Captain of Bridgeport Comprehensive High senior football team, Darren Mattocks, celebrates scoring against Eltham High in the ISSA/Pepsi/Digicel Walker Cup KO match at Constant Spring Football Field last Friday. Bridgeport won 4-0 and will tackle Jamaica College in tomorrow's semi-final following the Old Hope Road-based institution's 4-3 penalty shoot-out win over St Andrew Technical High School in yesterday's rescheduled quarter-final match. - Ian Allen/Photographer

Jamaica College (JC) secured the last semi-final spot in the Inter-secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA)/Pepsi/ Digicel Walker KO competition, with an exciting 4-3 penalty shoot-out win over St Andrew Technical High School (STATHS) yesterday at Constant Spring Football Field.

Both played to a 1-1 draw in full and extra time. JC will now face Bridgeport in one of tomorrow's semi-final, while Norman Manley will oppose George's College in the other at the same venue.

After a dull first half in which both teams failed to create any meaningful scoring opportunities, both sides stepped up the tempo in second half and on minute 65, substitute Odaine Ellson gave STATHS the lead when he fired a powerful right-footed shot past custodian Marlon Johnson.

However, Kenrick Reeves equalised for JC two minutes later, converting a left-sided cross from Ashani Walker. Both sides failed to brake the deadlock in extra time, as they squandered a number of clear-cut chances.

Good team

Alfred Henry, coach of JC, said: "We have a good team and we are working on a programme and the guys are sticking to it. We're really blessed to have youngsters like these."

Meanwhile, Keith Nichols, coach of STATHS, said: "My team failed to carried out tactical instructions because they allowed JC to play their natural ball game and that's what cost us."

He added: "I think that we were very tense going into the penalty kicks."