DECEMBER 1: ``Overall champions, Sebastian,'' screamed Shripal Mehta from the stands.The tone was chest-thumping, similar to the one favoured by Muhammad Ali when he was mouthing superlatives. In the ring, Shripal's schoolmate Gautam Doshi, a state-level bronze medallist, was punching the breath out of an opponent.The two Gujaratis from Khetwadi, new entrants to a sport dominated in the past by Persians and Iranians, were among the ten St Sebastian, Dabul, winners in the MSSA-Colgate inter-school boxing championship, that concluded today at School Sports Centre, Azad Maidan. The defending champions contested 12 of the sixteen finals held this evening, a feat that earned them the overall title.The day started with Nilesh Kubal, a first-time entrant, stopping Mansoori Mehta in the first round. Weighing just 27 kg, and a Standard V student of Shailendra Education Society, Dahisar, Nilesh plans to use the win as leverage to acquire a pair of gloves. His elder schoolmate Suhas Bagul was also impressive, unleashing a series of hooks and left jabs to force two counts in the first round. The referee stopped the bout in the second.Results (all finals)G-3: Rohit Dere (Sebastian) bt Azhan Farooque (Anjuman Islam, CST); (F-3): Siddique Dalal (Christchurch) bt Neil Gala (Christchurch); (E-1): Nilesh Kubal (Shailendra) bt Mansoori Mehta (Christchurch) RSCO; (E-2): Vinay Maurye (Sebastian) bt Pratik Chheda (Sebastian); (E-6): Sabir Ali Khan (Shailendra) bt Prasad Sagwekar (Sebastian) RSCO; (D-1): Chirag Badiyane (Sebastian) bt Aftab Ahmed (Christchurch); (D-2): Mudassiv Shaikh (Christchurch) bt Bharat Rele (Sebastian) RSCO; (C-1): Himesh Khimesar (Sebastian) bt Alam Shaikh (Diamond Jubilee); (C-2): Rahul Jain (Sebastian) bt Faizam Niyaz (Diamond Jubilee); (C-3): Sohel Shaikh (Diamond Jubilee) bt Muhammed Mitha (Christchurch); (C-4): Abhijeet Kadam (Shailendra) bt Ankur Parulekar (Shailendra); (C-5): Sunil Mishra (Sebastian) bt Sanket Sawant (Sebastian); (B-1): Mark David (Christchurch) bt Rohit Nagavkar (Sebastian); (B-2): Shaikh Qayyum (Diamond Jubilee) bt VinitSalpe (Sebastian); (B-4): Shripal Mehta (Sebastian) bt Sarfraz Memon (Christchurch); (B-5): Suhas Bagul (Shailendra) bt Imran Shaikh (Diamond Jubilee) RSCO; (B-8): Delvin Lobo (Stanislaus) bt Shaun Machado (Stanislaus); (A-2): Gautam Doshi (Sebastian) bt Afzal Kaba (Diamond Jubilee); (A-3): Owaiz Maniar (Christchurch) bt Suraj Shinde (Sebastian); (A-5): Amar Mane (Shailendra) bt Vikram Gohil (Sebastian) RSCO; (A-6): Arif Shaikh (Diamond Jubilee) bt Rajesh Naidu (Sebastian); (A-7): Amit Jain (Sebastian) bt Ameya Parulekar (Shailendra); (A-8): Huzefa Amreliwala (Christchurch) bt Saeed Shaikh (Diamond Jubilee); (A-9): Kenneth Pinto (Sebastian) bt Pratik Thakkar (Sebastian).Best boxer: Arif Shaikh (Diamond Jubilee).Best loser: Rajesh Naidu (Sebastian).Overall champions: St Sebastian, Dabul. Yatin,Punit spur LaxmibaiYatin chothani's timely 92 coupled with an all-round performance by Punit Motihar powered Sau Laxmibai English's 132-run win over Arya Vidyamandir paving their entry into the pre-quarterfinals of the MSSA-Colgate Inter-School Harris Shield Cricket Tournament (45 overs) at Cross Maidan on Wednesday.Laxmibai, opting to bat after winning the toss, were struggling at 96 for 6 when their hero for the day, Chothani, teamed up with Motihar (30) to put on invaluable 90 runs for the seventh wicket, which saw the side attain the 200 mark. In reply, Arya Vidyamandir were bundled out for a paltry 71, medium-pacer Prateek Kar being the pick of the bowlers (5 for 25) while Motihar chipped in with 3 for 16.Swami Vivekanand's off-spinner Ameya Jadhav with 7 for 28 was instrumental in his team's 56-run victory over Marwari Vidyalaya.Brief scores: CD Barfiwala 186 (Sharad Shetty 50; Surendra Torane 3-55, Ajinkya Kolte 3-60) bt Yashodham 156 (Surendra Torane 47; Vinay Singh 5-46). Swami Vivekanand, Chembur 94 (Zafar Alam 6-41, Shoaib Bamne 3-17) lost to Anjuman-I-Islam (Urdu) 95-2 (Altaf Ansari 53 n.o.). Sau Laxmibai English, Mulund 203 (Yatin Chothani 92; Ankesh Agrawal 3-52) bt Arya Vidyamandir, Juhu 71 (Prateek Kar 5-25, Puneet Motihar 3-16). Little Flowers of Jesus 61 (Roshan Salvi 5-10, Yogesh Shinde 3-0) lost to Raja Shivaji, Dadar 62-4 (Vivek G 3-36). St Francis D'Assisi, Borivli 203-8 (Prashant Kotian 50, Amit Salgaonkar 41; Devendra Pawar 3-55) bt St Xavier's, Nerul 123 (Ameya Achrekar 5-36, Vikrant Gupta 3-30). Swami Vivekanand International, Borivli 176 (Dashrath Jaiswal 3-48) bt Marwari Vidyalaya 120 (Ameya Jadhav 7-28). Cardinal Gracious, Bandra 165-7 lost to IES New English, Bandra 167-3.
