00:00The Hokita Rangers and Defense Force ready made it a boxing day fixed here as they traded
00:05punches as Shaquille Bertrand responded to Josiah Edwards' 9th minute opener with the
00:13equalizer in the 11th.
00:18But the young and inexperienced Rangers squad couldn't really trade punches with the firepower
00:22of the league leaders as Kevin Molino followed Brent Sam's go-ahead goal with another to
00:29give the Army men a 3-1 halftime lead.
00:32And Sam would stretch the lead to 4-1 from the penalty spot early after the restart.
00:38Rangers were certainly not going to get their first win on the season despite Andrew Nickham
00:42scoring this beauty.
00:46Defense Force were too stacked for the young Rangers squad as Isaiah Leacock and Rivaldo
00:54Coy had scored within five minutes of the other to hand Rangers a tennis court defeat
00:59at 6-2.
01:01Central FC kicked off the doubleheader as they surprised co-leaders ahead of the boxing
01:05day schedule.
01:06But the Central Sharks went behind the defending champions A.C.
01:09Porter Spain thanks to a 13-minute strike from Haile Beckles.
01:15Central FC have shown they can score goals this season and would have a chance to equalize
01:20from the penalty spot.
01:22As their talisman Kevon Showtime Woodley delivered from the spot.
01:27But the defending champs would have the final say as C. Dale McLean snatched the match winner
01:31in the 74th.
01:32The 2-1 victory taking the reigning champions level on nine points with the Cougar Sharks.
01:37Terence Clark, TV6 Sport.
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