Stage set for finals of 7th Junior State Level Hockey Tournament

    13-Oct-2019
By Our Sports Reporter
IMPHAL, Oct 12 : Ideal Club will be meeting YCCIC in the women's final of the ongoing 7th State Junior Men and Women Hockey Tournament which is underway at Hockey Stadium Khuman Lampak while KHSC, Khongman will meet HU, Lairikyengbam Leikai in the men's final.
Women's competition
In the last league match of the women's competition, YCCIC, Kontha Ahallup secured the final berth by beating Bishnupur Hockey 7-0. M Priya Devi topscored with 5 goals in her name (27', 35', 49', 53', 55') in this one sided encounter for YCCIC while I Kundali (17') and S Babyrani (27') earned one goal each.
Men's Competition
The first semi-final match of the men's competition saw KHSC decimate Bishnupur Hockey 13-2 with the help of I Rohit (7', 19', 21'), L Michael (17', 53'), N Amarjit (22', 29', 44', 45', 51'), L Shyamson (25', 43') and M Bravery (20'). O Shyam (32') and S Rabikanta (36') were the scorers for the losing side.
Meanwhile in the last semi-final match, HU romped 12-3 past HWC, Langthabal to complete the final line up.
Ricky (2', 41'), S Suresh (32', 44') and M Manimatum (43', 48') scored two goals each for the Lairikyengbam team while  Shilheiba (6'), W Derish (16'), W Neerajkumar (23', 29'), Y Bidyananda (29'), K Mykolin (31') struck a goal each to ensure the huge win. On the other hand, K Sanjit (12', 55') and K Vikram (58') found the target for HWC, Langthabal.