Loyola Football Cup: St. Vincents enter semis

St. Vincent’s H.S booked their berths in the semifinals of two sections in the Loyola Football Cup powered by Tata Autocomp at the Loyola H.S ground

Loyola Football Cup: St. Vincents enter semis
Loyola Football Cup: Under 16 - St. Vincent's HS (yellow) vs The Kalyani School (Pink) (file photo)

Pune: St. Vincent’s H.S booked their berths in the semifinals of two sections in the Loyola Football Cup powered by Tata Autocomp at the Loyola H.S ground, Pashan here on Monday.

The tournament, organised by the Ex Loyola Students Network (ELAN) and Loyola High School, Pune, had St. Vincent’s H.S Under-14’s breeze past St. Arnold’s Central School 3-0, while their Under-12’s registered a huge 6-0 win over SSPMS Boarding.

In the Under-14 section, St. Vincent’s H.S were joined by hosts Loyola H.S and Blue Ridge respectively.

St. Vincent’s H.S were led by a brace of goals by Neel Sengupta (8th, 20th) and Adlin D’Cruz (33rd) to end St. Arnold’s Central School hopes.

Hosts Loyola High School played out a 0-0 regulation time draw with The Kalyani School and had to wait to force a 4-3 verdict in the tie-breaker. For Loyola, Param Kulkarni,Ayush Chavan, Darsh Kasat, Parth Shinde found the net, while for The Kalyani H.S, Sharurya Anand, Adhyant Bharguva, Vir Gurlaxani were successful.

Later, Blue Ridge downed Vidya Bhavan 3-1. Vidit Mangeshkar (8th), Vivaan Ghanekar (25th) and Rishi Kataria (50+3) netted for the winners, while Malhar Darekar (13th) did well for the losers.

In the Under-12 section, St Vincent’s H.S scored a 6-0 victory over SSPMS Boarding. Pranav Motwani (2nd), Arzlan Landge (14th), Samyak Bhandari (18th, 40th), Ansh Lodha (34th) and Jonah Ambat (32nd) made the most of their day.  

RESULTS

Under-14, QFs: Blue Ridge: 3 (Vidit Mangeshkar 8th; Vivaan Ghanekar 25th; Rishi Kataria 50+3) bt Vidya Bhavan: 1 (Malhar Darekar 13th); St Vincent’s H.S: 3 (Neel Sengupta 8th, 20th; Adlin D’Cruz 33rd) bt St. Arnold’s Central School: 0; Loyola High School: 0 (4) (Param Kulkarni; Ayush Chavan; Darsh Kasat; Parth Shinde) bt Kalyani H.S: 3 (Sharurya Anand; Adhyant Bharguva; Vir Gurlaxani).

Under-12: St. Vincent’s H.S: 6 (Pranav Motwani 2nd; Arzlan Landge 14th; Samyak Bhandari 18th, 40th; Ansh Lodha 34th; Jonah Ambat 32nd) bt SSPMS Boarding: 0

Under-16: St. Vincent’s H.S: 3 (Ayden Ambrose 21st; Rishabh Jadhav 33rd; Aaron D’Souza 59th) bt St. -Arnold’s Central School: 1 (Ashmit Kunnath 52nd)