Loyola, St Joseph’s enter Schoch Memorial hockey finals

Pune: Loyola High School and St. Joseph’s Boys entered the finals of the U-14 and U-17 sections in the 2nd Father Schoch Memorial Inter-School hockey tournament at the Major Dhyan Chand Stadium, Pimpri, on Monday. In the Under-14 section, Vedanshu Desale scored an all-important lone goal against St Patrick’s via penalty corner. In U-17s, both St Joseph’s and Loyola scored seven goals each.The tournament is conducted by the Ex Loyola Students Network (ELAN) and Loyola High School.
Results (all semis): U-14, Loyola: 1 (Vednashu Desale 43’ pc) bt St Patrick’s: 0. St Joseph’s: 14 (Darshan Rathod 1’, 17’, 49’; Dhurya Shah 6’, 41’ pc; Atharva Goyal 11’, 21’; Shorya Dongre 14’; Arya Yadav 19’, 52’ pc; Neelkanth Devale 22’, 24’, 39’; Swarad Kamble 47’) bt Jyoti English School: 0. U-17: St Joseph’s 7 (Vipul Kundgar 8’, 38’; Affan Mullla 18’; Ajinkya Naiknaware 22’, 34’, 40’, 48’) bt St. Ursula’s: 0. Loyola: 7 (Ketan Kadam 6’; Swaraj Khilare 10’; Ayan Pagedar 14’, 19’, 24’, 25’, 39’ pc) bt Modern: 3 (Shreyas Musale 8’; Sanchit Musale 15’, 58’). HT: 6-2.
Sahani, Taherbhoy in snooker QF:
Mazhar Taherbhoy thumped Minish Ramaiyya 103(36)-77, 114-83 while Pankaj Sahani edged out Vadant Doshi 54-67, 77-55, 76-72 to enter the quarterfinals of the RCBC Handicap Snooker Tournament at Royal Connaught Boat Club on Monday. In the other quarterfinals, Ayaan Khan overcame Ishan Bhale 80-63, 58-88, 90-57 and Ajinkya Wadia drubbed Jenit Ramaiyaa 75-68, 69-19. tnn