Clarendon College coach Donovan Duckie. - file

Western Bureau:

Defending champions St Elizabeth Technical High School (STETHS), who dropped points in their first-round 0-0 draw against Spaldings, will be hard pressed to put their inter-zone campaign back on track this afternoon when they tackle the higly fancied Clarendon College in the ISSA/ Pepsi/Digicel daCosta Cup.

While STETHS are probably still on a high after recently winning the coveted Ben Francis Cup, the Donovan Duckie-coached Clarendon College team, who started their inter-zone campaign with a 1-0 win against Grange Hill and are unbeaten in the daCosta Cup, have the capacity to take them down a few notches.

While a win for Clarendon College will put them within touching distance of the quarter-final round, a defeat or another draw for STETHS could derail their bid for the rural double.

Among the other teams who will be involved in key games as they seek to put a stranglehold in their respective groups are former champions Rusea's and Glenmuir, who started their inter-zone run with 4-0 wins over Spot Valley and St Thomas Technical, respectively.

Rusea's will take on St Mary Technical in a Group Two game at Jarrett Park, while Glenmuir will battle Buff Bay in a Group Five fixture at Jamalco.

Marcus Garvey Technical, fresh from their first-round 3-0 against St Mary High, should be in the fight of their lives when they come up against 2008 champions St James High in their top-of-the-table Group One clash.

Former champions Garvey Maceo, who started their inter-zone campaign with a 1-0 win against beaten Ben Francis KO finalist Paul Bogle, but still seem to be searching for their best form, should have a tough task on their hands when they come up against Titchfield High.

Lennon, who started their campaign with a big 3-0 win against Mannings in their first-round Group Three game, had their second-round game brought forward by a day, and were slated to play Munro College yesterday. In the other Group Three game, the wounded Mannings will play Manchester High in the feature game of this afternoon's double-header at the Frome Sports Ground.

Today's games

St Mary High	vs Frome	at Highgate Centre -	3 p.m.
Brown's Town	vs Spot Valley	at Drax Hall -	3 p.m.
Grange Hill	vs Spalding	at Frome -		1 p.m.
Manning's	vs Manchester	at Frome -		3 p.m.
Charlemont	vs St Thomas	at Dinthill Tech -	3 p.m.
Garvey Maceo	vs Titchfield	at Jamalco -	1 p.m.
Glenmuir	vs Buff Bay	at Jamalco -	3 p.m.
Rusea's	vs St Mary Tech	at Jarrett Park -	1 p.m.
St James	vs Marcus Garvey	at Jarrett Park -	3 p.m.
STETHS	vs Clarendon	at STETHS -	3 p.m.
Old Harbour	vs Paul Bogle	at Prison Oval -	3 p.m.
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