National U-20 captain Mariah Shade scored a double to lead her school Debe High to a 2-0 win over Point Fortin East Secondary in the BGTT Girls South Zone InterCol final at Guaracarra Park in Point-a-Pierre yesterday.

Shade made two impressive runs from the middle of the park and battled against several Point Fortin East defenders on her way to goal on both occasions ensuring her team victory after the Point Fortin girls threatened to upset the champs with a gritty display.

Shade did it alone, and Debe will have to step up if it expects to get past North Zone winners, Providence Girls College in the national final tomorrow at the Hasley Crawford Stadium.

Point Fortin looked a determined unit from the whistle and dominated the first half, and the greater part of the second, with Under-17 player, Camille Charles creating chances for Shanice James who was denied on multiple occasions by Debe goal keeper, Linfah Jones.

The South Zone champs seemed short of a response to Charles' aggressiveness in the mid-field and Point Fortin would be disappointed with not finding the back of the net during the first half.

Debe, which has been struggling for the past three matches,  failed to convert a number of easy chances, some unchallenged right in front of the post.

Shade was the major culprit, missing three goals in the first half while her partner Elizabeth Ng Wai, also failed to convert some easy chances and seemed below her usual standard.

It seemed only a matter of time before Point Fortin scored, with the ball being played largely in Debe's half of the field, but for all Charles' hard work, Point was without an effective finisher.

The defeat was undoubtedly a painful one for Point Fortin who played its heart out but Debe's experience paid off in the end.

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