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Chennai enters quarterfinals

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Theni: Chennai, down by a 11th minute strike by Srikanth, bounced back to register a 3-1 win over Nilgiris and entered the quarterfinals of the 23rd Tamil Nadu State sub-junior inter-district football championship, organised by the Theni District Football Association, here on Thursday.

After Nilgiris went ahead, Ashokan found the equaliser in the 22nd minute. Chennai went on to score two more goals through Ranjith (30th) and Ashokan again (57th).

In the other pre-quarterfinal matches, Tiruchi trounced Ramanathapuram 4-0, Kancheepuram edged past Erode through a solitary goal and Dindigul prevailed over Tuticorin 4-2, via the tie-breaker, after the teams were locked goalless at the end of regulation time.

The results (pre-quarterfinals): Chennai 3 (Ashokan 2, Ranjith) bt Nilgiris 1 (Srikanth); Tiruchi 4 (Sureshkumar, Santhosh 2, Hari Shanmugasundaram) bt Ramanathapuram 0; Kancheepuram 1 (A. Justin) bt Erode 0; Dindigul 4 (Mohanraj, Sath eesh Kumar, Nagaraj, Rajamani) bt Tuticorin 2 (Jesuvadian, A. Sebastin), via tie-breaker.

Sankar HSS triumphs

At Tirunelveli, Sankar Higher Secondary School lifted the ICL Trophy, defeating St. Thomas High School by 40 runs, in the final of the third annual Dstrict-level schools cricket tournament, organised by TDCA, at the Sankar School ground, Sankarnagar, on Thursday.

Special Awards: Batsman: Jebin Nalsingh (Sankar HSS); Bowler: Sudalaimuthu (St. Thomas HSS); All-rounder: Imran Khan (Sankar HSS).

The scores: Sankar HSS 118 in 27 overs (Jack Joel three for 23) bt St. Thomas HS 78 in 23.3 overs (Esakkimuthu four for 14, Imran Khan three for 17).
Semifinalists spotted

American College Higher Secondary School, St. Britto HSS, Mangayarkarasi HSS and TVS HSS entered the semifinals of the District-level inter-school volleyball tournament for boys, organised by the Madurai YMCA, at TVS HSS ground, Madurai, on Thursday.

The results (quarterfinals): American College HSS bt Elango Corpn. HSS (Shenoynagar) 25-16, 25-14; St. Britto HSS bt EBG MHSS 25-14, 25-13; Mangayarkarasi HSS bt Sethupathi HSS 25-7, 25-18; TVS HSS bt Mahatma MHSS 25-11, 27-25.

Earlier results: League: Pool ‘A’: St. Britto HSS bt Sethupathi HSS 25-14, 25-14; Gughan MHSS bt Sree Maha MHSS 25-15, 25-23.

Pool ‘B’: Elango Corpn. HSS bt Sivakasi Nadar HSS 25-12, 25-12; Mang. HSS bt Grace MHSS 25-11, 25-13; Pool ‘C’: TVS HSS bt IRRS MHSS 25-9, 25-20; EBG MHSS bt St. Mary of Leuca 25-23, 30-28.

Pool ‘D’: AC HSS bt Mahatma MHSS 25-13, 25-9.
Persis reigns supreme

At Madurai, Persis of Temple City Badminton Academy won six titles (women’s singles and doubles, girls’ under-19 singles and doubles and under-16 singles and doubles) in the Madurai District Badminton Championship, which concluded at MGR Race Course stadium recently.

The results (all finals): Men’s singles: Nishanth (LCBC) bt S. Karthick (TCBA) 21-18, 21-16; Doubles: Nishanth / Bharath Arun (LCBC) bt Saravanan / S. Karthick (TCBA) 21-15, 21-18.

Boys: U-19 singles: Nishanth bt S. Karthick 21-11, 21-18; Doubles: S. Karthick / Nithin (TCBA) bt Nishanth / C.R. Manikandan (TCBA) 21-16, 18-21, 21-19.

U-16 singles: Surya Prakash (LCBC) bt C.R. Manikandan (TCBA) 19-21, 21-16, 21-11; Doubles: Surya Prakash / C.R. Manikandan bt S. Karthikeyan / Lakshmi Subramanian 21-17, 21-15.

U-13 singles: Vinit Madhavan (TCBA) bt Jaison (TCBA) 21-18, 21-16; Doubles: Vinit Madhavan / Jaison bt Thayappan / Dilip 21-12, 21-15.

U-10 singles: Vikash bt Jaiwanth 19-21, 21-13, 21-10.

Doubles: Vikash / Jaiwanth bt Naveen Kannan / Arvind Kumar 21-16, 18-21, 21-17.

Veteran’s doubles: R.S. Pandian / Somasundaram bt Ruban / Gomes (OFC) 21-16, 11-21, 21-12.

Women’s: singles: Persis (TCBA) bt Sabitha (TCBA) 21-16, 21-15; Doubles: Persis / Sabitha bt Dhanalakshmi / Shanmuga Priya 21-9, 21-11.

Girls: U-19 singles: Persis bt Sabitha 21-18, 21-15; Doubles: Persis / Sabitha bt Merlyn / Parish 21-11, 21-8.

U-16 singles: Persis bt Sabitha 21-12, 21-12; Doubles: Persis / Sabitha bt Marlyn / Parish 21-14, 21-13.

U-13 singles: Merlyn Rachal (TCBA) bt Parish Kirutha (TCBA) 17-21, 21-13, 21-6; Doubles: Merlyn Rachal / Parish Kirutha bt S. Varshini / J. Roshini 21-4, 21-6.

U-10 singles: Yositha bt Kaveri 21-8, 21-1.
District junior chess

Rajapalayam Chess Club will organise the Virudhunagar District junior chess championship in age groups at Sri Ramana Vidyalaya Montessori Matriculation School, Rajapalayam on June 30 and July 1. For details, contact AP Tech Computer Education, Rajapalayam at 04563-232051.
Selection trials

The trials for the selection of the Tirunelveli District under-13 cricket team will be held at ICRC turf ground, Sankarnagar at 2.30 p.m. on July 5. Contact, R. Srikanth, Secretary TDCA at 94433-40821.

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