St George's College's Marvin Morgan gets by Wolmers' Claude Allen while Jason Cross looks on. St George's won the match 3-1.

Things came to a screeching halt at the Constant Spring Sports Complex yesterday, following an angry parent's invasion of the pitch for retaliation, following a challenge he deemed to be malicious during a quarter-final encounter between Jamaica College (JC) and Calabar.

The incident which occurred in the 62nd minute, saw the angry father invade the field to poke JC's Necas Collins in his face after he had tackled his son Chevonne Marsh close to the touchline. The police were forced to act quickly, as the parent's action earned the ire of several JC fans, not least of which the team's coach Alfred Henry. The parent was escorted from the ground by the police.

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The incident marred what otherwise was a very competitive encounter, which produced two of the best goals of the season and a 2-1 triumph for JC. The first was André Messam's impudent 35-yard chip with the outside of his left boot in the 31st minute, which caught Calabar's keeper, Chevon Powell off his line. Calabar's equaliser in the 51st minute was well crafted by Kyle Scott who constructed a beautiful build-up before finishing off with a glancing header.

JC were, however, not to be denied and were carried home by Ashani Walker's strike in the second minute of added time.

In the day's other game St George's started the defence of the Manning Cup title with a convincing 3-1 win over Wolmer's. George's came back from a goal down to eventually cruise home to victory. Wolmer's Christopher Waugh put his team in the lead in the 23rd minute when he went on a solo run down the left flank before getting off to a shot, which deflected into the net.

George's took 10 minutes to get back on level terms when Deshawn Forbes struck a free kick from 28-yards out, which nestled high into the roof of the net. George's extended their lead in the 50th minute when Romario Jones was the first to react to a good save by Wolmer's custodian Amal Knight. Marvin Morgan put the game to rest seven minutes later when he twisted his way through two Wolmer's defenders before firing pass the helpless Knight.

St George's coach, Neville Bell was concerned about his teams tendency to concede early goals.

"I thought we played well, gave up another goal but we relaxed and we came back," Bell said. Our problem has been that we have been giving up early goals but the good thing is that we have been able to come back and I was impressed with that today," he added.

Michael Francis, coach of Wolmer's was very disappointed with his team's second half performance.

"I am very disappointed with the result of the game, I think my team played a poor second half," Francis said. Losing Omar Holness early in the second half somewhat shorten my attacking force," he added.

Members of the Jamaica College contingent attempt to prevent head coach, Alfred Henry, (centre) from confronting an angry parent (out of picture), who invaded the pitch and attacked one of his players during a match against Calabar in the Manning Cup at the Constant Spring Sports Complex yesterday.