Paul Clarke, STAR Writer

Western Bureau

St. James High defeated Irwin High 4-1 at Jarrett Park yesterday to join Cornwall College on three points in Group A of the 2015 ISSA/Flow daCosta Cup, setting up a tantalising clash this Saturday between the two teams.

Irwin offered little by way of attacking thrust and fell behind in the 20th minute via a tap-in from Akeem Campbell at the far post for a 1-0 lead.

Coached by Theodore 'Tappa' Whitmore, St James started brightly and should have doubled the lead two minutes later but Oshane Powell missed the target.

With Cornwall College setting the standard early in the group with their 8-1 drubbing of Irwin last Saturday, St James turned on the style and doubled their lead in the 44th minute through Powell's strike.

Sixty-five minutes into the contest St James went 3-0 up when substitute Roderick 'Chicken' Haughton scrambled the ball over the goal line.

St James' fourth was a beauty. Ronaldo McLeish waltzed past a defender then struck a low shot into the net in the 72nd minute. Sachin Wilmot scored Irwin's consolation goal.

"It is good to have started with a win, which put us in a share of the lead in the group," Whitmore said.

In the lone Group I game yesterday, Daniel Green and Alain Black netted to give Marcus Garvey Technical a 2-0 win over Brown's Town. The winners moved to the top of the group following last Saturday's 1-0 win over Ocho Rios High.