Malwa School pips MRS Academy

Riding high on Navdeep Singh's brace,Malwa Khalsa School,Ludhiana,defeated MRS Hockey Academy,Amritsar 3-1 in a league match of the 8th SN Vohra Memorial Sub-Junior (Under-14) Hockey Tournament being played at Sector 42 Sports Complex on Wednesday.

Riding high on Navdeep Singh’s brace,Malwa Khalsa School,Ludhiana,defeated MRS Hockey Academy,Amritsar 3-1 in a league match of the 8th SN Vohra Memorial Sub-Junior (Under-14) Hockey Tournament being played at Sector 42 Sports Complex on Wednesday.

Dilpreet put MRS Hockey Academy in the lead when he converted a penalty corner in the 18th minute of the match. However,the lead remained for just nine minutes as Harmanpreet restored parity for the team by scoring from a penalty corner in the 27th minute.

Both the teams made attacks in their opposition team’s territory but there was no disturbance in the score-board until the 42nd minute. Navdeep Singh scored one of his first goals when he found the back of the net through a field goal. He was again on target in the 45th minute as he scored another field goal. MRS team’s forwards made numerous attacks on Malwa Khalsa goal but they were unlucky to miss out on a couple of sitters. The Malwa Khalsa defenders also did a good job by clearing the ball and not letting the opposition team dominate them.

Meanwhile,in another match of the day,Surjit Hockey Academy,Jalandhar and BUSH Academy,Tarn Taran were involved in an exciting battle but the end result was not something they had hoped for. The match ended in a goal-less draw.

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