
NEW DELHI, October 13: It was another day of goals galore in the fifth Nehru girls hockey tournament at the National Stadium here today. As many as 26 goals were scored in the three matches scheduled for the day.
SGNP Girls High School Sonepat recorded a 12-0 win over Usha Bhawan High School Manipur, Government Girls High School Patna crushed Modern School Vasant Vihar 11-0 and Government High School Ranchi defeated Government Girls Senior Secondary School Ghuman Hera 3-0.
A five goal effort by Nisha Kumari, including a hat-trick, was the highlight of Government Girls High School Patna win over Delhi8217;s Modern School. She scored the team8217;s third, fourth, sixth, seventh and eighth goals, the last one being a penalty corner conversion. The rest were all field goals.
Other goals were scored by Ritika Ranjan, Ranjana, Poonam Kumari 2, Sweta Kumari and Smita Kumari. The winners led 6-0 at the interval.
Simrajeet Kaur, Balwinder Kaur 2, Suman Bala 3, Amandeep Kaur, Surinder Kaur 4 and Meenakshi stroke scored in Sonepat team8217;s runaway 12-0 win over the Manipur girls team. The winners had a handsome 5-0 lead at the end of the firest half.
Jyoti Soreng scored two goals 10th and 35th minutes while Masira Surin 17th minute scored once in Ranchi school8217;s win over Ghuman Hera team.
Title for Shiksha
Shiksha Bharati Public School humbled Hira Public School in the final of the inter-school soccer zone-21 south-west tournament at Shiksha Bharati grounds.