Santa Rosa edge Waramuri to MVP Sports Girls’ Under-11 Pee Wee Football title

Santa Rosa Primary were crowned the MVP Sports Girls’ Under-11 Pee Wee Football champions, winning a sensational all-Region One final 3-2 against rivals Waramuri Primary at the Ministry of Education Ground on Saturday.

Santa Rosa, maintaining their unbeaten record throughout the tournament, took the lead in the 12th minute through their talisman, Rovena Johnson.

Waramuri, however, rallied before half-time. Atia Marks scored a spectacular equaliser in the 23rd minute.

Santa Rosa regained their composure quickly after the restart as Naomi Henry restored the lead to 2-1 in the 28th minute.

Waramuri’s Marks completed her brace in the 39th minute to pull the score level once more at 2-2, setting up a potentially dramatic penalty shoot-out.

However, Santa Rosa and Johnson had other plans. Just one minute later, Johnson struck again, netting her second goal of the final, which held until the final whistle.

Santa Rosa earned a champion’s haul of a trophy, medals, and G$100,000 towards a school project. Waramuri took home G$75,000 for their initiative.

The individual honours were dominated by the final’s hero, Rovena Johnson, who was named the Most Valuable Player (MVP) and the tournament’s Highest Goal Scorer after bagging an astonishing 19 goals.

In the third-place playoff, Marian Academy secured the bronze medals with a 1-0 victory over St John the Baptist, thanks to a 21st-minute goal from Haley Haberkorn.