Bhopal :

Hockey Karnataka earned themselves promotion to the A Division as they beat Hockey Bihar 5-4 in an entertaining final of the 8th Hockey India Junior Men National Championship 2018 (B Division) here today.

The final match saw Hockey Karnataka take an early lead in the 5th minute through Pavan Madiwalar which was cancelled out three minutes later by Hockey Bihar’s Sachin Dungdung (8th). Hockey Bihar then took the lead in the 10th minute through Johnson Purty but Hockey Karnataka equalised in the 13th minute through CS Shamanth.

The two teams played well in the opening half and scored a goal each as Pavan Madiwalar (27th) scored his second goal for Hockey Karnataka while Hockey Bihar’s skipper Anand Kumar Bara (35th scored for his team. The second half saw Hockey Bihar take a 4-3 lead after 46 minutes through Sanchit Horo’s goal but Hockey Karnataka struck back in the final 11 minutes to score twice through BN Chelsea Medappa (59th) and Pavan Madiwalar (65th) and seal the victory.

Whereas, the 3rd/4th classification match saw Hockey Coorg defeat Andhra Hockey Association 4-3 in another close encounter here in Bhopal.

Hockey Coorg went into the half-time break with a 2-1 lead as MP Ashik Uthappa (6th) and F Noel Robinson (15th) scored for them while Siva Boya (10th) scored the goal for Andhra Hockey Association. The second half saw both teams score two goals each which meant that Hockey Coorg won the match 4-3.

Goals for Hockey Coorg were scored by F Noel Robinson (41st) and skipper B Yathish Kumar (66th) while Loknath Uravakonda (61st) and Jaswanth Kumar Yamala (68th) scored for Andhra Hockey Association.

source: http://www.punjabnewsexpress.com / Punjab News Express / Home> Sports/ April 28th, 2018