MARGAO
St Anthony High School Monte Guirim coasted to an emphatic 7-0 win over Shri Bhumika Higher Secondary School to book a place in the final of the Nehru U17 Hockey tournament of Directorate of Sports and Young Affairs, at Peddem ground yesterday.
St Anthony High School Monte Guirim netted 4 goals through Riddhi Hadfadkar, while Krislyn Menezes, Riddhi Shejwadkar, Deantha Pacheco scored a goal each.
The Guirim school will now take on Holy Cross High School Bastora in the final on Monday.
The Bastora school walked their way into the final after their opponents Damodar English High School Gudi Paroda failed to turn up for the match.
Earlier in the quarter-finals, the clash between two Sattari Taluka institutions, a lot was at stake for the girls of both the teams, it was Higher Secondary girls which won.
The school girls, trained by Father George Nandiyala of the Pilar Fathers, gave their much older counterparts a run for the money, but in the ultimate analysis the super body power and the age difference finally counted in the ultimate analysis.
For the records most of the Honda HS girls who took the field were eight and sixth standard students compared to their opponents who are now studying in the Higher Secondary section.
Parye opened the scoring in the 16th minute with Mayusha Gawas getting her name on the scorers list with a field goal. Thereafter Tanui Gawas scored a brace in the 33rd and 50th minute to complete the score line.
Monte De Guirim on the other hand trounced Holy Cross High School Siolim 25-0.
In the other quarter-final, Damodar English HS defeated Immaculate Heart of Mary High School, Goa Velha 2-1 in the tie breaker.
At the end of full time play the team were locked goalless.
Diksha and Shravani scored for the Gudi school while Velcy found the target for the Goa Velha school.
Holy Cross High School trounced St Jude High School Betalbatim clash 4-0.
The winners struck in the 8th and 26th minutes with goals from Rujuta Mukbhar and Neha Karapurkar.
Dimple Dichholkar made it 3-0 in the second half and with four minutes left for the final whistle Varshitha Shetty made it 4-0.
The final and the third-place match on September 23.
