Penwood, Holy Trinity book second round spots in Manning Cup

Penwood High sneaked into the ISSA Manning Cup second round with a 2-0 win over Innswood High that eliminated the latter on Friday as the second-round groups take shape.

Penwood’s win pushed them to 12 points, that allowed them to leapfrog Innswood into the third and final qualification spot in Zone B, joining Hillel Academy and Jose Marti High as the qualifiers from the group. Innswood lost their last three games, dropping them from first to fifth on seven points and out of the Manning Cup.

In the other Zone B games on Friday, Hillel blanked Papine High 2-0 and St Mary’s College edged Clan Carthy High 3-2.