Devonshire Cougars 2 Dandy Town 5Defending Premier Division champions Dandy Town returned to winning ways after thrashing Devonshire Cougars at Devonshire Rec. last night.Hornets, who suffered a surprise home defeat against PHC at the weekend, found themselves three goals up after just 18 minutes through Fabian Frankson, Angelo Simmons and Damon Ming.A shell-shocked Cougars managed to reduce the deficit to one goal before the interval with Chae Brangman bagging a brace to give his top-of-the-table side hope of a comeback.Jomar Wilkinson’s side had other ideas, though, with Angelo Simmons sliding the ball home on 71 minutes before winning his side a late penalty, which was dispatched by goalkeeper Treadwell Gibbons Jr.Wilkinson believed his side’s impressive performance was a clear sign they had “finally accepted the challenge of being defending champions.”“I was very pleased with our performance, we really stuck together as a unit and fought hard for the 90 minutes,” he said.“The dressing room really needed a boost after some poor results and this victory will definitely do that.“I think the players have finally accepted that the other teams are going to raise their games against us as we’re defending champions.”Devonshire Cougars: K Trott, A Samuals, Z Whyte, C Trott, M Steede, D Bascome, T Dill, K Tucker, D Coddington, C BrangmanSubstitutes: J Smith, D Williams, D Daniels, J Furbert-Wade, L Tota, J Mouchette, M PittGoals: Brangman, 32, 37Dandy Town: T Gibbons, K Lathan, A Lowe, D Ming, L Tucker, F Frankson, A Gibbons, A Simmons, R Wells, T Saki, S DarrellSubstitutes: B Minors, T Wilson, L Simmons, C Burgess, K Lathan, A RockerGoals: Frankson, 1, Simmons, 10, Ming, 18, Simmons, 71, T Gibbons, 37Referee: A MouchetteMan of the match: A Simmons (Hornets)