It was a humiliating defeat for the Sports School, whose seniors were once the most feared team in the JHL, but were held 2-2 by Tunku Besar Secondary School (TBSS) of Tampin at the Ministry of Education pitch yesterday.
The win not only gave UniKL the top spot, albeit for the next 24 hours as SSTMI-Thunderbolts will play their sixth match today, but also improved their goal difference to a five-goal cushion over the defending Overall champions Thunderbolts.
However, BJSS Juniors coach S. Prakash still sees a silver lining in his young side.
"I agree that in 2007, 08 and 09 when I coached BJSS to the JHL double, the players were all below 17 years old. But then, they were together for four years before we could make an impact.
"This current batch have only been together for one year, and let's give them more time to mature," said Prakash.
For the record, BJSS have seven League and six Overall titles under their belt in the JHL.
"I believe the five early goals rattled my side, but the good thing about this team, which is made up of 14 and 15-year-olds, is that they held on tightly in the opening 15 minutes of the second half.
"These are some of the good points which I hope to cultivate in the next few years.
"However, we are not a club and can't afford to pay RM1,800 per-month to our players so we keep losing the better ones to rich clubs when they turn 17. But all said and done, I am not making excuses now, as I see promise in these players in the next few years," said Prakash.
RESULTS -- Division One: UniKL Young Guns 11 BJSS Juniors 1, MBI-Anderson 6 SSTMI 2, BJSS 2 TBSS 2.
DIVISION TWO, Group A: Kelantan 0 Politeknik PKT 1, Sapura 3 Nur Insafi 1.
DIVISION TWO, Group B: Tunas Pahang 1 Malacca HS 2, Datuk Taha 1 KL Sports School 1.
TODAY: USM Juniors v MBPJ (USM, 4pm), MBI-Anderson v SSTMI Thunderbolts (Azlan Shah , 5pm), BJSS v SSTMI (Ministry of Education , 6pm).
DIVISION TWO, Group A: Kelantan v Kedah HA MSNK (Terengganu, 3.30pm), Kedah HA Juniors v Anderson Juniors (Alor Star, 4pm), Negri HA v Nur Insafi (Seremban II, 4pm).
DIVISION TWO, Group B: Yayasan Pahang v Malacca HS (Kuantan, 4pm), Batu Pahat v Datuk Taha (Malacca, 4pm), Padang Midin v KL Sports School (Terengganu, 5pm).
SUNDAY: Division One -- TBSS v SSTMI Thunderbolts (Seremban II, 4pm).
DIVISION TWO, Group A: Kedah HA MSNK v Sapura (Alor Star, 4pm),
DIVISION TWO, Group B: Batu Pahat v Tunas Pahang (Malacca, 4pm), Olak PKT v Padang Midin (Bukit Jalil, 5pm). By Jugjet Singh
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