ST JOHN’S High School rode on Fuzail Khan’s first half strike that helped the Mohan Nagar based school win Under-17 Divisional Football Championship. In the thrillingfinal, the Savio AndrewcoachedStJohn’spipped Delhi Public School by asolitary goal at Wardha on Thursday. Moses Joseph crossed aperfect ball from the left and Fuzail made no mistake in slotting the ball home.The team did well in the second half to keep the slender margin intact. St John’s will nowplay the Under-17 State Championship to be held in Kolhapur later this month. Earlier in the semis, St John’s defeated a fighting Gadchiroli 1- 0.

 

A beautiful ball from Ashmit Pramanik was well collected by Moses Joseph who slotted the ball into the net. In another semis, DPS beat Wardha 2-0. Shashank Singh and Qasim Haidri were the scorers. The winning team: AarushKottulwar (GK), Umar Sheikh, ShashankTiwari,MaahirThakur, Farhan Khan, Ashmit Pramanik, Sahil Samundre, Sebastian Joseph, Moses Joseph, Yash Rajwade, Fuzail Khan, Arth Chaurasia, Vaibhav Prajapati, Eric Mathew, Altamash Siddique, Brendon Bastian, Alyan Ansari, Khushad Nimje. Coach: Savio Andrew.