Hosts Maharashtra romped to a massive 9-0 win over Gujarat in their Under-17 girls section Group D opener of the Pune FC sponsored 59th SGFI National Football Championship at the Shree Shivchhatrapati Sports Complex in Pune on Saturday.

The huge win was powered by hattricks from Komal Dhole who scored four (2nd, 8th, 30th & 45th minute) and Karen Paes (16th, 25th & 38th) apart from single strikes by Pooja (47th) and Zarastin Mistry (35th).

In the Under-19 girls section, defending champions Haryana logged a big 6-1 win over Kerala in a Group A encounter at the Balewadi Stadium while Tamil Nadu logged a 5-0 win over Karnataka.

In the Under-19 boys, defending champions Punjab cruised to a comfortable 3-0 win over Andhra Pradesh in a Group A encounter at the Pune FC Training Pitches in Mamurdi.

RESULTS

GIRLS – UNDER-17 CATEGORY

Maharashtra 9-0 Gujarat
Goals: Komal Dhole 4, Karen Paes 3, Pooja, Zarastin Mistry

Tamil Nadu 2-1 Haryana
Goals: Vinothini, Karthika; Poonam

Andhra Pradesh 0-0 Punjab
Goals: none

Madhya Pradesh: 3-0 Vidya Bharathi
Goals: Jyoti, Anjali, Amisha

GIRLS – UNDER-19 CATEGORY

Madhya Pradesh 2-1 Gujarat
Goals: Nisha, Divyani; Delisa

Tamil Nadu 5-0 Karnataka
Goals: Sindhu (3x), Sandhiya (2x)

Haryana 6-1 Kerala
Goals: Mamta (3x), Suju (2x), Minyush; Laxmika Rao

Orissa 4-0 Andhra Pradesh
Goals: Pornima Kunju (2x), Laxmi M, Itisha S

BOYS – UNDER-19

Punjab 3-0 Andhra Pradesh
Goals: Jot Masih (3x)

Uttar Pradesh 1-0 Uttrakhand
Goals: Sunil Yadav

CBSC WSO 3-2 Karnataka
Goals: Ashwin (2x), Paravesh; Mohan, Anush Martin

Delhi 2-0 Tamil Nadu
Goals: Jay Minocha, Karan

Chhatisgarh 1-1 KVS
Goals: Dinesh; Mukul C

Kerala 1-0 Rajasthan
Goals: Shiyad

IPSC 4-2 Madhya Pradesh
GOals: ???

Assam 2-1 Jammu and Kashmir
Goals: Muska, Jwanvla; F Zahoor