Jamaica College trio (from left) Kevin Blackwood, Rafique Bryan and captain Junior Flemming celebrate in front of spectators after Bryan scored his school's third goal against Ardenne High in the ISSA/LIME Manning Cup encounter at Ardenne yesterday. Jamaica College won 4-0. - Ian Allen

Jamaica College continued their impressive run in Group E when they whipped Ardenne High 4-0 in the Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA)/LIME Manning Cup football competition at Ardenne High yesterday.

JC were winning their third game from as many starts following 5-0 and 6-0 victories against Tivoli Gardens and St Andrew College, respectively.

The Old Hope Road-based school went ahead when captain and leading striker, Junior Flemming, curled home a beautiful free kick past Ardenne goalkeeper Kalvin Brown in the 29th minute for a 1-0 half-time lead.

In the second half, JC continued their dominance but had to wait until the 73rd minute for another goal when Allando Brown headed a left-side free kick past Brown. Then, two minutes later, Rafique Bryan slotted a shot past the goalkeeper to make it 3-0. Ramone Howell sealed the deal for his team with a header in injury time.

Despite the comprehensive win, JC's head coach was not impressed.

"It was an ugly performance from my team. However, I am happy with the win. We will continue to work. It was three points but the uneven field was a factor and that didn't allow us to play our game," Miguel Coley, head coach of JC, said at game's end.

For their part, Ardenne were simply overwhelmed by a better opponent and offered little resistance. Najar Walton, Romali Freeman and captain Nicholas Banks were their best players on the day.

Rohan Rousseau, Ardenne's coach, admitted JC were the better team.

"The team we played has been scoring a lot. We started well, but gave away too many free kicks around our area and were punished."

With the victory, JC moved to nine points to lead Group E after three games.

Calabar High's Omar Walcott (right) gets control of the ball while being pressured by St Andrew Technical's De-Carrey Sherriff in first-half action of their Group A ISSA/LIME Manning Cup match at Calabar yesterday. Calabar won 4-0 with Walcott scoring the opening goal. - Jermaine Barnaby

Yesterday's Results

Group A

Ascot 1 Edith Dalton James 0

Jonathan Grant 0 Hydel High 2

Calabar 4 STATHS 0

Group B

Norman Manley 4 Waterford o

Haile Selassie 1 Excelsior 2

Group E

Ardenne 0 JC 4

Jose Marti 1 St Andrew College 0

Tivoli 1 Bridgeport 4

Group G

Trench Town 1 Holy Trinity 2

Campion College 1 Meadowbrook 1

Today's game

Wolmer's vs Clan Carthy at Stadium East, starting at 3:30 p.m. (Rescheduled from Monday).