Good show by St. Xavier's HSS of Tuticorin

St. Xavier's HSS, Palayamkottai, had the distinction of scoring two doubles by winning the under-19 and under-17 titles in football and hockey in the Tirunelveli Divisional inter-educational district school games meet at Tharuvai Stadium, Tuticorin, on Wednesday.

The results (all finals):

Football: U-19: St. Xavier's HSS, Palayamkottai, 2 (Arun Selvam, Sivakumar) bt Santhosh HSS, Donavur 0; U-17: St. Xavier's HSS 1 (Praveen) bt Margoschis HSS, Nazareth 0.

Hockey: U-19: St. Xavier's HSS 6 (Selvaraj 2, Navaneethan 2, Selvamathi, Sudhakar) bt VOC HSS, Kovilpatti, 1 (Sudhakar); U-17: St. Xavier's HSS 2 (Karthik) bt Lakshmi Mills HSS, Kovilpatti, 1 (Anandasekar).

Volleyball: U-19: Caldwell HSS, Tuticorin, bt St. Mary's HSS, Vikramasingapuram, 25-22, 25-22; U-17: Caldwell bt Sacred Heart HSS, Irudayakulam, 25-13, 26-24. Basketball: U-19: St. Xavier's HSS, Palayamkottai, bt SAV HSS, Tuticorin, 58-34; U-17: Caldwell HSS bt St. Xavier's HSS, Palayamkottai, 67-49.

Kalaivanar Football Club, Kalanivasal, helped by a brilliant hat-trick from T. Ramaraj, a brace by L. Prabhakaran and a goal by Abdul, thrashed Amaravathi Puthur Football Club 6-1 in the Sivagangai District Football Association `A' division league at Kaleeswara Football Club ground, Kalanivasal, Karaikudi, on Tuesday. The consolation goal for Amaravathi Club was scored by Karthikeyan.

Other results: Blues FCK, Velangudi, 3 (R. Moorthy 2, N. Balasubramanian) bt Black Friends FC, Kottaiyur, 0; Kaleeswara FC 3 (T. Ramaraj, C. Pandi, R. Somasundaram) bt Thennarasu FC, Pallathur, 2 (Sakthivel, M. Karthik); Amaravathi Puthur FC 1 (Raja) bt Kaleeswara FC 0.

Source: The Hindu