MONTEGO BAY, St James — Cornwall College, boasting one of the most successful schoolboy football programmes in the island, could add more history on Saturday when they take on Wolmer’s Boys’ School in the final of the FLOW Super Cup at Sabina Park starting at 6:00pm.

This will be Cornwall College’s first chance to win a senior school football title since 2003 when they won the last of their seven Ben Francis knockout titles.

The school, which is celebrating its 120th anniversary, is seeking to become the first rural school to lift the title after Jamaica College and St George’s College won the first two, and is the first school outside of Kingston to make it to the deciding game.

The teams are coming off contrasting semi-final results. Led by a hat-trick from Jourdaine Fletcher, Cornwall College beat fancied Clarendon College 4-2 in a pulsating game, while Wolmer’s got by St Elizabeth Technical 5-4 in sudden-death penalties after they ended 1-1 in regulation and extra time.

Dr Dean Weatherly, the coach of Cornwall College, told Jamaica Observer West on Tuesday that winning the Super Cup to add to their nearly 30 major titles, including 11 daCosta Cup titles, 11 Olivier Shield, and seven Ben Francis KO titles, is important.

“Winning the FLOW Super Cup is very important to us. It has always been a dream of ours. We were eliminated in the first round in the first staging in 2014, and it has been two years of waiting and it’s a good feeling to be where we are at, a chance to be the first rural area team to win this competition,” Dr Weatherly said.

On a personal level, a Super Cup win is also special for Dr Weatherly, who has won eight titles – three daCosta Cup titles in 1995, 2000 and 2001; the Olivier Shield in 2001; and four of the school’s record seven Ben Francis KO titles in 1995, 2000, 2001 and 2003.

“It’s important to me to put another feather in my hat for the 120th anniversary of the school. I find it lifts spirits when we do well in football; grades go up and everything in the school improves as a result,” he remarked.

On Saturday, Dr Weatherly said he is expecting a tough game despite the results of the semi-finals.

“We have no edge,” the Cornwall College coach said. “It’s going to be who wants it more. Wolmer’s play a good game of touch football, so we have to stop them from getting too comfortable [and] destabilise them in the midfield.”

Cornwall College’s road to the final saw them beat Denham Town High 3-0 in the first round, then got by Ruseas High 4-3 on penalty kicks in the second round after they had played to a 1-1 draw, before they shocked the high-riding Clarendon College last week.

So far Fletcher has led the way with seven of Cornwall College’s eight goals and is expected to lead again on Saturday.

Peter-Lee Vassell, 15-year-old Aiden Jokomba, who scored the first goal last week and seems to have earned a spot in the starting line-up, as well as Garnett Hudson will also be on the hunt for goals.

“The road to the final has been a long and arduous one, but the team has bonded and we have mixed and matched, cutting and pasting; but the fruits are coming home now,” Dr Weatherly said.