Ludhiana, August 13
Greenland Senior Secondary School beat Kundan Vidya Mandir Senior Secondary School 3-0 in the u-17 badminton title, while in the u-14, Alpine International School got the better of Bhartiya Vidya Mandir Senior Secondary School 3-1 in the Ludhiana Zonal School Games being organised by the Ludhiana District Education Department at Tagore Public School, here today.
In the final, Gurbax of Greenland School beat Sanchit 7-0, 7-0 and 7-0 to give his team lead. In the second match, Ashotosh beat Mohit 7-0, 7-0 and 7-1. In the third and deciding match, the pair of Gurbax and Ankush defeated Sanchit and Ankush 7-0, 7-1 and 7-0 to clinch the title 3-0.
In table tennis (u-17), Greenland Senior Secondary School defeated Kundan Vidya Mandir School 3-1 to bag the trophy.
Rain played the spoilsport as a number of matches in different disciplines could not be held. One match each in kho-kho, volleyball and handball were played.
In the semifinals (football u-19), Government Senior Secondary School, PAU, prevailed over Government Senior Secondary School, Mangat, and Bhartiya Vidya Mandir Senior Secondary School outplayed GGN Khalsa School to secure their berths in the final.
In the first semi-final, Government Senior Secondary School, PAU, overpowered Government Senior Secondary School, Mangat, in a tie-breaker. Sunil, Navpreet and Harpreet scored for the winners, while Sukhdev and Jaspreet for Mangat school.
In the second semi-final, Bhartiya Vidya Mandir Senior Secondary School beat GGN Khalsa School, 4-1. Mohit Gupta and Suraj scored apiece, while Harsh Sharma found the target twice for Bhartiya Vidya Mandir. For the losers, Happy scored the lone goal in the 53rd minute of the match.
In the u-17 age group, Bhartiya Vidya Mandir Senior Secondary School, Ludhiana, beat Government Model Senior Secondary School, Ludhiana, 2-1 to enter the final. Jasbir Singh put Government School ahead in the third minute.