Manipur sweep past Tripura into Subroto Cup semifinals
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, September 23 2022:
Manipur's Wangoi Higher Secondary School (Imphal West) continued their peerless form as they swept into the semifinals with an 8-0 hammering of Tripura Sports School (Agartala) on Friday at Dr BR Ambedkar Stadium, New Delhi.
Kimte and Menaka made the most of the rout by racking up three goals each while Remi and Thoibisana contributed one goal apiece in their emphatic quarterfinal victory against their Tripuri opponents.
In the semifinal, the Wangoi school girls will be up against Bihar's RKS Girl's High School, who also earned a smooth passage to the final four after handing out a 10-1 thrashing to Chhattisgarh's Mata Rukmani Kanya Ashram.
On the other hand, Haryana's GSSS Alakhpura beat Meghalaya's Lewrynghep Secondary School by 2-0 margin in their quarterfinal encounter.
Also, Jharkhand's St Patrick's High School prevailed by a similar scoreline (2-0) against Assam's Khonang Higher Secondary School in the other quarterfinal match.
Wangoi Higher Secondary School and RKS Girl's High School will play in the first semifinal match on September 25 at Dr BR Ambedkar Stadium, while St Patrick's High School and GSSS Alakhpura will clash in the second semifinal match at Subroto Park Football Ground on the same day.