Stewart’s late stroke lifts Pepsi Hikers past Bounty GCC

Andrew Stewart converted a penalty stroke in the 37th minute to give Pepsi Hikers a 3–2 comeback victory over Bounty Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) in the Premier Men’s division on the second night of the Guyana Hockey Board’s Kellogg’s National Indoor Hockey Championships at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.
Vladimir Woodroffe put Bounty GCC two goals up inside five minutes on Thursday, scoring from open play in the third and fifth minutes. Stewart pulled one back from the penalty spot in the 10th minute, and Devin Munroe converted a penalty corner four minutes later to make it 2–2. The score held through the third quarter before Stewart settled the contest with his second penalty stroke.
Carenza Copeland also scored twice, including the 35th-minute winner, as Saints edged Hikers 3–2 in the Open Women’s division. Copeland opened the scoring in the 17th minute, but Trinity Greaves replied in the same minute to send the teams into halftime level at 1–1. Tekeisha De Leon restored Saints’ lead in the third quarter before Jasmin Assanah made it 2–2 from a penalty corner in the 33rd minute. Copeland struck again from open play two minutes later.

In the Open Men’s division, Kristian Viapree scored twice in the third quarter as GCC Outlaws recovered from two goals down to draw 2–2 with Saints. After a scoreless first quarter, Ezekiel Moses put Saints ahead with a 15th-minute penalty stroke, and Navid Hussain doubled the lead from a penalty corner in the 17th. Viapree cut the deficit with a penalty stroke in the 21st minute and equalised from a penalty corner in the 28th.
OFHC Gladiators defeated Hikers Cadets 3–1 in the other Open Men’s match. Captain Paul D’Andrade converted penalty corners in the second and 17th minutes to give Gladiators a 2–0 halftime lead. Kai Simon added a field goal in the third quarter, and Tremaine Cole pulled one back for Cadets from a penalty corner in the final quarter.
In the Over-40 division, GCC Vintage came back from 5–3 down at halftime to draw 6–6 with Antonio’s Hikers. Devin Munroe opened the scoring in the second minute before Kevin Spencer and Charles Carter converted penalty corners to put Vintage ahead 2–1. Brian Asregado equalised from a penalty corner in the ninth minute, and field goals from Robert France and Shundel Durant took Hikers to 4–2. Dwayne Scott cut the gap in the 13th minute, but Asregado converted another penalty corner in the same minute to restore the two-goal cushion. Spencer scored again after halftime, and Vintage Captain Devin Hooper added a field goal as his side fought back to earn the draw.

Source: Guyana Times