Goa stake their claim with one team in semis
Mumbai, January 1: A record seven teams from East Zone confirmed their spot in the semi-finals of the Reliance Foundation Youth Sports (RFYS) 2019-20 National Football Finals. On the final day of the group stages, Titaguri High School from Assam became the first team in season four’s finals to score twelve goals in a game here at the Reliance Corporate Park Ground in Ghansoli, Navi Mumbai today.
Maidangshri Narzary scored eight herself against their Dehradun opponents as the team from Kokrajhar will now face Nilmani English School from Imphal in an all-East Zone affair in the final four. St Joseph’s from Rohtak topped Group B in the School Girl’s category with a 6-0 win.
It will be another face-off between Assam and Manipur as the youngest athletes of the tournament from Betkuchi High School, Guwahati and The Unique Model Academy, Imphal lock horns in the Sub Junior semi-finals. Progress High School are the sole survivors from Goa in the tournament in this category, which has been introduced this season onwards.
Both Shillong College and Indore Christian College progressed into the knockouts after an entertaining goalfest, which ended 7-2 in favour of the Meghalaya side. Both await their semi-final opponents in the College Boys category from the late kick-off on New Year’s Day.
Today’s Results:
Sub Junior Boys (Group A)
Govt Model High School Sector 36 (Chandigarh) drew Betkuchi High School (Guwahati): 1-1
VELS Vidhyashram (Chennai) beat Vrajbhoomi Public School (Ahmedabad): 7-0
Sub Junior Boys (Group B)
The Unique Model Academy (Imphal) beat MSP HSS (Kozhikode): 5-0
Progress High School (Goa) beat Vedas International School (Delhi): 1-0
School Girls (Group A)
Titaguri High School (Kokrajhar, Assam) beat Gorkha Military Inter College (Dehradun): 12-0
Govt Girls HSS (Namakkal, Tamil Nadu) beat Faith HSS Himatnagar (Ahmedabad): 3-1
School Girls (Group B)
St Joseph’s International School (Rohtak) beat St. Mary’s HSS (Chennai): 5-0
Nilmani English School (Imphal) beat Rosary HSS (Goa): 2-0
College Boys (Group A)
Shillong College (Shillong) beat Indore Christian College (Indore): 7-2
Loyola College (Chennai) beat DAV PG College (Dehradun): 6-3
Yesterday’s Results:
Senior Boys (Group B)
MSP HSS (Kozhikode) beat Shyama Prosad Inter College (Jamshedpur): 10-1
Mamta Model SSS (Delhi) beat Hiramani School (Ahmedabad): 6-0
Confirmed Semi-final fixtures:
Sub Junior Boys
Govt Model High School Sector 36 (Chandigarh) vs Progress High School (Goa)
The Unique Model Academy (Imphal) vs Betkuchi High School (Guwahati)
Junior Boys
H Elias Memorial School (Shillong) vs ASC Boys Sports School (Bengaluru)
Maharana Pratap Sports College (Dehradun) vs Govt Oriental HS (Edathanattukara, Kerala)
Senior Boys
Shillong College HS (Shillong) vs Mamta Model SSS (Delhi)
MSP HSS (Kozhikode) vs ASC Boys Sports School (Bengaluru)
School Girls
Titaguri High School (Kokrajhar, Assam) vs Nilmani English School (Imphal)
St. Joseph’s International School (Rohtak) vs Govt Girls HSS (Namakkal, Tamil Nadu)
