By ABIRHIRE THOMAS, Asaba
The 2023 edition of Zenith Bank/Delta Principals’ Cup football competition is now in final stages as the semi-final matches take centre stage today.
Delta Principals’ Cup is a grassroots developmental event, organized for all secondary schools in the state and sponsored by Zenith Bank.
The four qualifiers emerged in the quarter-final encounters decided on Friday. They are; Government College Ughelli, Illah Grammar School, Illah, Umuaja Secondary School, Umuaja, and Institute of Continued Education (ICE), Sapele.
And in the fixtures, Agbor Stadium will host the semi-finals between Illah and Umuaja just as Oleh Stadium is the venue where ICE will clash with Government College Ughelli.
To get to this stage, ICE defeated Essi College in the last eight stage, Umuaja defeated Community Quality Secondary School 3-1 while Ilah scaled through 7-6 on penalties against Model Secondary School Asaba full time score stood at 1-1.
Government College Ughelli edged out Ewu Government School on technical grounds. The semi-finalists were leading 1-0 when the match was stopped because Ewu filled out with ‘mercenaries.’
