NEWTON Athletic and Upton Pumas are the teams to catch in the Under 9s Red Division.

Levon Hughes, Josh Scully, Matthew Osbourne, man of the match Ryan Dickson and Scott Ramsden fired Newton to a 5-0 win at Blacon Youth Tigers (MoM Ceijay Hodgkinson) as Upton (Oscar Boulton) won 1-0 at Chester Nomads (MoM Danny Reid).

Clubmates Upton Panthers also triumphed, 2-1 at Elton Youth (Kai Miller; MoM Hobson).

Blue Division leaders Westminster Park Panthers won 5-2 at Helsby (Alex Molyneux 2; MoM Robert Hughes) thanks to Arthur Devaney, Ollie Parr, Jake Lloyd and Callum Woosey (2), who shared his side’s MoM honour with Harvey Brett.

There was also a 5-2 victory for Blacon Youth at home to Vicars Cross Dynamos Colts (Patrick Jennings, Marcus Connor-Astreous; MoM Kyle Moulton). The winning goals came from Jack Sconce, Jack Jones and hat-trick hero Joe Thompson, who was Blacon’s MoM with Owen Jones.

Malpas & District Blacks (MoM Patrick Norman) drew 0-0 at home to Saughall Colts in the Green Division as Malpas & District Reds (MoM Thomas Lloyd) lost 2-0 at home to Waverton Jets in the Yellow Division.

Newton Athletic Eagles drew 2-2 at Groves.