CLARENDON PARK, Clarendon — St Elizabeth Technical High School (STETHS) produced a classy second-half display yesterday at Juici Park to humble south-central rivals Manchester High 4-1 en route to winning their sixth- successive ISSA/Flow Ben Francis Knockout title.

The prolific Michael Kerr laid the foundation for this latest success with a sixth-minute penalty, but it was Romeo Wright who ultimately won the game for STETHS.

The burly midfielder bundled home the third goal in the 71st before completing what was ultimately an easy victory ten minutes from time with a beautiful long-ranged shot.

Shawn Genus, with a 59th-minute header, had earlier restored STETHS’s one-goal advantage after Duhaney Williams equalised for Manchester early in the first half.

The wiry Williams was Manchester’s best player on the park, and his clinical 17th-minute header appeared to have given his team the edge going into the half-time break — raising hopes among their supporters that they could finally loosen STETHS’s stronghold on this rivalry.

But after conceding the second goal, a courageous stopping header from Genus, they capsized, and by the time they let in the third, they were as good as drowned.

The Manchester coach, Donovan Duckie, thought that the third goal, among other incidents, were questionable and ultimately turned the game in STETHS’s favour.

But to the neutral sandwiched between both sets of supporters, a fragile confidence, coupled with a deep-seated fear of STETHS, were Manchester’s undoing.

It is an argument that Duckie himself alluded to in his post-game interview, when he said STETHS is a team that knows how to perform on this stage.

And they all have a point.

This was the fourth championship meeting between STETHS and Manchester in seven years, dating back to the 2009 daCosta Cup final at Jarret Park, and the closest Manchester came to winning any of those games was that 1-0 defeat in Montego Bay.

They went on to lose two more finals, the 2011 and 2013 Ben Francis KO deciders, before sinking to this new low here in south-western Clarendon — a defeat which makes this rivalry seem more imaginary than real.

And you know the gap between the sides is now bordering embarrassment, if it is not already there, when even the usually immaculately dignified STETHS technical director, Wendell Downswell, is firing verbal jabs at Manchester.

“Well, our intention was to put them in their place as it relates to who is the superior team, and I think the way in which we did it was phenomenal,” said Downswell.

“I mean, this is a final” he continued, “and to not only win it so handsomely, but to also control the game speaks volumes for the team and the sort of progress we are making.”

Eyeing their upcoming daCosta Cup semi-final against Dinthill Technical, Duckie said while his team his wounded, they still have a lot to play for, which is also true.

But it would take a brave man to bet against this super STETHS team sweeping the rural area double.

And Downswell’s parting words, prefaced by a haughty laugh, would suggest that they now believe the daCosta Cup title is also theirs to lose.

“I would imagine so,” he replied with a proud chuckle, when askedif he believes they are now the overwhelming favourites for the daCosta Cup.