State Nehru Hockey Tournaments : UNACCO School, Young Pioneers' English School seal U17 girls, U15 boys titles
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, August 29 2023:
Imphal West's UNACCO School-Meitram and Imphal East's Young Pioneers' English School emerged U17 girls and U-15 boys champions in the State Level Nehru Hockey Tournaments organised by the Directorate of Youth Affairs and Sports at Hockey Stadium, Khuman Lampak.
In the final match of the 29th Nehru Girls U17 Hockey tournament, UNACCO School were too good for the Wabagai High School of Kakching district as they pulled off an easy 7-0 win.
UNACCO skipper L Ritu soaked all attention today as she struck four goals alone including one penalty corner to steer her team to a comprehensive victory.
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Ch Henthoi also scored twice (21', 40') and K Eleena (35') managed one goal in this one sided encounter.
Meanwhile, Young Pioneers' English School edged Imphal West's RM School in the seven goal thriller to claim the title of 40th Nehru Junior Boys Hockey Tournament later in the day.
Young Pioneers' English School found the opener in the 7th minute but Sommaya Kasar drew level for the Imphal West team in the 11th minute before her compatriot Linjenganba Ch overturned the lead three minutes later to make it 2-1 after the first quarter.
Imphal East returned into the game with S Neetil scoring a goal in the 28th minute to make it 2-2 at halfway break.
Neetil scored yet again in the 38th minute to help Imphal East regain the lead off a penalty corner before Th Yaiphaba extended the lead to 4-2 in the 44th minute through another penalty corner at the end of the third quarter.
RM School's Milan Athokpam scored a penalty corner in the 47th minute to make it 3-4 but they failed to make their efforts count in the remainder of the game to finish runners up.