The Eastern Pistons representing Kingston electrocuted Morant Bay of St. Thomas 87 volts to 51 volts following the opening ceremony. Pistons' Norman Dean plugged in 16 volts for the winners and Andrew Gouldbourne 13 for the losers.

In the day's second game, Meadows All Stars out of St. Catherine are pondering their shocking defeat at the hands of Seaview Flames repping for the parish of St. Andrew 46-43 in an electrifying thriller. Michael Carnagie connected with 16 for Seaview while Christopher Jennings led Meadows with 13.

The league will continue this weekend with games being played at the Waterhouse Mini Stadium in St Andrew, the Nain Community Center in Manchester and at the Mobay Cricket Club Multipurpose court in St James all games starting at 3:30 pm.

Innercity Avalanche vs. Hopewell Vipers - Mobay C.C. Multipurpose

Nain More Ups vs. Trelawny Tornadoes - Nain Comm. Centre

Waterhouse Blazers vs. St. Ann - Waterhouse Mini Stadium

The JPS league was launched in 2004, successfully contributing to the development of the potential of the youth in communities across the island.

The teams representing western Jamaica are as follows:

Granville Jaguars - St. James
Hopewell Vipers - Hanover
Innercity Avalanche - St. James
Trelawny Tornadoes - Trelawny
Sav-La-Mar Hawks - Westmoreland