Willingdon trounce Agradneya

For the Agradneya boys, who continue to live in the shadow of the club’s prosperous girls teams, the match was a learning experience. Coach Milind Apte said, “Our boys teams are weak, as they don’t remain as a set after school. I hope to work on this batch, mainly under-16 boys, over the next two years. Now I am just assessing their mistakes.”

Milind definitely has a handful. The boys were on par till 10-14, when the Wellingdon boys unleashed a full press. Result ? Steals, fast-breaks and turnovers by the panicking Agradneya boys. In minutes, themargin had widened to 29-11.

Agradneya did recover in the second-half, as they sealed off the rebounds for the marauding Rafiq Shaikh, cut off the fast breaks, and stood up to the bustles. But they lacked arsenal up front to wage a comeback.

Despite the win, Wellingdon would rue the numerous turnovers they made in a bid to force the pace.

Earlier, Indian Gymkhana, despite lack of bench strength, defeated Dominic Savio 32-21.

Results: (second round) Boys under-18: Central YMCA 90 (Vishal Chhabra 21, Sonu Kahlon 13, Tej Contractor 16, Rajnikant Acharya 19) bt Ghatkopar C 11; HT 38-2. Indian Gymkhana 32 (M Vinod 11) bt Dominic Savio 21 (Imran Khan 13). Bombay YMCA A 64 (Amir Ansari 13, Nazim Khan 12, Suleman Patel 12, Farhan Khan 8, Shailesh Saldanha 6) bt Hoopers 30 (Chirag Mani 17); HT 27-9. Wellingdon YMCA 51 (Rafiq Shaikh 17, Hussain Shiakh 12, Majid Ansari 10, Ashraf Ansari 9) bt Agradneya Vyayamshala 28 (Mayuresh Panditrao 9, Himanshu Achalye 6, Harshad Khanwalikar 6); HT 36-14.

NNH 62 (MatinShaikh 20, Amjad Khan 14, Zuber Shaikh 7, Ishtiyak Khan 7, Rizwan Shaikh 6, Kashif Shaikh 6) bt Andheri YMCA 36 (Mahesh Lakhani 18, Manjeet Kalsi 10). Half-time: 40-26.