Another win for Model School in Balwant Hockey
Kusum Arora
Government Model School, Jalandhar, thrashed Sports School, Jalandhar, 4-0 in a one-sided match of the ongoing 7th All-India Balwant Singh Kapur School Hockey Tournament at Olympian Surjit Hockey Stadium here today.
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another match of the day, Lyallpur Khalsa School, Jalandhar, crushed Government Raj Senior Secondary School, Sangrur, 6-2. The third match between Birsa Munda Vidyapeeth, Rourkela, and Bright Scholar School, Sonepat, ended in a 1-1 draw.
The first match between Model School and Sports School started on a slow note with both the teams missing chances. Government School opened their account in the 28th minute off a penalty-corner conversion by Varun Kumar.
In the 33rd minute of play, Mandeep Singh netted a field goal to increase the lead. A minute later, Mandeep again struck with a cracking hit and steered the score to 3-0, which was the half-time score.
In the second half, Akashdeep scored a field goal in the 44th minute. In the fourth match of the day, BRC Danapur defeated Springdales School, Amritsar, 6-1.