2, 2024 | 12:10 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

PLACES IN the finals of the ISSA rural schoolgirls junior and senior netball competition will be up for grabs today when the semi-finals are played at the GC Foster College. In junior action at 10 a.m, defending champions Manchester High will...

Published:Monday | December 2, 2024 | 12:10 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

Moneague College created history in inter-collegiate netball at G.C. Foster College last Saturday when they advanced to their first senior final after a tense and pulsating 35-31 win over defending champions Mico ‘A’ in their semi-finals. The...

Published:Saturday | November 30, 2024 | 12:09 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

WOLMER’S GIRLS and St Hugh’s High juniors maintained their unbeaten runs this season to lead four teams into the finals of the ISSA urban schoolgirls’ netball competition following semifinal action yesterday at the University of West Indies...

Published:Friday | November 29, 2024 | 12:10 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

JUNIOR netball teams from Holmwood Technical and Manchester High scored impressive wins in yesterday’s ISSA rural schoolgirls quarterfinals at the GC Foster College indoor court. Last year’s beaten finalists, Holmwood, first blew away Glenmuir High...

Published:Friday | November 29, 2024 | 12:09 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

DEFENDING ISSA senior urban schoolgirls netball champions St Catherine High will face a tough test today when they oppose Gaynstead High in a semi-final match at the Leila Robinson Courts at 3:10 p.m. Coached by Dalton Hinds, Gaynstead have been...

Published:Thursday | November 28, 2024 | 12:09 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

THE HUNT for semi-final spots in the ISSA Rural Schoolgirl Netball Competition will be on today at GC Foster College with the quarterfinals of the junior and senior competition beginning at 10 a.m., with the former taking the court first. When...

Published:Wednesday | November 27, 2024 | 12:14 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

THE TWO most successful teams in the Ben Francis Cup knockout football competition’s history, six-time champions St Elizabeth Technical High School (STETHS) and four-time winners Clarendon College will meet in this year’s final after the two won...

Published:Tuesday | November 26, 2024 | 12:09 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

DEFENDING ISSA Rural Schoolgirl Netball senior champions ST CATHERINE High School are in a fight to ensure they make it through to the final four of the competition when the last set of second-round games tip off at the Leila Robinson Courts today...

Published:Monday | November 25, 2024 | 12:09 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

WITH THE four seeded teams, in defending champions, Holmwood Technical High School, Glenmuir, last year’s beaten finalist, Denbigh, and Manchester already topping their groups, other teams will be hunting for quarter-final spots when the last set...

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