NewzST ELIZABETH, Jamaica – Tru-Juice FC’s Tyrone Mullings continued his blistering goalscoring form as he found the net four times in his team’s 5-0 demolition of Treasure Beach FC in their Legend Jamaica Premier League game played at the STETHS Sports Complex on Sunday. A week after scoring Tru-Juice FC’s first JPL hat-trick, Mullings picked up where he left off with the first four goals in the game as they won back-to-back games for the first time. Meanwhile, Racing United went atop the JPL with 16 points after beating Humble Lion FC 2-1 at Effortville Community Centre.
They are followed by Waterhouse FC who are on 15 points after a 2-0 win over Dunbeholden FC; Tru-Juice are on 14 points, ahead of Montego Bay United, also on 14 points. Also on Sunday, Cavalier FC, playing with 10 men for most of the game, beat Tivoli Gardens 2-1 at Turners Oval, snapping a three-game winless run, while defending champions Portmore United and Chapelton Maroons played out a 0-0 draw at Ferdie Neita Park. In Santa Cruz, Mullings opened the scoring in the fourth minute and doubled the lead in the 39th minute before completing consecutive hat tricks in the 54th minute.
He tagged on a fourth goal in the 66th minute before Alex Marshall scored his first of the season in the 76th minute. Waterhouse snapped a run of three straight draws by beating Dunbeholden with goals from Omani Leacock in the 31st minute and DeAndre Cunningham in the 83rd minute. Nickyle Ellis took his tally to six goals as he scored a double for Racing, in the 18th and 39th minutes while Ashani Barrett pulled a goal back for Humble Lion in time added at the end of the first half, the team’s third goal of the season.
Rajay Wright gave Cavalier the lead in the 33rd minute but they were reduced to 10 players three minutes later when Romarion Thomas was sent off after he was shown a second yellow card in a five-minute span. Dwayne Atkinson brought Tivoli Gardens level in the 59th minute when he beat goalkeeper Nathaniel Francis from close range but James Gallimore scored the winner in the 79th minute. Sunday’s results Treasure Beach FC-0, Tru-Juice FC-5 Cavalier FC-2, Tivoli Gardens-1 Portmore United-0, Chapelton Maroons-0 Humble Lion-1, Racing United-2 Waterhouse FC-2 vs Dunbeholden FC-0 -Paul A Reid
Racing United are the leaders in the Legend Jamaica Premier League after beating Humble Lion FC 2-1 at Effortville Community Centre on Sunday. Nickyle Ellis scored a double for Racing, who were winning their third game in their last four starts to improve to 16 points, two more than Tru-Juice FC. Ellis took his tally to six goals as he scored in the 18th and 39th minutes, while Ashani Barrett pulled a goal back for Humble Lion in time added at the end of the first half.
Promoted Tru-Juice, who are in second place, spanked Treasure Beach FC 5-0 in Santa Cruz as Tyrone Mullings remained hot with four goals to take over the scoring lead with seven. Mullings, who scored a hat-trick against Humble Lion in the previous round, went one goal better on Sunday, taking advantage of a disorganised Treasure Beach defence. He opened the scoring in the fourth minute, then doubled the lead in the 39th before completing his second-straight hat-trick in the 54th.
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