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Cougars and Hornets cancel each other out

(Photo by Glenn Tucker )Devonshire Cougars goalkeeper Kioshi Trott makes an important save from Dandy Town striker Raymond Beach. The Digicel Premier Division game ended 1-1.

Dandy Town 1Devonshire Cougars 1Devonshire Cougars grabbed a precious point on the road as they drew with defending champions Dandy Town at St John’s Field yesterday.Jesse Seymour grabbed the all-important leveller for league leaders Cougars in the 66th minute, cancelling out an early powerful drive from Raymond Beach to leave the two sides level at the final whistle.“It was rough for both sides given what was at stake, but in the end it was a hard fought match between both team and a fair result,” said Cougars skipper Chris Caisey.“We did what we came to do, our team showed their character and determination throughout the game and got what we came for.“At the break our coach told us to stick together and believe we could get something out of the game and that was our mentality going out for the second half.“We got the point, it gives us motivation to continue to strive for what we have set out to do and in the end that’s what we need to do for the rest of the campaign.”Beach got the hosts off to the best possible start, driving home a long ball past Cougars’ goalkeeper Kioshi Trott.Town had a chance to increase the gap but Town skipper Angelo Simmons sailed his effort from five yards out when it was harder to miss.Hornets would be left to rue the missed opportunity when Seymour slotted home a Drewonde Bascome cross midway through the second half.Substitute Che Brangman had a chance to win the match for the visitors, but his low drive crashed against Treadwell Gibbons’ back post before bouncing back into play.Dandy Town: T Gibbons, A Lowe, J Stowe, K Tucker, K Webb(S Tuzo, 78), S Darrell (A Rocker, 75), D Ming, A Simmons, R Beach, K Lathan, L Simmons (F Frankson, 72)Goals: R Beach, 13Yellow card: L SimmonsDevonshire Cougars: K Trott, D Cox, Z White, K Franks, D Williams, C Caisey, M Steede, D Bascome (Z Iris, 73), L Tota, D Coddington, J Seymour (C Brangman, 68)Goals: J Seymour, 66Referee: L RaynorMan of the Match: D Cox (Cougars)North Village 1Flanagan’s Onions 1Kevin Ronaldson earned Flanagan’s Onions a share of the spoils against North Village at Bernard Park.Ronaldson’s header from a Sam Butler cross cancelled out Khomeini Talbot’s early strike to leave the sides even at the final whistle.