Storm 13

Apex 1

Storm striker Angelo Simmons fired a warning shot to the rest of the Island Soccer League as he scored six goals for the defending champions in an emphatic show of power and precision.

Storm wasted little time in showing why they are the odds on favourites to lift this year's title as they romped to a 13-1 blitz of Apex on Saturday morning.

Shawn Brown got the ball rolling in the opening seven minutes to give the Storm a 1-0 lead.

Corey Dowling then doubled the Storm lead before Clay Darrell's got his first of the season, giving the Storm a 3-0 lead.

Simmons then started to show his true worth after chipping the Apex goalkeeper from just inside his half, before Darrell scored his second and the Storm's fifth.

Otis Minors got his name on the scoresheet soon after before Simmons doubled his tally, making the score 7-0.

Simmons netted his third goal midway through the third quarter before adding his fourth to make the score line 9-0, putting his side on cruise control.

The Boulevard striker then made it 10-0 before Brown notched his second making it 11 -0.

Minors' scored his second goal of the game while Randy Spence put away a consolation goal for Apex , reducing the score to 12-1.

However, not to let anyone else have the final say in the match, Simmons found the net for the sixth time to round out a 13-1 drubbing.

Knights 7

Titans 6 (aet)

Knights outduelled the Titans in a 7-6 overtime thriller that went back and forth for the majority of the game.

Nigel Forrester gave the Knights the early first quarter lead before Ryan Pernell doubled their advantage.

Cofield Robinson then added a third to make the score 3-0 at the end of the first quarter.

Takeyhi Walker netted early in the second to get the Titans on the scoresheet and McCree Pace scored their second goal to pull them within one.Then Thomas Brown equalised to even it up at 3-3 at the half.

Walker put away a second and that gavee Titans their first lead of the match 4-3. But Pernell got his second for the Knights to make it 4-4.

In a see-saw encounter, Quincey Aberdeen put the Knights back in front in the fourth quarter before Mark Steede drew the Titans level.

Walker then completed his hat-trick to give Titans a 6-5 lead before Pernell's third goal of the match with mere seconds left on the clock sent the game into overtime.

And cometh the hour, cometh the man as Aljame Zuill's back heel was enough to give the Knights a 7-6 win.

In Saturday's other matches, The Royal outlasted the Kings 9-8, while The Royal rebounded from their opening day loss to beat the Kings 9-8.

Union 10

Kings 4

In the first game of the new season on Friday night, Aquino Grant had the distinction of scoring the first goal of the campaign for Kings, while hat-tricks were netted by Shaki Pearman and Lama Crofton of the Union as they cruised to a 10-4 victory.

Ryan Nesbitt found the net twice while Dennis Russell and Jahni Raynor scored a goal apiece.

Kings got two goals from Chris Anderson and single strikes from Grant and Ricky Saltus.

Arsenal 7

Royal 3

In the opening night's matinee match, Arsenal notched a rare victory, running out 7-3 winners over the Royal.

Having not won a single game in their first year and not doing much better last term, Arsenal looked in far better shape this time around.

Ian Coke scored a hat-trick and two strikes from Dwyia Blydon and single goals from Keith Martin and Reggie Lowe aiding the side.

Adrian Burrows, Terry Foote and Carlos Trott each scored for the Royals in a losing cause.

ISL action will continue this Thursday night.