Manipur and Jharkhand to fight for the title in the Under -17 Girls Subroto Cup

Khel Today Bureau

New Delhi: Wangoi Higher Secondary School, Imphal Manipur and St. Patrick’s High School, Gumla, Jharkhand will fight for the title of the Girls Under – 17 category in the 61^st Subroto Cup being played here at Ambedkar Stadium.

In the first semifinal, St. Patrick’s Gumla edged out GSSS Alakhpura, Bhiwani, Haryana by a solitary goal to reach the final. Elizared Lakra scored in the 5^th minute to give the Jharkhand school the lead which they maintained until the final whistle.

In the second semifinal, Wangoi Higher Secondary School, Imphal beat R.K.S Girls High School Majwra, Siwan, Bihar 3 – 1 to qualify for the all important finals. Hoinethat (17^th minute), L. Menaka (21^st minute), T. Thotbisana (49^th minute) scored for the winners while Priya scored the consolation goal for the school from Bihar in the 32^nd minute.

The finals will be played on Wednesday (28^th September) at the Ambedkar Stadium. Earlier in the tournament, the Under – 14 Boys finals also saw schools from Manipur and Jharkhand fighting for the title in which Heirok HSS from Manipur had won.