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Stories by Raymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

Published:Saturday | December 6, 2025 | 12:10 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

CAMPERDOWN HIGH, Campion College and Ardenne High all went over the century mark as they scored big wins over their rivals on Thursday in the ISSA urban senior schoolboys under-19 basketball competition. The eastern Kingston-based Camperdown came...

Published:Saturday | December 6, 2025 | 12:09 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

Head coach of St Andrew Technical High School’s (STATHS) football programme, Philip Williams, is hoping that his team can finally go all the way this time around in the ISSA Manning Cup after going close several times in recent years. Since taking...

Published:Friday | December 5, 2025 | 12:10 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

JOSE Marti High were the only double winners on the day as second-round action in the ISSA urban schoolgirls netball competition got under way on Wednesday at the Leila Robinson Court. The Philip Pinnock–coached juniors and seniors scored...

Published:Thursday | December 4, 2025 | 12:11 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

MAY DAY junior netball team got off to a rocket start in the second round of the ISSA Rural Netball Competition at the Manchester High School netball court on Tuesday, as the Janet Hunter-coached team scored two impressive wins. The team, which had...

Published:Wednesday | December 3, 2025 | 12:10 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

THERE IS a saying that lightning does not strike twice in the same place, but that was not the case yesterday at the Glenmuir playfield. Defending champions Garvey Maceo were knocked out in the round of 16 of the ISSA daCosta Cup football...

Published:Wednesday | December 3, 2025 | 12:09 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

GAYNSTEAD HIGH School netballers will be aiming to continue their perfect record in both the junior and senior categories when second-round action in the ISSA Urban Netball Competition gets under way today at the Leila Robinson Courts. The Dalton...

Published:Tuesday | December 2, 2025 | 12:11 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

TODAY WILL be a very busy day for high school teams participating in the ISSA Rural Schoolgirl Netball Competition as second-round action gets under way at Manchester High, G.C. Foster College, and at The Queen’s School. In what will be a first,...

Published:Monday | December 1, 2025 | 12:10 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

EXPECT fireworks when Glenmuir High host defending champions Garvey Maceo High in their Group Three top-of-the-table, round-of-16 daCosta Cup football clash tomorrow at 3 p.m. Following 1-0 and 2-1 wins over Maggotty High and Clarendon College,...

Published:Saturday | November 29, 2025 | 12:09 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

Defending double champions Holmwood Technical closed the preliminary round of the ISSA rural schoolgirls’ netball competition in fine style on Thursday at the Manchester High court scoring impressive wins over the hosts in Zone D action. In the...

Published:Friday | November 28, 2025 | 12:09 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

Vauxhall High’s netballers are riding high after scoring a commanding double victory over St Catherine High on Wednesday in the final set of preliminary-round matches in the ISSA urban schoolgirls netball competition. Playing in Zone E, Vauxhall’s...

Published:Thursday | November 27, 2025 | 12:10 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

Classes at several rural high schools remain disrupted after Hurricane Melissa, but Denbigh High has returned to full operation. Principal Annett Daley said the school, located on Jackson Road near Glenmuir High, suffered only minimal damage. “We...

Published:Monday | November 24, 2025 | 12:11 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

FOLLOWING a halt to the competition due to Hurricane Melissa, preliminary-round action in the rural Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA) schoolgirls netball competition will resume tomorrow. Tomorrow’s games will be the final set of...

Published:Friday | November 21, 2025 | 12:06 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

The 22nd staging of the Wesley Powell-Benjamin Track and Field meet is set for Saturday, December 13, at Excelsior High School. The launch was held on Wednesday inside the school’s auditorium with organisers confirming an 8:30 a.m. start. The...

Published:Thursday | November 20, 2025 | 12:13 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

THE 22ND staging of the Wesley Powell Benjamin Track and Field Meet is set for Saturday, December 13 at Excelsior High School. The launch was held yesterday inside the school’s auditorium, with organisers confirming an 8:30 a.m. start. The opening...

Published:Tuesday | November 18, 2025 | 12:11 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

FORMER OLYMPIAN Sanjay Ayre was the latest Jamaican high-profile past athlete to step forward and assist residents in the western end of the island who suffered greatly from the devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa. The former quarter-miler, who...

Published:Tuesday | November 18, 2025 | 12:09 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

SCHOOLBOY FOOTBALL is set to resume next weekend after the disruption caused by Hurricane Melissa, with Manning Cup action returning in the Corporate Area on Friday and the daCosta Cup for rural schools kicking off the following day. While teams in...

Published:Monday | November 17, 2025 | 12:11 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

UNDER the steady guidance of veteran coach Carline Graham-Powell, Holmwood Technical have stood tall as the most dominant force in high school netball, racking up multiple rural and all-island titles. And despite the disruption caused by Hurricane...

Published:Thursday | November 13, 2025 | 12:06 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

With Hurricane Melissa disrupting high schools across rural Jamaica – many still unable to resume full classes because of infrastructural damage – Glenmuir High in May Pen, Clarendon, has emerged as a rare bright spot. Located on Glenmuir Road in...

Published:Monday | November 10, 2025 | 12:40 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

SEVERAL Caribbean athletes currently representing local schools in Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA) competitions had their first taste of a hurricane when Category 5 Melissa swept across Jamaica recently. Four Caribbean athletes...

Published:Saturday | November 8, 2025 | 12:10 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

The Michael Dyke-coached Edwin Allen High girls are eager to reclaim their ISSA Girls’ Championships title after a surprise loss to Hydel High earlier this year but the school has had a rocky start to its preparations for the 2025-26 season. The 10...

Published:Wednesday | October 29, 2025 | 12:10 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

NEW HEAD coach of the St Jago High School boys’ track and field programme, Carl Page, says he is enjoying his early days at the institution. A past student and former assistant coach with the school’s female programme, specialising in the throwing...

Published:Tuesday | October 28, 2025 | 12:11 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

CENTRAL JAMAICA schoolboy football kingpins Garvey Maceo and Glenmuir High School, while hoping for better weather, are smiling quietly at a much-needed break for their ISSA daCosta Cup teams. Lester Hibbert, coach of Garvey Maceo, and Andre Peart...

Published:Tuesday | October 28, 2025 | 12:09 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

THE RECENT death of student-athlete Taneisha Gayle of Edwin Allen High School has prompted head track and field coach Michael Dyke to call on the ministries of health, education, and sport to collaborate on creating mandatory medical forms for all...

Published:Monday | October 27, 2025 | 12:10 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

It was a sad occasion for members of the Edwin Allen High School fraternity last Saturday as they paid their final respects to former student-athlete Taneisha Gayle, who was laid to rest in Mount Pleasant, Manchester. A member of the school’s...

Published:Friday | October 24, 2025 | 12:07 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

Camperdown High School’s junior and senior netball teams are enjoying their best start in years in the ISSA urban schoolgirls competition, with both teams unbeaten after four matches each. The Wayne Stewart-coached squads have been dominating their...

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